Tag: convention
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Elements of Procedure
I am a huge fan of the P J Hammond classic Sapphire and Steel (Amazon UK) series of the late 70s/early 80s, so my discovery of Elements of Procedure, on DriveThruRPG, was very welcome. By way of caveat, I believe the game is not final yet, but everything I write below follows multiple read-throughs of…
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Favourite Convention Purchase – RPGaDay 2023
The original question was: Favourite Convention Purchase In what I suspect was 2005, I went to a gaming convention in Cambridge. At the time, I was freelancing on PARANOIA XP and working on The Underplex, which was one of the reasons that I attend this event loosely in the company of Allen Varney. He was…
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Where Have You Run This Game – RPGaDay 2022
The question is: What situation is your character currently in? As mentioned in the last post, I don’t have a current character. So, I thought I would repurpose this week’s questions to be about a game project, Divided Horizons. So, the question is: Where Have You Run This Game? Conventions. The opportunity to run a…
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Where to Host a First Game – RPGaDay 2022
The question is: Where would you host a first game? I personally enjoy the freedom of running at a convention. It might not be ideal — as it can be noisy, disrupted and heaped with added pressures for everyone who hasn’t met before — but it does provide a chance to play brand new games, experience new…
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Blocks, Cookies and the King of Spain
For me, attending UK Games Expo in the past has meant preparing and running five or six games – and probably misjudging that prep until the last moment. This year I chose to run only three games and opted to focus on adventures – or, at least, set-ups – that I have run before. For…
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Don’t Pity Him
I suspect B.A. would pity me for my shoddy respect of his fighting skills. You can only really appreciate that you’ve done something wrong when you test it in anger – and I can see after a couple of sessions that I haven’t figured B.A. Baracus out right. It isn’t a problem – indeed, I…
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Quick Doctor Who Characters
I’m running one or more convention games of Doctor Who (from Cubicle 7) over the next few months, starting with this coming weekend. This past weekend, I finished creating a set of “pre-generated” character cards for the game. Essentially, they’re not complete characters by any measure – just enough to get through a session. While I could…
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The Importance of Being Urgent
I’d say we have about two weeks before UK Games Expo. By that estimate, I have a mere 336 hours or so to spend panicking. It shouldn’t be that way. I mean, I have seen this coming for some time now. I have no excuse. The adventures were submitted a long time ago. All five of…
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Of Corby and Cows
I spent the weekend away, Friday/Saturday in Milton Keynes, and Sunday in Corby, Northants. I managed to combine both a visit to family with some fun time away with friends and playing games – which is rather nice! Of the latter, I had Mother Day and my dad’s birthday to attend to. We visited them…