apocalypse

  • When Prophecy Fails

    We are all believers of a fringe religious movement, centered around a prophetic figure. Our prophet has foretold that the world is going to end on this very night. They have gathered us, and only us, together to meet the apocalypse. They have chosen us because they know that we truly believe their prophecies. Our…

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  • I Pray God Will Curse the Writer

    I Pray God Will Curse the Writer is a live action roleplaying game I wrote, inspired by bits of the Hastur mythos as described by Robert Chambers, John Tynes, Dennis Detwiller and Robin Laws. All the larp files in one .zip file Cast member character sheets Inhabitant of Carcosa character sheets Answer cards Whisper Labyrinth…

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  • Playtest: Ghost Lines Dark

    We played Ghost Lines Dark last night. There were, of course, a few kinks to get worked out about how Cthulhu Dark relates to Ghost Lines. But it was a lot of fun and seemed to work over all. I stole Judd’s idea of having the PCs be a crew of new recruits mentored by…

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  • [Not Exactly Gaming] How do you preserve our culture in the face of an apocalypse?

    My father-in-law asked me as a thought experiment what technologies I’d use to preserve civilization in the face of an apocalypse or societal collapse. This is the answer I gave him, which may have gotten out of hand. If nothing else, it was entertaining to me to write and gave me a few cool seeds…

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  • Blackrazor

    A few years ago, I ran my wife’s D&D character through the classic module White Plume Mountain. During the game, she recovered the infamous artifact Blackrazor, which came to factor heavily into the campaign. This was in 3.5, but when Wizards of the Coast had a contest updating Blackrazor to 4e, I wrote this up.…

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  • Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War

    A nano rpg designed to be played in a Chinese restaurant.

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  • Ganakagok

    I really like Ganakagok, by Bill White. So when I went to run the game, I made up my own set of the not-quite-Tarot cards that the game uses. Ganakagok Cards See also the Skeksis cards I made for a Dark Crystal inspired Ganakaok game.

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  • Skeksis cards for Ganakagok

    My friend Ross decided to run a game of Ganakagok, but with Skeksis from The Dark Crystal instead of Ganakagok’s regular eskimoes. To facilitate this game, I made up a separate deck of the Tarot cards used in the game. Skeksis cards for Ganakagok

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