Adept Play
Adept Play
Category: Combat rules
These posts examine the variety of procedures and the variety of meaning or story-operations for violent confrontations.
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More Rolemaster Talk
I first posted this video as a reply at https://adeptplay.com/2021/01/21/rolemaster-reminiscing/ — at Ron’s suggestion, I’m breaking it out into its own post. I talk with Jon and Noah about our Rolemaster campaign from last year, and we discuss preparation, play, mechanics and more:
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The architecture in this town
When we played the first session of Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set/Expert Set (1981, styled “B/X”), I didn’t present any. I had gravitated to northeastern Africa via the dungeon map I wanted to use, which in turn affected my monster picks (crocodiles, baboons), but there wasn’t any context or presentation in play about it. I…
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One bad harvest
We’re finally playing Harnmaster for the long game, with four sessions so far. You can see my slow and deliberate prior uptake in Dialing down the fantasy and Grit and focus. If you’re not familiar with it (people seem to be 100% or 0% with hardly anyone in-between), Harn is a set of isles at…
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A day at the library
One quick point first: almost any available picture of the main library in town frames it to make it as angular and bleak-looking as possible. Yes, it is angular, but it also includes nice trees and a busy street and plaza, so don’t get the idea that it sits in silence except for a nearby…
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Gunbot babies
I have finally managed the right time and group for playing Empire of Dust., by Clint Krause and Amy Garcia, published via their imprint KNRPG Productions in 2008. I bought it upon release at GenCon and I have often wanted to break it out. I’m surprised it took this long. The game is entirely not…
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Horror in the cold
I prepared some introductory play material for The Mountain Witch for some recent public activities. When our Spelens Hus EABA game ran into on-and-off scheduling, some of the guys indicated they’d like to play it, so we prepared and played for a session. Now that EABA is concluded, we’re continuing with everyone. I decided long…
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The heroes we know
This game was a reboot of the Villains & Vigilantes started early in the year. Johan’s schedule was too irregular for him to continue, unfortunately, as I miss Doctor Fungus. Although Filip and Helma used the same character designs and names, it’s a full reboot/beginning, and Theo joined us with his character, the Neutron. We…
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Dawnford
This has been a tough season for sustained play. For this EABA game, we have managed eight sessions in six months, and it kills me to see my claim in the prior post that we’d managed to recover regular play, which obviously we did not. (Previous posts: Apoc western, Radioactive grit) I categorized this post…
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Gamma World at the Happening
I went to the Happening and ran two sessions of Gamma World 7th Edition, which is the version that uses the D&D 4th Edition rules. This gave me an opportunity to apocalyptically destroy bits of Norrköping again (see the old Gamma World actual play for more of this). I had supposed I could reuse some…