Library Update (6) - Christmas Haul

In Poland, we have Christmas Eve, when we sit with our families eating sumptuous supper and find presents under the Christmas tree. This is a magical time for all of us and in the light of the whole year 2020, it is something calming, that we can meet with our family around the table in good health. This is a privilege which not everybody has. So we gather and celebrate and thanks for that. After that time there is a moment for presents. This year I found many things that make me smile on my face. 

Cthulhu Gloom! At last!

Nightmare Tales from H.P. Blavatsky

The Comming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti 

...and 10 adventures for one Keeper and one Player for Call of Cthulhu!

I must say I've got one problem. Big problem. I do not know what to start reading first. And this is a problem I can live with! Hope You only have such problems!

Marry Christmas Everyone!

Library Update (5)

 So last time I wrote the library update world was saner than now. Since the last update I received and bought many books, maybe I will cover them in the next instalment of the library update, for now, I would like to show You something special. I found it today in my mailbox. 

Another Blasphemous Tome from Good Friends of Jackson Elias! What a wonderful reading ahead of me! 

RPG Update (16)

Well, well, well... For the first time ever, my session counter is showing me 100 sessions since the start of this year. This is the first time in my gaming history, that I achieve such a big number. I've got big plans for this year. First I wanted to play in Cyberpunk 2020 for the whole year, but the first lockdown created a vacuum I filled with the session so after the first 4 months of this year I've got enough. For the next two months, I run a couple of Delta Green adventures and played in some, then I've got three beautiful months with Call of Cthulhu in a 1920s setting before I and my group went back to Cyberpunk 2020 again to celebrate this very special for this game year. I've also started playing in some solo RPG that I counted also for this matter, some Viewscream and some Dungeon and Dragons. I've also started the elephant in the room - Horror on the Orient Express. So the year isn't over yet, I've got 100 sessions under my belt and I know it will take another world-spanning disaster to recreate that number. Or maybe not? Don't get me wrong, I hate what happened, not happy about it. But it changes so many things in Our lives. Maybe it changes our hobby also? Maybe online RPGs are the future from now on? It is a more convenient way of playing for some people. I miss the meatspace games, the face to face roleplaying. But for now, we cannot do this. So we play online. For the foreseen future. 100! Wow! One friggin hundred sessions! Maybe for some of You, this is nothing unusual, but for me, this is an achievement, that I never thought I achieve. That's it for now. I'm now prepping the Venezia chapter of Horror on The Orient Express. The in the coming weeks of 2020 I will end my story arc of Cyberpunk - Bielitz City 2020 and then... We will see! Stay strong! Stay safe!

RPG Update (15)

So, I looked at my RPG notebook, where I archive all my sessions, and what I see since my last blog post? We continued our Horror on the Orient Express campaign. This time in Milan. So the PCs had a hard time navigating the labirynthesuqe La Scala building. It all ends in a big fight on Centro di Milano. It was a very stisfaing game. For me, it was some sort of crossing the rubicon. Mainly because my first experience with Horror on the Orient Express as a player comes to an abrupt end just on the stage of La Scala more than twenty years ago. The second was after a year and I was a Keeper of that campaign. Sadly after a steady start, my group dissolve during the summer holidays. We never finish it. And this time we also ended up in Milan. So now. For the third time, we go there, but for the first time, my players went further and now are on the train to Venice. So excited for this new chapter!

During that time I also run one adventure in two sessions of my own corner of Cyberpunk 2020 world. It is time, that everyone is waiting for a computer game, but for us, that game is on for 20 years now! We build this city - Bielitz 2020 from scratch and it is so big now, so rich with stories! For this generation of Player Characters, our older PCs are almost like mystical gods or heroes. It is nice to build something like that together with a group of dedicated players. 

Today I prep for next week's HotOE Venice session. In the afternoon I will check my notes about Cyberpunk, and waiting for the time, that we will once again play face to face. Stay safe out there!