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AS Limit Break,2009/12/13

By DM Neil,on December 27th,2009 ,Category:Aftersessions

Because sometimes I feel like a nut,sometimes I don’t …

I wanted to elucidate my personal,inexperienced concept of the level of design a gamemaster (GM) exerts;I wasn’t very eloquent during the recording. And yes,like Jason suggested,I’m very aware this perspective is far from the standard. I don’t expect to change anyone’s opinion,and I probably shouldn’t.

I start by saying that I am not looking for “reality”in a game;that is an impossibility. I’m looking for plausibility. I think that it is a GM’s responsibility to create a plausible world,one with plausible …

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Episode 15 - New World Campaign - Water and Light Part 1 of 4

By DM Neil,on December 26th,2009 ,Category:Actual Play,New World

From the desk of the not-so-conjugal visitor …

Premise:Morning comes after a sleepless night. Our brave adventurers awaken to ominous memories from a few hours before. After much … persuasion … their battered prisoner had finally revealed his kind’s sinister plan:a “goblin hulk” would soon be treading on their colony’s shores. Dreading the worst,our heroes spring into action and … handle some other errands first.

Empyron pays another visit to Falstaff,plantation owner,in an attempt to make him the ultimate offer for one in his trade:an unlimited source of water. An ideal proposal it …

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Episode 14 - Rogue Trader - Into Winter’s Heart

By DM Neil,on December 19th,2009 ,Category:Actual Play,Warhammer

And now time for something completely different . . .

NerdBound presents a very special episode featuring a one-shot of Rogue Trader run by Tadanori Oyama from over at the Roleplaying Public Radio site. We enlisted Murph and Sean-o-tron from the forums as well to round out our band of privateers. The game takes place at the fringes of the Warhammer 40K universe as Sarvus Trask (DM Neil) and my crew seek out unknown fortunes and eliminate any opposition with extreme prejudice. Why is it that those two things …

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Aftersession 5 - December 13,2009

By DM Neil,on December 17th,2009 ,Category:Aftersessions

Hey all,

Here we are with the last Aftersession of the year! Drink it in because you won’t hear any of our topical banter for at least a few weeks. This week we chat about our favorite PS1 games,Rogue Trader,arguing with the DM,and of course Wangs of Warcraft and Who’s Not Working featuring Tone Loc. We may have a winner! Or maybe not.

Episode 13 - New World Campaign - The Plot Thickens Part 2 of 2

By DM Neil,on December 12th,2009 ,Category:Actual Play,New World

From the desk of the young man with the sleep mask …

Premise:Harne awakens to a scream in the middle of the night (and this time it’s not Camulus’s night terrors). Our heroes emerge from their headquarters to be greeted by a startling sight:the once soothing moonlit horizon now brims with a crimson glow,a house at the edge of town burning away to cinder. With the villagers frantically fleeing from the raging inferno,our adventurers struggle to find answers to the chaos befalling their new home.

But a voice crackles forth to clear their confusion … …

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