The Strontium Dogs are going to Hell to recover Rascer Vance who has been busted out of prison by 3 rebel Strontium Dogs,  Dante, Wagner and Marlowe (i don't know if the players beiong mostly 20 and from Singapore will pick up on the literary references).

The game will take them from the Sandbox environment they have been in where they wander the galaxy looking for bounty to a more linear game where they need to negotiate the 9 Circles of Hell to close in on their mark and escape.

From Purgatory where they start they will need to be pretty skilled and lucky to make it through to the Citadel of Skulls where they can fine out from Satan himself how to escape.

This is session 1 and I reckon its a 4-5 session adventure.

For Strontium Dog fans its a riff on the classic Strontium Dog story from the 80s which has the same basic arc but I have changed the actual details in almost every case and added a lot more from Dante and Christian Myth, Yes I have actually done some prep ... nearly an hour worth, though I have bene planning the whole thing for 2 weeks since they agreed to go on the mision at the end of last session.

We are playing Lacuna. This week end we will finish the second part of an adventure I wrote titled #OccupyFaerie.

BTW, I'm told that Lacuna belongs to that kind of games where...

"...You explore the darkest innards of the repulsive evilness who, like a cancer, devours every human soul - and whose metastasis sprout corruptive tendrils which infect the repulsive innards of the decaying society through obscene rituals where the DM is quartered and eaten..."

...But strangely enough the reason why it is such an hit in my group is because it is one of the funniest games we have ever played. Maybe we already grew beyond *that* phase

In a way, Lacuna underlines why I never liked Paranoia: in Paranoia I always had the feeling that parody and farce were a forced part of the setting. In Lacuna dire and totally unfunny things happens for real - and this is the very reason why we almost piss ourselves every time we play it.

Quote from: Reckall;675422We are playing Lacuna. This week end we will finish the second part of an adventure I wrote titled #OccupyFaerie.

BTW, I'm told that Lacuna belongs to that kind of games where...

"...You explore the darkest innards of the repulsive evilness who, like a cancer, devours every human soul - and whose metastasis sprout corruptive tendrils which infect the repulsive innards of the decaying society through obscene rituals where the DM is quartered and eaten..."

...But strangely enough the reason why it is such an hit in my group is because it is one of the funniest games we have ever played. Maybe we already grew beyond *that* phase

In a way, Lacuna underlines why I never liked Paranoia: in Paranoia I always had the feeling that parody and farce were a forced part of the setting. In Lacuna dire and totally unfunny things happens for real - and this is the very reason why we almost piss ourselves every time we play it.

What the heck is Lacuna? It's the first time I hear about it.

Quote from: Rincewind1;675424What the heck is Lacuna? It's the first time I hear about it.

It is an RPG where the PCs are "Mistery Agents" with the ability to plunge into the collective unconscious (a basically infinite, rainy city) and eliminate the "bad part" of people's personalities so to make both them and the World nicer.

The first thing the game makes one to think of are The Matrix and Inception, but, while some basic concepts remind of both movies, it is really an original and very interesting setting.

One of the best parts (IMHO) is that the background is "incomplete", so the GM can fill the gaps the way he wants. Also, it is not the "one trick pony" kind of game: this is our third adventure, and it is shaping as the best one yet.

Of course storygamers tried to get hold of Lacuna and turn the game into... whatever. But we play it as a "system-lite/things WILL go pear shaped fast-heavy" traditional RPG, and, as I said, we are having a ball.

More info here:
http://www.memento-mori.com/lacuna/

IMPORTANT NOTE: Unluckily Ron Edwards loved the game, and spoke highly of it in a review that will cause every self-respecting RPGers to run for the horizon. If you find this review do yourself a favour and ignore it.

Session 2 of the HARP fantasy game tonight. Kicking the tires on it. We made a few mistakes system-wise in the first session. :-)

I've been feverishly creating an "ElectroGMScreen" that houses a combat tracker, PC Roster, reference tables, the critical and fumble tables, magic tables, skills/subskills, spells, combat actions, etc. so I can use it with my laptop. Still have magic, spells and combat actions left. I've found putting this together to be an excellent way to learn a game!

Looking forward to more HARP mayhem to see how this thing plays...

Unfortunately, we didn't play RPGs this weekend, which was a long one, because of the Pope visiting Rio de Janeiro for the Youth World Journey.

A small part of our group played the D&D boardgame Wrath of Ashardalon. Funny thing is, most of them hate 4e with passion. I prefer the old editions, but I like 4e better than 3e, as I loathe feat wankery.

This week, however, we're gonna play Rokugan d20, and I'll probably run something on the monthly RedeRPG (RPG networ) in Rio. I'm torn between Night's Black Agents and Dungeon Crawl Classics. Last time I was there I ran Legends of Anglerre.

Quote from: Reckall;675429It is an RPG where the PCs are "Mistery Agents" with the ability to plunge into the collective unconscious (a basically infinite, rainy city) and eliminate the "bad part" of people's personalities so to make both them and the World nicer.

The first thing the game makes one to think of are The Matrix and Inception, but, while some basic concepts remind of both movies, it is really an original and very interesting setting.

One of the best parts (IMHO) is that the background is "incomplete", so the GM can fill the gaps the way he wants. Also, it is not the "one trick pony" kind of game: this is our third adventure, and it is shaping as the best one yet.

Of course storygamers tried to get hold of Lacuna and turn the game into... whatever. But we play it as a "system-lite/things WILL go pear shaped fast-heavy" traditional RPG, and, as I said, we are having a ball.

More info here:
http://www.memento-mori.com/lacuna/

IMPORTANT NOTE: Unluckily Ron Edwards loved the game, and spoke highly of it in a review that will cause every self-respecting RPGers to run for the horizon. If you find this review do yourself a favour and ignore it.

I'll back that up. Love that game.

We did some Deadlands Reloaded last night, where my player's now lone Native American US Deputy Marshal (and that's no longer technically valid since the US Marshal that deputized him got lost in the Deadlands, but that's not been reported) got to meet Wyatt Earp in Dodge City and take on the demonic surgeon known as The Butcher (the Independence Day dime novel).

That was good times.

This weekend its ICONS, the Golden Age campaign, which will have  a decidedly Cthulhu-esque spin to it.

We're going to play more of the module Ernie and I created as a possible introduction to the Hobby Shop Dungeon.

Staring at a Word Processing Page trying to make a certain subsystem of my game work well.

Reading various RPG sites and blogs.

Lamenting that I don't have a live game scheduled until next February.

Benoist, I can't help but notice your Tac-Tiles. We're an exclusive sort of brotherhood, aren't we? Best gaming purchase I ever made--picked up 2 sets before they stopped production, and grabbed a third secondhand.

Quote from: Zachary The First;675941Benoist, I can't help but notice your Tac-Tiles. We're an exclusive sort of brotherhood, aren't we? Best gaming purchase I ever made--picked up 2 sets before they stopped production, and grabbed a third secondhand.

I think they, or something very similar, got a Kickstarter effort going.

AD&D Friday, Thursday is an unknown, and at some point in between this weekend I'm going to try to make my sci-fi mashup gel some.

Don't know if I'll ever get to play, but there we are...

Quote from: Zachary The First;675941Benoist, I can't help but notice your Tac-Tiles. We're an exclusive sort of brotherhood, aren't we? Best gaming purchase I ever made--picked up 2 sets before they stopped production, and grabbed a third secondhand.

Absolutely one of the best gaming purchases I ever made. I just have one 12 (or 10?) -tiles set, but would purchase more for a reasonable price!

For this game I actually used them exactly as they used to advertise them: I was drawing the immediate area around the characters as they went, and kept moving and erasing the tiles as they went in whatever direction they chose. Like this (with the orange d20(s) representing the party, and the minis on the side symbolizing marching order and/or close up tactical situations):



And then as they moved southward...



It was incumbent to the player to keep an accurate overall map of the complex.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;675943I think they, or something very similar, got a Kickstarter effort going.

If you are thinking about the translucent tiles, they look nice, but I would go for tact-tiles, and nothing else (because I already have one set, and am tired of investing in near/comparable/similar stuff that actually isn't compatible, in this case the puzzle edges patterns).