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I have, for quite a while, had a fascination with the Cyberpunk genre. It started when my father told me to read Neuromancer and Snow Crash while I was in high school. He said something to the effect of, “This is good shit. You should read it.” Man, was he […]

OSRIC/2050

June 30, 2015 in OSRIC / OSRIC/2050 / RPG / Tabletop tagged OSRIC / OSRIC/2050 / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Stanford

So, OSRIC is still going well, even now, five sessions in. Combat is still quick and exciting while it seems that the players are enjoying the world and story. Well, enjoying the parts they’ve seen, at least. There’s plenty more world out there and, if I’m doing my job properly, […]

Tough times for the uninitiated

June 22, 2015 in OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / EABA / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Stanford

Well, two weeks in, and OSRIC is going great. Okay, I suppose anything can go great for just two weeks, but it has thus far gone much better than our previous early campaigns. OSRIC is meant to be played quickly, if the afterword at the back of the rules is […]

And just a dash of dankness…

June 1, 2015 in OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Janko / OSRIC by Stanford

So, we started playing OSRIC last Tuesday (see the pertaining post), and it went pretty well, as starts go. There’s always a bit of confusion when a new system is tried, however I can say that we had far less confusion with OSRIC’s rules than we have with any other […]

And they’re off!

May 25, 2015 in RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons and Dragons / Janko / OSRIC by Stanford

Well, the time has come. We must put down our plowshares and take up the sword, the dagger, and the staff. It is time to don the helm, the coif, and the robe. Yes, it is time, once again, to play Dungeons and Dragons. And this time, we’re going Advanced! […]

Blocky picks to virtual pens!

May 15, 2015 in RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / EABA / OSRIC / Pen and Paper by Stanford

After starting “The Crack Pack 2,” I think it is fair to say we have collectively made use of 70% of the content in some fashion. From the very practical Applied Energistics storage system, to Tinker’s Constructs awesome variety of armors, tools, and weapons with Metallurgy 4’s vast amount of […]

Two weeks and some days later…

May 3, 2015 in RPG / Simulators tagged ATLauncher / Minecraft / Thaumcraft / The Crack Pack by Stanford

So, it took about four days over four weeks, but we finished off all of the content Minecraft has to offer. Well, all of the content that Vanilla Minecraft has to offer, and only as far as achievable gameplay is concerned. Sure, we didn’t make a full-sized replica of the […]

Really mod, pea pod, buff bod, hot rod!

March 1, 2015 in RPG / Simulators tagged ATLauncher / Minecraft / Thaumcraft / The Crack Pack by Stanford

So, as I mentioned last week, Kiokri and I belong to a larger group of college friends that meet weekly via the internet to do some hardcore pen-and-paper RPG-ing. It’s as dorktastic as it is hilariously fun. However, as of a few weeks ago life has decided that none of […]

We digress into a blocky world…

February 20, 2015 in RPG / Simulators / Uncategorized tagged Minecraft by Stanford

So, Kiokri and I belong to a larger group of college friends that game once a night every week. There are six of us, which makes a pretty sizable party whenever we do anything. It was an especially good group size for Dungeons and Dragons, which we’ve been playing weekly for […]