Time to wrap up business on the station and get back out into the black! Narrative After strategizing briefly, the crew heads down to meet Isaac McCormack, the corporation "fixer" who might be able to provide some additional intelligence on the Society of the Outer Realms. They walk into a fairly typical office area, with … Continue reading Gates of Despair: Session 5 Recap
This session mostly consisted of shopping and role play. I don't believe we rolled any dice at all, other than some random NPCs I generated (mostly using the SciFi Random Generator at Donjon). But they deserved a bit of shore leave, as it were, and in any case this second stretch of sessions (4-6 or … Continue reading Gates of Despair: Session 4 recap
My usual Monday night group (formerly Sundays, currently playing Scum & Villainy) has decided to start playing some Saturday night one-shot. We kicked it off with a session of The Great Soul Train Robbery. This is a “Sweetened by Honey Heist” game, which itself reminds me a lot of “Lasers & Feelings”. We started by … Continue reading The Great Soul Train Robbery: Session Recap
We played a relatively short session this time, mostly roleplaying and investigation, plus some meta discussion about what to do with the next arc or two. Narrative The crew decides to use a locker key they'd found, so they head down to the cargo hold and I roll on a "Weapons & Supply Cache" table … Continue reading Gates of Despair: Session 3 recap
See the Session 1 recap for context. SPOILER WARNING: I repurposed some material from the module “Dead Planet“, but have made significant changes to fit the atmosphere I wanted for this game. The session began with the crew still in the captain's quarters. They decide to continue to clear the deck clockwise, so the next … Continue reading Gates of Despair: Session 2 Recap
In which we play Mothership and recount our tale... I plan to run this as a mini-campaign of three or four sessions. This series will provide a campaign diary and, maybe, a good reference in play for us. CONTENT WARNING: brief references to suicide. SPOILER WARNING: I repurposed some material from the module "Dead Planet", … Continue reading Gates of Despair: Session 1 Recap
I recently ran Trophy Dark using the incursion "The Giant's Carcass". If you just want to watch the actual play, it's embedded further down in this post. First, though, a few words about the game. Thoughts on Trophy Dark Trophy Dark is a one-shot game with very light rules and very dark themes, published by … Continue reading Running Trophy Dark: A Giant’s Carcass
