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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 6

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I'm back on my bullshit again. The Tomorrow Legion heads to the Vaporwave Realm! 

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The Legend of Three Hole: Far West Actual Play Part 1 - RPPR After Hours

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I actually recorded a full actual play of Far West! Three Hole McGucket built a masssive cog spider war machine and hid it near the world cactus. Three brave amigos have to stop Heartless Tenacity from claiming the war machine for his own. Can they survive the saloon first?

Aaron as Roscoe Knight
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Early Access: Mausritter: Honey in the Rafters

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I got the Mausritter boxed set recently, so I decided to run one of the adventures in it, Honey in the Rafters! Three brave mice venture forth to battle cursed bees and sugar cultists! 

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Mega Dungeon Meandering - Episode 4 - Stonehell - Level 3

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Level 3 is where the dungeon starts to get truly weird! Cyborg monkeys, bone monkeys, plant monsters, and the deadly Oilphant Statue! Find out what's going in the monster dorms, the house, and both sections of the Hexperiment!

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Early Access: Base Raiders Second Edition - First Playtest

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Back in October 2022, I ran a one shot with some playtest rules I had written for Base Raiders second edition. I haven't had time to work on that since then, but I thought this playtest was pretty entertaining, so enjoy! 

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RPPR Illustrated: Labyrinth of Lost Futures - The Surface Level

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EXCERPT FROM A BOOK FOUND ON A CORPSE AT [REDACTED]

We found out that the Bleak can’t get near that giant skull in the southeast quadrant. Someone had the idea to build a safe haven near it. Not sure why they made it a diner but it works. Gladys inscribed a portal back to the Town so people could travel.  E...

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Online Game Announcement for February 2024

Mork Borg: Stain the Bastion with Blood

Time: Saturday February 17th at 12 pm central time


Players:2 to 5 - character generator here https://scvmbirther.makedatanotlore.dev/ or post your ...

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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 5

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What campaign is complete without a prison break scenario? The Tomorrow Legion has to break out the muse of outlaw country music from a coalition prison! 

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Early Access: Delta Green - Lethe

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A team of agents are sent out on a routine mission to retrieve a tome from an estate before it goes up for auction. Then the shit hits the fan.

This is my shotgun scenario entry for the 2023 contest. Enjoy! 

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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 4

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The Tomorrow Legion heads to a shopping mall to rescue a muse and discover a sentient nuclear missile. Can they protect the mall from an impending Coalition attack?

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Mega Dungeon Meandering - Episode 3 - Stonehell - Level 2

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Enter the Reptile House! Tom is back because one quadrant of this level is focused on reptilian creatures, so we had to get an expert. We also look at the other quadrants: The Asylum, Without Doors, and the Hobgoblin Redoubt. Join us in our expedition as we delve ever deeper into Stonehell! 

2024-01-16 20:30:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access: Delta Green: Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays - Part 2

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The agents must track down a ruthless killer in the desert before he strikes again. But even if they catch him, can they stop him?

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RPPR Illustrated: Labyrinth of Lost Futures - Suburban Frequencies

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This is the second playtest scenario I've made for Labyrinth of Lost Futures. It's an open-ended investigation where the PCs have to find the hidden source of an evil broadcast signal. My goal is to post some playtest actual plays later this year and hopefully start a campaign. Next month, we'll have a hint about the nature o...

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After Hours: Far West - Part 3 - Setting

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We're back on our journey to the Far West! This time Noah, Aaron and I look through the setting material to figure out what you actually do in Far West. What do adventurers do in this game? Let's find out.

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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 3

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The Tomorrow Legion sends in a team to rescue the Heavy Metal muse as they face off demons in the Federation of Magic! 

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Online Game and Consulting for January 2024

RPG Consultations

I have three slots open for $10  patrons and higher available this month for RPG design consultations! If  you have any RPG project or design question you want to discuss, I am  happy to help! I've helped patrons with scenarios, campaigns, full  games, and outlini...

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Early Access: Delta Green: Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays - Part 1

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Thirteen people have vanished along Highway 70 in the Arizona desert.  That stretch of road—the press already calls it the “Devil’s  Highway”—runs through the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Tribal  police and state investigators are at a loss. Now the FBI steps in. It  sends your agent...

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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 2

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The Tomorrow Legion team jumps into the Classical Music Realm to learn more about the muses! 

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Early Access: Fate Condensed: Fallout - Radioactive Dreams

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In the grim dark future of Fallout New Vegas, a crook on parole is given a chance to get out of the system - solve a case of theft. To keep an eye on him, an experimental robotic parole officer is assigned to work as his partner. Can this unlikely duo crack the case? 

(I wanted to do a buddy cop thing set in Fallou...

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RPPR Illustrated: Labyrinth of Lost Futures - Saint of Late Nights

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I am working on a new standalone RPG tentatively called Labyrinths of Lost Futures. It's a hauntological themed RPG.  Adventures are themed after physical media - VHS tapes, novels, records, video games and so forth. Rules light, player facing, d20 based, a bit like Mork Borg but we'll see how it goes. I've playtested it...

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Mega Dungeon Meandering - Episode 1 - Stonehell - Level 1

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Chris and I descend the stairs down to level 1! Each level of Stonehell is divided into 4 quadrants, each with a different theme. In this episode we'll meet an evil leper hermit who just wants to be left alone, lots of undead, a sphinx, and the friendliest kobolds you'll meet in an OSR dungeon! 

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Early Access: Savage Rifts - Symphony of the End - Episode 1

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Our first Savage Worlds campaign begins! We're using Savage Rifts to run a custom made campaign about the power of music! 

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Online Game Announcements for December 2023

Two games this month! Next month, I'll put a poll up for an AP scenario conversion.

Delta Green: Bleak Dawn

Time: Thursday, December 21 at 6 pm CST

Players: 2 to 5 - pregens available. One PC is a DG agent and the others are friendlies who live near the agent and have work...

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Early Access: Monsters and Other Childish Things - Vermis

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Two friends discover a rare video game called Vermis and play it for their livestream. Little do they know that the game is mystically cursed! 

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Early Access: Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes - Part 16 - Midnight

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    Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.

    Stranger: Indeed?

    Cassilda: Indeed, it's time. We all have laid aside disguise but you.

    Stranger: I wear no mask.

    Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassi...

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AP Scenario: Post Mortem Version 2

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I updated the text of Post Mortem (formerly the Actual Play adventure Delta Green Post Mortem) to in...

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Early Access: Subsurface - The Backrooms

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Subsurface is a rules light action horror RPG themed around underground labs filled with monsters. I modified it a bit to fit the Backrooms. 

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FIST: Reflection in Tears

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A citizen’s group in Hong Kong contracted FIST for a search and destroy mission in Kowloon Walled City. They received a warning from a whistle blower in Modular Synergy, a corporation dabbling in...unwise research. They’re conducting field tests of the Temporal Energy Angular Reflector inside the enclave. This cannot be all...

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After Hours: Far West Part 2 - Character Creation

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Before I can run Far West, we have to make characters for it! Aaron, Baz, Noah, and I make characters for the adventure and see if we can understand the rules. Kung Fu is an attribute! Aspects exist! Plus, an unexpected secret guest star jumps in the episode! 

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Early Access: Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes - Part 15 - Carcosa

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    Along the shore the cloud waves break,

    The twin suns sink behind* the lake,

    The shadows lengthen

    In Carcosa.


    Strange is the night wh...

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