A meandering journey into the world of fantasy.
actually, we were pretty nice! So it turns out that another blogger was running his group through Winter's Daughter at the same time I was. Eegag reached out and joked that we should do a joint review... You know, not a bad idea. So if you're interested in reading some words we had to say … Continue reading Winter’s Daughter Discussions
Lankshorn by Pauliina Hannuniemi Now comes the perilous time - after the "starter adventure" is finished, and before the "wider campaign world" is established. It is very hard for players to go from "do these things!" to "what do you want to do?". It helps (I've found) to give a little direction but to take … Continue reading Vastlands ep.3- Welcome to Dolmenwood
The Cold Prince and Princess Snowfall-at-Dusk This was a fun session again! The players were really getting into character, and getting into the spirit of dealing with the strange situations they found themselves in. After the sudden attack of the "holy items" in last session, they were especially careful to avoid any kind of armed … Continue reading Vastlands ep.2- Winter’s Daughter pt2
Sir Chyde (yes, this guy screams "ghostly knight") Winter's Daughter is an adventure I've wanted to run for a long time as it hits so many of the key points that I love having in my games: whimsy, horror, puzzles, otherlands - A classic fairytale. The book is so well formatted and laid out as … Continue reading Vastlands ep.1- Winter’s Daughter pt1
The end result of character creation - a whole town of adventure awaiting! Right, its been a while.The Plague, The Youngling. Its all conspired to keep me away from creative stuff.But that being said, there has been some gaming and imaginative stuff going on. The Castaldo game went for 6 sessions, but then fell apart … Continue reading Vastlands ep.0-The Mistmill Fight Club
PlayersAutumnLilithNihal ====Session 6====The trio of women were left on the garden-hill feeling lost and confused. Aunt Mayda was starting to cry in hunger and no one was sure of what to do next (about there situation, or the baby)Autumn remembered the spell books they gathered from The Other Garden, and found one that seemed appropriate. … Continue reading Castaldo – The Mermaids
"Hunt" by Anastasiia Platoshyna Right. These last weeks have been.... interesting. Not a while lot of motivation to write up this session. But in the end translating my scribbled notes into this was a nice experience. I am really enjoying this game. ====Session 5====PlayersNihalLilith Lilith crept up to the gently snoring Hook. She lifted the … Continue reading Castaldo – Escape!
Closing onto Christmas we held this early session. I felt worried at times putting forward some consequences that removed agency a little too much, but the players expressed their joy at the consequences and found them to be interesting twists! ===Session4===PlayersAutumnNihalLilith The trio are being “escorted” by the goblins through the fairy lands. Rolling hills, … Continue reading Castaldo – Mab’s Request
Christmas is approaching, but the plague is still with us, so the game continues! This time I managed to get my hands on the wonderful "Neverland". Its statted out for D&D 5e, but the majority of the game is rather system-agnostic. It is also a breeze to run (especially if you've read/watched/listened to the source … Continue reading Castaldo – Neverland
The Magician's Study My players were eager to continue, so we had a 2nd session this week. There was not a lot to randomly generate this time around during the session - as I was able to put together the tower's contents from the random tables during the intervening days. I must say i'm impressed … Continue reading Castaldo – The Magician’s Tower
Wandering Wombat 