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Castaway Diary, Day 23

Revisiting the drowning rules makes them seem a lot less bullshit than Thursday night made them seem. They seemed to go straight from hitting the water to dying to dead, with no way of playing out the slow asphyxiation involved…

Castaway Diary, Day 22.

A few condensed thoughts on last Thursday’s action:   Sandboxes aren’t my thing, sorry. The Viper Berry quest is this party’s Kitty Genovese murder. Floki had a truly remarkable escape.   If you want the longer version of these thoughts,…

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,…