Adept Play
Adept Play
Author: Mansfeld
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Basalt Home on former dwarven metropolis (Years 1-5)
I’ve decided to share some thoughts and trivia from my recent campaign in “Mountain Home”: a game about dwarven settlement on the frontier. It’s based on Forged in the Dark engine, which is derived from Blades in the Dark game. You can find game here, but I warn you in advance: it’s still in development…
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Burning Dwarven Fortress
Back in 2019-2020, I’ve returned to TTRPGs by running “Burning Dwarven Fortress” campaign. It had been influenced by playing Dwarf Fortress video game back then. I’ve used Burning Wheel. Why? In Autumn 2019, I was looking for a game which suits DF’s theme as best as possible and BW was my comfort and kinda OK…
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![[The SCUP] Unspeakable India & Power – 11-14th session, the last and always.](https://adeptplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/239692-1.jpg)
[The SCUP] Unspeakable India & Power – 11-14th session, the last and always.
We concluded our campaign in The Sword, The Crown and The Unspeakable Power. It lasted up to 14th session, which ended in magical storm, about sealing off the Wanton Death (deva Kali) and bringing two deaths to player characters. For a referrence, I do recommend reading my first two submissions about this campaign: 1st –…
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![[The SCUP] Unspeakable India & Power – Sessions 5th to 10th.](https://adeptplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/239692_0.jpg)
[The SCUP] Unspeakable India & Power – Sessions 5th to 10th.
This is a follow up to my previous session report about first four sessions in The Sword, The Crown and The Unspeakable India. We play in our fantasy Ancient India, or at least our European Slavic understanding of it. I'd like to invite you to use my previous Adept Play submission as a reference to…
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Unspeakable India & Power – first four sessions
The game called The Sword, The Crown and The Unspeakable Power interests me with a hook, that it is supposed to be “like Apocalypse World, but closer to Game of Thrones. I'd refer to that game as simply "The SCUP" or "SCUP." The book itself strongly encourages play in non-Western fantasy, literally calling it “Western…