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Map of the Skogurhörmulegur
I've drawn a small map of the area explored in the Dungeon World actual play "The Barrow of the Dwarven Queen." For simplicities sake, the scale equals 1 ration per hex. As of yet, the town the heroes...
View ArticleMoveable parts and fiddly bits: customization in Lotfp
Something that has gone around in my head for sometime: players like to customize, they like to play with options. In Lotfp, this is a bit lacking. Sure, clerics and wizards have options regarding...
View ArticleExperience for Old School RPGs
As I've posted earlier, I don't really like how Lotfp is dependent on gaining treasure for getting experience points. Also, I would like to emphasize gaining experience for defeating monster. Yet, I...
View ArticleReturn to Dungeon World
It is finally decided. Next Friday will see our return to Dungeon World. But there will be a change of players. Basically, two players will continue and one to three new players will join. Now, the...
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Updated map of the Skogurhörmulegur and environs
In the process of preparing the next session of Dungeon World, I have update the map of the Dismal Forest and immediate surroundings. Next, I create Svarturvigi, because I already have a picture in my...
View ArticleSvarturvigi, the Black Fortress
Svarturvigi is the town were the trade caravan from Solacebury (see "The Barrow of Dwarven Queen" adventure) is travelling to. As preparation for the game session next Friday, I've decided to flesh out...
View ArticleFriarsbridge
Friarsbridge is a village upriver from Svarturvigi. I imagine a small rural community centered on a monastery. It was built at an easy river crossing and later on, a bridge was built across the river....
View ArticleAgainst the Spectre Queen
Yesterday we played Dungeon World again. The party arrived in Svarturvigi and the story developed from their. I begin to see this as a series of modules:BDQ1: In the Barrow of the Dwarven Queen (played...
View ArticleRPGs and Kickstarter
This is the post I never wanted to write, but an email by Marc Miller I received from the Citizens of Imperium list today kind of provoked me into finally publishing a post about Kickstarter and RPGs....
View ArticleA new danger for my Dungeon World game
So far, the dwarves from Svarturvigi are skirmishing with the elves of the Aelfrick Forest or as the elves call, it the Airgiodach Forest. The elves have retaliated against Friarsbridge, not knowing...
View ArticleThree players or four?
First, is three a group of three players really the sweet spot? Nimea thinks so. I don't quite agree. Three is an ideal number if there are no frictions between the characters and everyone is basically...
View ArticleDefeating Adalfridjur
I am a bit worried about the final confrontation with Adalfridjur, the spectre queen. If I am going to stat her, the group will probably be able to slay her with a couple of blows. The fighter has a...
View ArticleAt the Inn of the Green Glade
And now for another installment of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition actual plays:Our heroes Finubaryel, the high elven bounty hunter, Athela, the wild elven blade dancer, Lutz, the Reiklander...
View ArticleAgainst the Deep Elves
Yesterday, I've started a new group of players on Dungeon World. This was kind of an experiment, since some of the players weren't sure, if they would enjoy calssic fantasy gaming. This post contains...
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Through the Fens of the Fallen
This is the actual play report of the first session of "Against the Deep Elves" campaign. The current module names are:ADE1 "Through the Fens of the Fallen" (described below)ADE2 "Into Dolor's Gap"...
View ArticleBDQ3: In the Service of the Black King
This is the thrid installment in the module series BDQ The Barrow of the Dwarven Queen. The series follows a group of heroes trying to bring down the spectre of a derro dwarven queen. 1. PrepAbsolutely...
View ArticleSomething Rotten in Blackmoore
This is the actual play report for a Dungeon World one-shot based on the Blackmoore Adventure Starter by watergoesred. The starter contains some interesting images and a city with a fantastic landmark:...
View ArticleWhat I learned from Indie Gaming
For the most part I think that Indie games (with some noteable exceptions) are an effort in focused game design not neccessarily intended nor useful for campaign gaming. But Indie gaming teaches us...
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GM Merit Badges
I just discovered the GM Merit Badges. Mine would be:Some were a hard decision. For example, I've tinkered a lot with the rules of the Vampire: The Requiem game I am running for eight years now. Other...
View ArticleMeeting Jakob Bauer, Witch Hunter
Yesterday, we played another installment in our ongoing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition campaign. Not really much did happen. The group continued to explore the Morr temple, the graveyard and a...
View ArticleMeme: Only Ten
I just saw that at Untimately's blog: "If you could only keep ten of your printed RPG books, which would you pick?"That is at once difficult and easy... let's see: I am going to follow the rules that...
View ArticleBDQ4 The Quest for the Silver Sword
Originally I had intended to call the next module in the series "The Revenge of the Black Queen", but events turned out differently. The actual play report covers the fourth session of the BDQ series...
View ArticleTainted Magic for Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Tainted magic is a house rule that is inspired by Dungeon Crawl Classic's and ACKS's take on the magic-user class. It is intended for Lamentations of the Flame Princess, where magic-users are already...
View ArticleWhatever happened in Bögenhafen?
It's been awhile since I posted about the Warhammer 3rd Edition campaign, so this post will just be a quick summary of the sessions spend in Bögenhafen. The following play report is vastly simplified...
View ArticleClosing Down
I am closing the blog "Beyond the Drowning Woods" effective immediately. Back in January 2013, on the occassion of the FATE Core Kickstarter, I began a new blog called "Wings of FATE". Currently, I am...
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