Role Playing Journals

On March 8, I ran an old-school AD&D (first Edition) game to commemorate and celebrate the life of Gary Gygax. I ran three people through The Keep on the Borderlands and we all had a great time. I read ‘The Empty Chair: Eulogy of a Gamer’, an empty chair was put aside to commemorate Gary and we all had a small glass of scotch (neat) and toasted the man who had filled our lives with so much fun. It was a great time and playing the old editions brought back so many fun memories.

Here is the role-playing journal of the game:

http://blog.myspace.com/max_writer

Max_Writer, do you also post at Dragonsfoot? Someone also played KotB in AD&D to remember Gary, as you described. I suppose it wasn't a unique event, but I wondered if you also visit the two boards I do.

Alex,

I post several places but not Dragonsfoot. I'm Max_Writer everywhere I am on the internet I think. I also posted this same thing at boards at kenzerco.com, yog.sothoth.com, shoggoth.com, deadgentlemenproductions.com, a local comic-book store's forum, usshathaway.com, and usstamerlane.com.

I think I was the first to post the idea on the kenzer boards though I could be mistaken.

Max

I'm envious that you get so many opportunities to run RPG adventures, regardless of the setting.

I'm a player in a local D&D group. It's not bad but we can only meet once every 2 weeks or so. But I miss being a GM.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any local players for the games I like to play: Gamma World, Star Trek, Star Drive & Dark Matter. I do have one player for some of these games but he lives out of town & only visits occasionally.

This will make you really jealous then. A friend has set up a mini-convention for this weekend. He even made people register for games and such though it is all among friends. Calling it CaesarCon (since it's taking place during the Ides of March), he might open it to anyone next year.

Tonight is Texas Hold-Em, tomorrow in session one, I run Greyhawk: Wars and he runs Betrayal at House on the Hill; in session Two Saturday, I'm running Call of C'thulhu (Spirits Over Arkham) and another guy is running a game of Aberrant; in session three, a guy is running a Forgotten Realms Game. Sunday is a single session with the guy who set up the thing running the first adventure of Age of Worms.

Sounds like the games you like to play would be a blast. Once CaesarCon is over, I'm going to try to run more often.

Spoilers

I ran ‘Spirits Over Arkham’ by Terry White at a tiny little convention a friend set up this past weekend. The journal entry can be found here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.p...hat=Max_Writer

The characters were (in order of appearance):

Bionka Weathersby (writer)
Harold Fisk (treasure hunter)
Father Gerald Webber (Catholic priest)
Jacob Silverman (archeologist)
Stephanos Covenant (Agency Detective)

and [replacing the character who gets killed ...]

Jebediah Hook (farm hand)

Those playing Bionka, Harold, and Stephanos had never played before and I think everyone had a good time. They got pretty much all the research done and were just exploring the house when I ran out of time. It’s a decent adventure with a LOT of possible props (most of which I got made up beforehand).

The Blog of Professor Beemish and the Great Dale Gambit is at:

http://blog.myspace.com/max_writer

Hope everyone enjoys it.

I've finally posted the role-playing journal for the D&D 3.5 Ed game of the Whispering Cairn run at CaesarCon a couple of weekends ago. It can be found here:

http://blog.myspace.com/max_writer

I played Blinkenstaff (got that name off an accident report here at work), a mage of great knowledge and very little power. You might notice he doesn't get involved in combat unless combat comes to him.

Spoilers

Finally ran Call of C'thulhu again. This time it was Fear of Flying from Fearful Passages and Horrora in the Glen from Green and Pleasant Land. They can be found at:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.p...hat=Max_Writer

Note: There are two entries.

PCs were Benjamin Willows, Liam Smith, and Chip Mathers.

I ran the Doctor Who Role Playing Game this past weekend (FASA). The role-playing journal entry can be found here:

http://blog.myspace.com/max_writer

PCs were Mr. John Smith (Time Lord), Collin Archer (rock star from 2003), and Standing Bear (Native American).

We finished up “The Horror in the Glen” last weekend. The characters are Benjamin Willows (assistant curator of the University Exhibit Museum), Liam Smith (private detective), and Chip Mathers (bounty hunter). It can be viewed here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.p...hat=Max_Writer

Spoilers, btw.

I never thought of doing an RPG journal. All those RPG missions I played or GMed in the glorious 1980s are just a dim memory now. Looking back, I can only think of the hilarious moments my friends said or did, but not any specific mission in detail.

I do remember liking, of all the FASA missions, "Termination 1456" and the Doomsday one, though I can't remember why now. If I only had a journal............

While we sat around the fire Sunday night of Memorial Day Weekend, we got talking about a narrative group-story my friend DJ once ‘ran.’ People convinced him to run a similar one sitting there in the dark around the campfire and it was pretty fun. You can find the write up of the impromptu group story here:

http://blog.myspace.com/max_writer

Obsidian Portal is an online site to create a wiki for your game that is editable by your players (For most things)

http://www.obsidianportal.com/

Karg

Thanks Karq - I think I'm actually set up on Obsidian Portal though the Star Trek game has, unfortunately, been put on the back burner (lack of player interest).

Finally played Call of C’thulhu again. This time it is their first foray into Innsmouth with “The Crawford Inheritance.” The journal entry can be found here:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.p...hat=Max_Writer

Characters are:

• Professor Beaurigard Johanson - Asst. Prof of Archaeology at Miskatonic University (DJ)
• Veronica Vale - Flapper and Johanson’s distant cousin (Mel)
• Chip Mathers - Bounty Hunter and veteran of WWI and the Punitive Expedition

This was a rather slow one as I was trying to set the scene and the mood on this introduction to the shadowed town.