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Castaway Diary, Day 21 cont.

This week we had two lengthy-ish combats, some exploration, some physical skill hijinks and some treasure. I was on a mission to drink myself into the weekend, but after everyone left I decided to download Halo 3, which is free…

GTA V / Tomb Raider

Carol was away on Scholz-ladies cabin trip this weekend so I spent all weekend in front of the TV playing Grand Theft Auto V and Tomb Raider. Also eating sardines and watching Dredd, which I don’t do when Carol is…

Castaway Diary, Day 21

Big sarcastic thanks whoever tidied up the chase cards, but not the beer cans. I was going to use one of those things to recount your victories and defeats in the Drugolympics. I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t the…

Castaway Diary, Days 19 & 20

Substances that do crazy things to you are part and parcel of several RPGs. Call of Cthulhu has all sorts of dusts and serums that transport you through time or reveal previously hidden truths. SLA Industries uses drugs the same…

Castaway Diary, Days 18 & 19

On deck, present and correct for the last session; Victor the Paladin, Nobody the Gunslinger, Uun the Barbarian, Orny the Warlock, Percy the Cleric and Malicia the Rogue. Okay, this memory is a week old, but I’m pretty sure it…

Noe’s Salsa

I’m posting on behalf of Noe, who had never set up an account on Dodecaheathens, but is an integral part of our Thursday nights, or at least the Thursday nights where a whole bunch of NPCs die. This was lovely…

Castaway Diary, Days 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18.

There are three words in modern colloquial vocabulary in Scotland to describe activity without result:   Faffing: Which is descended from a description of idle flapping, putting not much effort in and to no effect. Foutering: Which suggests aimless work,…

Castaway Diary, Day 12

Okay, I took notes about what happened last night and I hadn’t been drinking rum and we finished at a reasonable hour, so this should be a top notch entry. But I had a dreadful bout of acid reflux last…

Shadowrun Returns

Shadowrun is an awesomely stupid setting when you think about it. Fortunately, my opiate receptors are open to awesome and  unresponsive to stupid, so I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Shadowrun Returns, a Kickstarted single-player RPG available for $20…