Library Update (27)

After a long time without any new books, I've stumbled upon cash of new releases from Polish Publisher Vesper. They published almost at the same time Dunwich Horror in Baranger coffee table book form, as well as Acolytes of Cthulhu story selection and selection of the most important stories by Lord Dunsany. It is the first time that was put on sale something so comprehensive for this author. I cannot ignore such a treat. I went full on and now, after the first 50 pages, I can say that it was a good decision. Those stories are... Just wonderful. Polish Publisher used original art from those couple of books combined in that marvelous tome. Cannot wait for more time to read this book. Other books are on my List of Shame, waiting to be read someday...

RPG Update (40)

Earlier this month my Wife gave me a present. With a big surprise I found a parcel addressed to me from the Polish Publisher of Call of Cthulhu inside, as You already know were those two gorgeous books. Those two are the first in a long time sourcebooks for Call of Cthulhu that join my collection. For now, I'm still reading Golden Bought by Frazer, but in the meantime, I'm looking inside those tomes, and what I'm finding there are lots of inspirations for future scenarios. I hope to properly read it through from the first page to the last.

RPG Update (39)

During waiting for more favorable times for the game of Blade Runners RPG Electric Dreams in Meat Space, just for fun and for learning mechanics with one on one game, I've created from tables in the rulebook little scenario, set just after the Stress test of Fin Anderson. In the meantime, I've also surfed the net in search of inspiration and more case files. In that search, I found Blade Runner RPG Discord it is a place with many great resources for that game. In one particular insane idea I found their Deckard badge and using Ms Paint Foo I decided to make for my characters also one. So here are they:

Meg's badge.

Fin Anderson's badge

Spade's badge.

All three of them. Nothing fancy. A little Paint, a color printer, and a laminator.

Library Update (26)

Another Algernons Blackwood book this year by our publisher C&T. Well my List of Shame is growing but the tomes I outing on that list are so interesting I cannot decide what to start reading first... I love to have such problems!  

Library Update (25)

My Friend was back in the country last week, so as usual we exchange book gifts. This time I'm for a treat! But also my List of Shame grows exponentially.

Heroes of Rura-Tonga (8)

Things are moving behind the scenes. Even if I’m prepping for fighting Mythos in my Delta Green game or taking spice for some visions of the future in my next Dune game or even looking at neon-soaked streets of Los Angeles 2037, my mind always has a little corner of Pulp inside. So when I’ve got the time I’ve always come back to my now long-prepping Heroes of Rura-Tonga campaign.

One of my biggest ventures during this long process was creating cool NPCs. Because they will be as important as scenarios for my Wife’s alone pulp hero. Also, I wanted to up the game since my last great Pulp Campaign – Pulp Egypt (also by Peter Schweighofer). So I’ve used investigator passports from the Drive-thru, some Google, and Ms Paint Foo, and created those beauties. So here they are. Residents and guests of Rura-Tonga in  no particular order: 

My Youngling leaves fingerprints everywhere! 

Another point in prepping this campaign is now done. Up to the next one - Villains!

RPG Update (38)

After my first exposure to Free League Year Zero Engine in the Alien RPG game, I’ve created characters for my Blade Runner RPG game. My wife also created a character for her, and I’ve decided to run a little stress test. Also for the first time I’ve used AI graphics for player characters and NPCs. For someone who has zero skill in painting/sketching and limited time, this is a very useful tool. I do not imagine replacing real-life artists in RPG books with AI, but for me, it is as I said before very useful. I must say, that creating Blade Runner PC is very satisfying and the characters are very nicely detailed after the whole process.

I was very interested in chase mechanics, especially by foot and with spinners. So I’ve created a little micro scenario, called the Stress Test of Fin Anderson, to try those rules. Last evening I’ve run it and tried those mechanics. This is simple and nicely done. Some questions that arose during that game were quickly answered after a second reading of the rulebook. Cannot wait for a time, when I will be able to run Electric Dreams for my players in meat space. Those handouts must be used in real life. In the meantime I will create another adventure, using creator at the end of the rulebook. The idea for that scenario came to me during reading the book.

So what's next? Hope to run Delta Green, hope to run Blade Runner, and play in Alien. As always life will change that plan, but who can say, that I cannot dream? Here are Our PCs:

Fin Anderson - My Wife's character.

Spade - my first character, also an old-school Blade Runner, friend of Marlow from the Blade Runner Black Lotus animated series.

Meg - my second character, N9, partner of Spade. Only one year in the force. Beautiful and deadly.