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Awesome Gaming Inc. Introduction

Hi!An auspicious greeting to a website we hope you'll enjoy. Corvys and myself (Wookeh) are a pair of Dungeon Masters/Game Masters/Storytellers/Secret Keepers/Gaming Gods, and we have started this blog...

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The City: Urban Setting: Part I

This will be the first of a series of instalments detailing the ongoing development of The City. The City is an urban role playing environment designed to be used with the new World of Darkness game...

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Alternate-Earth: On Her Glorious Victorian Empire, and the Damned Blasphemies...

IntroductionSeries IntroductionThis series will describe a world - “Alternate-Earth” - suitable for role-playing in a dystopian Steam-punk game. Each article will focus on some aspect - geographic,...

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Alternate Earth: On Her Majesty's Crown Jewel: London

Technology of Note In LondonArticle IntroductionThis is the first of a short series of posts about London. This article describes two major technologies used in the city by the Victorian faction, as...

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The City: Urban Setting: Part II

So, without further ado, the next instalment of The City. Rocky PeaksSituated within the park, connected to the city by a narrow winding strip of national road, lies the small town of Rocky Peaks. It...

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The City: Urban Setting: Part III

The ProjectsThe Projects are made up of tall, sprawling apartment buildings which block the sunlight on the streets below. They are sprinkled with small windows, mostly broken or barred and look like...

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Using D&D 4e Skill Challenges in Solo Encounters

One of the greatest advantages D&D 3.5e has over D&D 4e is the implied set of options available in combat. D&D is a very good RPG system for combat, and has always excelled in that field....

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Desperation Attacks in 4e: Action Movies and Parting Shots

Quick admin before we get to the meat of the article: Corvys and myself have agreed to do a series of super-short articles, to see how we like the idea. We’re both dedicated to bringing content, but...

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Miniblog 2 of N: Other Uses for Action Points

So when ChattyDM was on hiatus, he had a serious of awesome guest posts. So awesome, in fact, that he  dubbed the posters the Order of Chatty DMs. I’m honoured to be on the list. But putting that to...

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Awesome Gaming, Deep Role-Play and DM Profiling

Oh, today’s post is going to be flame-bait :) Preachiness alert: if you’re starting to get annoyed, skip down to the DM profile listing later in the article and carry on reading – I get a bit soap-boxy...

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On Games, and Storytelling

StorytellingI am a firm believer that storytelling is a corner-stone of what defines culture. The story may be told as part of a song, or in a video game, but a story is told nonetheless.Stories...

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Personality Based Campaign and Adventure Design

Today I was having a chat with a good friend, and we got on to the topic of stories. And I pointed out something that Corvys taught me years ago, but I feel can never be repeated often enough:Stories...

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Screw It, Let's Do This Thing

One of the most prominent things that emerged from 4e D&D was the "Yes, and..." rule. It really was a complete mindset shift for a lot of DMs - the idea that the player, and the general attitude of...

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CoC/WoD Crossover Transcript - Part 0

IntroductionMany years ago, I offered to run a PbEm (Play by Email) game of Call of Cthulhu for Corvys. The only catch? While we both understood (vaguely) the concept of cosmic horror, gritty...

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CoC/WoD Crossover Transcript - Part 1

IntroductionThis was a first post for me. I’ve preserved my Out of Character (or OoC) comments at the end because I feel they illustrate both what I was asking Corvys to do at the time, as well display...

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