A meandering journey into the world of fantasy.
This session was actually shorter than most, unexpected work and travel caused people to come late, but it felt very dense afterwards - a lot happened! We finished with Gus's great module, and explored another bit of strangeness in Dolmenwood: The Fairy Roads! Passage - art installation by Cornelia Konrads In Game PCs present: Alette … Continue reading Vastlands ep.11 – The Fairy Roads
I've referred to these rules a few times already. Our resident Witch character wanted to make something of her background as a herbalist and apprentice witch. All the wonderful stories of a witches-brew and the secret knowledge of plants is a potent idea! So I looked around for something to make a fun mini-game for … Continue reading Vastlands Houserules – Herbalism & Potions
We had a an extra week's break as most people couldn't make it, but there was a lot of excitement for this session - players arriving much earlier that expected! I might be "old fashioned", but I love my weekly sessions. Feels a lot like a weekly tv show. Once more we're picking up from … Continue reading Vastlands ep.10 – Refuge in Darkness
Well. This is currently my most run "adventure module". I only run games for my own tables and so generally don't reuse modules. But this one I've now run 3 times! I think I might have a few things to say about it. The Hated Pretender - By Gus.L So the premise of this is … Continue reading For consideration – Prison of the Hated Pretender
Finally, after many adventures, the party has reached the goal that they set out for when they left their home of Mistmill. We got to try out a little bit of our magical research and herbalism rules during a week of downtime, and then we began the wonderful puzzle dungeon of "Prison of the Hated … Continue reading Vastlands ep.9 – The Undying Tyrant
This seems to get contentious in some circles, but I have my opinions. "Well, Shit" by Kimberly Sterling Personally I enjoy playing games with people I trust. If you have a player that wants to be disruptive - no amount of rules will "contain" them. I also find that to get trust, I have to … Continue reading Vastlands Houserules – Who rolls what?
After last session and the zombie horde, the players were being cautious. There was a discussion during the week about what they should do - Stay in town, try for a safer route, or just try to rush through the last expanse of forest before Drigbolton. I pointed them towards the Wilderness travel rules, and … Continue reading Vastlands ep.8 – Nag-Wood Passage
Every game I run always experiences some "drift". What do players want to do? What sort of activities do they want to focus on? Or ignore? A book of magic? - some picture on the internet... Given the location (Dolmenwood) and how we made the characters (Beyond the Wall) - magic has a particular feel … Continue reading Vastlands Houserules – Magic
I had planned to try to "speed along" the players to get up to Drigbolton a little faster. But I am trying to keep things consistent - so I had the NPC loan the party her horses and carriage for a faster trip... Little did I know that Lady Luck had a peverse sense of … Continue reading Vastlands ep.7 – The Vulgar Road
Wandering Wombat 