Hey folks! Hope you all are having a great holiday and hopefully some time off. I wanted to thank you all for your support and I figured a preview of what I'm working on right now might be fun? We'll see. :D
This is one small section from th...
2019-12-26 02:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Patrons get to see the script for the next Running the Game video, in this case while I am writing it, live!
Although, obviously, depending on when you're reading this, I may be done or taking a break.
So we played Paranoia this week!! I first played this Dystopian Sci-fi Comedy RPG in the late 80s, but it's so distinctive I never forgot it. It borrows from (and influenced) a lot, but it still looks and feels unique to me.
The rules ...
2019-11-16 04:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostHello patrons! You may recall a little while ago I posted that I’d put the Chain of Acheron campaign down so I could work on the Kingdoms & Warfare kickstarter.
Hey folks, just wanted to take a minute on a Sunday night and let everyone know what we're working on.
We're working hard to get the Kingdoms & Warfare kickstarter launched. Mostly this means doing a ton of...
2019-10-14 03:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostI dunno how long we're going to be on this hiatus. It's however long it takes me to get the Kickstarter Campaign ready for launch, but I want everyone to know; the Chain of Acheron will return.
Even as I work on the Kingdoms & Warfare Ki...
2019-09-27 23:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostHere are my notes for tonight's session!
2019-09-18 23:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the script for the video we hope to get uploaded Friday afternoon. It's gonna be LOOONG so you might find it easier to just wait and watch the video, but I like sharing content like this with patrons early.
I was pretty happy with how last night's battle went, I wanted to challenge the Chain, I didn't want it to feel like an 'Epic Boss Battle' with creatures that have legendary actions. I just wanted to pick a relatively-low CR monster that had maybe...
2019-08-22 23:18:38 +0000 UTC View PostLotta lore! :D This is the beginning of the setup for the Battle of Ringwell. Who's going to be on which side? What's going to be the spark that ignites everything? I have no idea, but we haven't yet seen ALL the players. It may be one...
2019-08-22 00:54:15 +0000 UTC View PostWhat happens when the Chain of Acheron deliver their unconscious prisoner to the Sapphire Sky?
I originally thought the Sapphire Sky would just cast modify memory or maybe geas on Lady Orozivaar, but as I was writi...
2019-08-14 01:58:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Tonight the heroes start by attempting to murder Lady Orozivaar before she can alert the Church of Saint Ysabella to the location of Ringwell.
They have other tools at their disposal, the Rod of Count Rhodar von Glauer might be of use, but w...
2019-08-08 00:44:23 +0000 UTC View PostThere is some DEEP lore in here! Tons of prep, no idea how long it will last. If the players avaunt to the surface, I'm gonna have to do some fast thinking, but I think I basically know what will happen? I can prep that before next week.
Hey folks! Here's the script for the video we're uploading right now. It took a little longer to get this live because we actually made a real End Screen for the first time. Not a huge deal, but something that was made easier by having a full time...
2019-07-23 00:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostI'm never as prepared as I want to be for big battles like this. I've definitely had epic battles recently where I felt like...I was prepared, and I remembered everything. That seems to happen more often as I get older, but right now I feel like.....
2019-06-27 01:37:58 +0000 UTC View PostJason and I went back and forth on whether the header at the top should read "My Campaign" or "My World" or "The Local Area." Jason preferred the more jargony "My Campaign" because if you were searching for it, "my world" would probably kick back ...
2019-06-25 01:33:22 +0000 UTC View PostAt least, the earliest one I got. I was never a "write it down on paper" dude. This probably started as a document on my Apple IIgs. There's a lot more outline work done after this that describes the different sections and levels but don't think t...
2019-06-24 19:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostHere are my notes for tonight's episode. Trying out some new ideas in here, like the Command roll and the idea of the team leaders having this cinematic face-off, we'll see how it goes.
My expectation is that the arrival of the Blackir...
2019-06-20 00:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Library Job isn't meant to be a serious dungeoncrawl, so a handful of encounters ought to do it. There's a big dungeoncrawl coming up.
Shit is about to get real.
2019-05-15 23:37:40 +0000 UTC View Post
“What?”
‘Twelve Dragons, have we heard of...them? What? Why you giving me that look?”
“You’re new here, so I’m gonna cut you some slack. But it’s a good thing you asked me instead of Halisaar because if you...
2019-05-15 01:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis isn't really done, I've got about another hour or so of prep to do, but it's mostly going to be prepping the Mausoleum, which is a different third-party product.
In truth, the players don't have to take the Library Job now, they can do ...
2019-05-08 23:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostThis is one of those in-between sessions where I don't think they're going to get to the next adventure tonight? But they might? And if they do, we're gonna have to stop, because I don't have that prepped.
At the same time, I doubt the...
2019-05-02 00:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostNow that the adventure is over and the Chain have returned to Capital, it's safe to put these notes up for everyone!
Patrons got to see these each week before the session, but in each case the notes only covered the content I had prepped for...
2019-04-28 22:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis is one of those sessions where the players are going to wrap up the last adventure pretty quick, but they may not jump into the next adventure right away so pacing might be weird. I'm gonna try and funnel the PCs into taking the job for the H...
2019-04-25 00:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostMinor tweaks to some of the language from last week. I've made cards for the Derro encounter with abilities not listed here, you'll see them live in battle. Just to make the encounter interesting.
Then we're in for something of a funhouse du...
2019-04-18 00:48:26 +0000 UTC View PostHere are my notes for tonight's session. Basically just me filling out everything missing from last week's notes. When the adventure is over, I'll post all the notes publicly. Note that this doesn't get us to the end!
Figure they'll ge...
2019-04-11 00:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostLink to the PDF of the session notes can be found at the bottom of this post.
I did not originally imagine the players would arrive in Capital with their own trans-dimensional squid ship, but now that they have, I thought it would b...
2019-04-04 00:11:19 +0000 UTC View PostPatrons already saw most of these, but here's all of them, available for everyone!
My commentary;
I invented the Balance Spring and the idea of someone trying to steal the Chronicle for two reasons.<...
2019-03-28 22:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Considering how unusual this session is, I thought it would be cool and possibly useful to share my notes.
This session, the heroes arrive in Capital! But they don't yet have the run of the city, they're mostly con...
2019-03-20 23:57:31 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear Patrons, Anna here! :)
Now that schedules have lined up and a particular arc in The Chain has resolved, we're going to record our second episode of Chain Reaction this Friday night and upload the prerecorded video later. But...
2019-03-07 20:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post