Game Columns

Game Day: Random Stellar Encounters II

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Another week, another game of Star Wars. The adventure rolls on with a special flashback episode. Last week, our band of heroes learned of 32 Belasco Division E-company (aka the Early Birds), an Old Republic Army advance assault unit that went missing on Toprawa during the Great Sith War. This week, we’ll be playing soldiers … Read more

Game Day: Random Stellar Encounters

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We played our first Star Wars game since December on Friday. Prepping the session had me digging through my various web resources looking for inspiration (and new entries for the campaign blog). They’re a useful collection of tools for anyone running a Star Wars/scifi game, so I thought I’d share them. Star Wars Galaxies at … Read more

New Year’s Gaming Goals and Resolutions

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I typically don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but since my Dire Liege has asked for some, I find myself inclined to oblige him. Specifically, Berin Kinsman at UncleBear.com is leading January’s RPG Blog Carnival, which is delving into “New Year’s Gaming Goals and Resolutions”. (Internet Archive) So here we go. I resolve to: Run an … Read more

Game Day: Return to Arkham

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The biggest box under the Geek Tree this year belonged to Arkham Horror, a board game I’ve wanted ever since my friend (and fellow Blackrazor) Lance got it a few years back. We cracked it open for Friday’s Game Day; there were only three of us to face the horrors of Shub-Niggurath because of the … Read more

Game Day: Playing through the Storm

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Snow plays havoc with Game Days. We plan out everything — whose house we’ll be at, what game we’re playing, who’s able to make it and then whammo, a Nor’Easter comes roaring in and dumps a half foot of snow over our plans. In the old days, that would have meant the end of game … Read more

Game Day: Enter the Sith

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After five sessions of fighting pirates and swoop bike gangers, the heroes of my Knights of the Old Republic campaign went up against their first Sith: Kaldros Ygin, an arrogant self-assured student of the Dark Lady Aldera. I’ve been dropping hints over the last few weeks that Ral Duris, leader of the pirates of Zebulon … Read more

Game Day: Bloggers of the Old Republic

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Three weeks into our new Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic campaign it became obvious: we needed a blog. Or at least, I needed a blog. Even without leaving the Vargis Tau star system and its binary world of Zebulon we’d still managed to accumulate a dozen-odd NPCs, three or four ships, three adventure … Read more

Game Day: Dawn on Zebulon

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Our first official Star Wars Game Day is upon us. After two weeks of playtesting starship combat, we’re launching into a first-level prelude campaign with about half of our regular players in attendance (the other half having family/work commitments).

Set in the time of the Knights of the Old Republic, the campaign begins on the Outer Rim binary planet of Zebulon in the Vargis Tau system. Zebulon’s comprised of two worlds: the primary, Zebulon Prime, and its sister/moon, Zebulon Beta. The later of these is home to the Jedi academy that will serve as home base for the Jedi in the campaign.

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Game Day: Shopping for a Star Wars KOTOR campaign

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Our Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic campaign is kicking off next week. That fact, combined with the timely arrival of a gift certificate to Amazon.com, has me shopping for some last-minute tools and goodies, including game master screens, battle maps, miniatures, soundtracks, and background material in the form of graphic novels and video … Read more

Game Day: Setting up a KOTOR Campaign

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An armored Sith lord and a woman in brown clothing hold lightsabers aloft.

As my group’s D&D Dark City campaign winds down, the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game is ramping up. This week sees the group off because of a combination of family colds and Celtic Fest (which, given the rainy weekend forecast, will likely result in more colds, but I digress) but we’ve spent … Read more