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Taking the Seegeist

August 8, 2017 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

Another tale from the Exploration of Isenwald campaign! BACKGROUND: The party discovered a smugglers’ ring a few miles outside of Arianport. After clearing out the “haunted” house overlooking the sea, which the smugglers used as a base, the PCs learned more of the smuggling operation. Their archenemies from the south, members of an elite company … [Read more…]

Posted in: Exploration of Isenwald, Sessions to Remember Tagged: black hammers, D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, game, isenwald, play reports, roleplaying, rpg, session report, whip of andrei korsky

Vengeance of Andreas Fuchs

June 27, 2017 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

Another tale from the Exploration of Isenwald campaign! BACKGROUND: Not long after arriving in the northern land of Isenwald, the party had made an enemy of the selfish knight Banneret. They had defeated his band of knights and custrels in a barrier combat during a spring festival in Arianport. Unhappy with the loss, Sir Andreas … [Read more…]

Posted in: Exploration of Isenwald, Sessions to Remember Tagged: D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, game, isenwald, play reports, roleplaying, rpg, session report, whip of andrei korsky

Faith and Gaming: Admonition

June 6, 2017 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

For three years this column has been presenting thoughts on our Christian faith and how it relates to our games. In that time we have considered some of the essential aspects of play, looked at how to express our faith through our games, our relationships with other players, some of the difficult issues that are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith and Gaming Tagged: apology, defense, faith, faith and gaming, fantasy, fiction, gaming, j.r.r. tolkien, lord of the rings, mister rogers, mister rogers' neighborhood, mjyoung, mr. rogers

The Battle of the Muddy Fields

May 30, 2017 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

Michael Garcia returns with another tale from his Exploration of Isenwald campaign. BACKGROUND: Having defeated the Eaters-of-the-Dead after an extended campaign, the party then won control of the Cloister Mine by legal means, namely by out-producing their rival Varyag claimants (envision Russians) in the span of one month. During that time, a third party of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Exploration of Isenwald, Sessions to Remember Tagged: D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, game, isenwald, play reports, roleplaying, rpg, session report

Languages of Northumbria

May 2, 2017 by mgarcia 1 Comment

CGG member Mike Garcia offers some of his copious campaign world documents for the continent of Northumbria. ALCHEMISTS’ TONGUE, THE This was the language created by alchemists in the ancient Aquilonian Empire, over a dozen centuries ago. The alchemical concepts are far older, dating back many millennia, but Aquilonian alchemists codified a set of unique … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Northumbria Tagged: D&D, dungeons & dragons, fantasy, languages, northumbria, roleplaying, rpg, setting, settings, world building

The Search for Sergeant Adelar

April 4, 2017 by mgarcia Leave a Comment

This is the debut article in a series of memorable and entertaining roleplaying sessions from the CGG membership. Michael Garcia kicks things off with a session from his Exploration of Isenwald campaign. BACKGROUND: The party members are southerners that have traveled north for many weeks to foster a business relationship with their employer’s good friend. As … [Read more…]

Posted in: Exploration of Isenwald, Sessions to Remember Tagged: D&D, dungeons & dragons, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, isenwald, roleplaying, rpg, session report

Faith and Gaming: Deals

January 31, 2017 by M. J. Young, Chaplain 4 Comments

Thanks to Goethe, there is a very compelling story of a man named Faust, a man who made a deal with the devil. The story has become something of a cultural idea, such that the word “Faustian” is used to describe any effort to achieve something at too great a cost. Faust, according to the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chaplain's Corner, Faith and Gaming Tagged: bargain, consequences, damnation, deals, demons, devil, faith, faith and gaming, fantasy, faust, gaming, goethe, mjyoung, pact, redemption, ron edwards, sacrifice, salvation, satan, sorcerer, soul, the little mermaid

Magic: Essential to Faith, Essential to Fantasy

January 24, 2017 by M. J. Young, Chaplain Leave a Comment

I believe in magic. I see the world as a vast battlefield on which the supernatural armies of God and Satan struggle for the souls of men. Magic is rampant in this world. Every time a believer sins or a sinner repents, these are events of spiritual significance. To quote from the movie Ladyhawke, “I believe in miracles; it’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Magic Symposium, The Way the Truth and the Dice Tagged: agnostic, atheism, demons, fantasy, magic, mj young, samurai jack, science fiction, sorcery, spiritual warfare, supernatural, symposium, the way the truth and the dice, wtd

Spirit Kin and the Great Houses

December 13, 2016 by rcbrooks Leave a Comment

Great Houses In ages past, when the Harbingers made landfall at Cloudhead, they brought the GIFTS with them. Since that day, people in the solar system have discovered special abilities given to them. The GIFTS were to help the people thrive together and to fight against the evils which had implanted themselves into the solar … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Lands in the Clouds Tagged: D20, fantasy, games, great houses, grit, lands in the clouds, LitS, rcbrooks, roleplaying game, rules, settings, spirit, worldbuilding

Lands in the Clouds—Spirit

November 15, 2016 by rcbrooks Leave a Comment

SPIRIT SPIRIT is a new stat in LitC. Spirit reflects a character’s growth and presence in the spirit world. SPIRIT works much like CONSTITUTION except it applies to SPIRIT damage, which adds STRESS to a character. SPIRIT attacks seek to break a character (see FLIPPED OUT under STRESS). At that point the character is susceptible … [Read more…]

Posted in: Games, Lands in the Clouds Tagged: D20, fantasy, games, grit, lands in the clouds, LitS, roleplaying game, rpg, rules, settings, world building
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