Aeyr Redux (again)

Seven years later and I am still undecided on how to start my campaign.  Fantasy is my favorite genre but it is the least played due to this handicap of no logical starting point.  My modern, SYW and sci-fi campaigns kicked off without a hitch but I am so "blocked" on this one.  Anyway, currently reading the D&D material on "the planes" to try and find a solution.

Saying Goodbye to my 2nd Wargames Table

My war room is small and I only had space for a 4'x4' game table, so I set up this older table below in the garage.  Where it is taking up too much space.  We are in the hunt to buy a pop up camper so it will need to be parked in the garage when not in use.  So I am selling my table and all the terrain on it.  I've posted it on the local game clubs page and will ask to put up a flyer at the local game shop.

D&D Adventure Game: Castle Ravenloft

Today my son James and I played our first game of the D&D Boxed Game Castle Ravenloft.  The rules are a bit vague which caused lots of confusion but we trudged through.  Things are tough in Castle Ravenloft and as you can see from the pictures the game didn't last long.  In fact it took longer to unpunch all the cardboard pieces and set the game up then it did to play.  However it's D&D and that simply brings fun to the table.  I think we'll need to modify the game with some house rules to make play flow more smoothly.   I paid $65 for the box about 2 years ago and it was worth it, it comes with a load of 25mm miniatures.

James was the mage and I the dragonborn fighter.

First monster, a zombie!

Another zombie!

Every room had a trap!

Spiders, killed us. The end.

Reaper Con 2013

My son and I travelled the 6 hours down to Reaper Con last week.  We traded some metal, played some games, painted some bones and picked up my Vampire Kickstarter Box.  We also attended the 7:30 show at Medieval Times Thursday night.  

Reaper Miniatures Museum

Scalawag

Warlord based dungeon crawl game.

Reaper Paint n Take table full of bones, paints and brushes.

My son James.

Human & Goblin Templates for ToML

 I have come up with the first two templates for NPCs in ToML RPG.  First up the base character an average human fighter.
HUMAN FIGHTER, AVERAGE
INT 9 = 2d6                      Fighter 3 = 1d6
STR 9 = 2d6                     Axe 3 = 1d6
DEX 9 = 2d6                     Parry 3 = 1d6

Myth Dice = 6d6              Health = 27
Conscious = 6                   AR = 16

Items
Axe (2d6)
Shield (Def 1, 4AR)
2 Silver Coins
Leather Chest (4AR)
Leather Gorget (2AR)
Leather Arms/Bracers (2AR)
Leather Gloves (2AR)

GOBLIN FIGHTER
INT 6 = 1d6                      Fighter 3 = 1d6
STR 6 = 1d6                     Axe 3 = 1d6
DEX 6 = 1d6                  

Myth Dice = 3d6              Health = 18
Conscious = 3                   AR = 3

Items
Axe (2d6)
Cloth Jerkin 2AR
1 Copper Coin, 1 Match

Tales of Myth & Legend

Ran the first playtest of my upcoming RPG rules, Tales of Myth & Legend.  Our group consisted of 5 party members and myself as Dungeon Lord.  We had 3 dwarfs, 1 elf, 1 fey, and 1 half-elf.  The game lasted about 3.5 hours and consisted of the party helping a small village with a vampire problem.  A lot of new things discovered and ideas were tabled for additions.  I will continue work on the core system and with the help of our game group continue to grow and improve the game.  One playtest is worth a hundred opinions on how a game should work.

Lands East of the Misty Mountain: The Land of Nod

The Dark Land of Nod: The barren plain of Nod lies to the East of the Misty Mountain.  A land shrouded in mystery.  A land rife with goblinkind, fell beasts, and evil men.  This is also the land where the Witch King built his dark tower of Darakdur.  There are hundreds if not thousands of goblinkind tribes throughout Nod.  On occasion a great orc or goblin warlord will rise to power and unite the goblin-tribes and then set out to conquer the west or east.  More often then not though, the invader is a minion of Nekash, the Witch King.