First Age
D&D h@ck3r and Hopepunk
I am enjoying the preparation for the LongCon all weekender of Tales from the Lone Lands, using Free League's The One Ring. There are endless things that I have to do, from the basics of absorbng the game rules and the adventure content, through to the fripperies of preparing character stands, hand outs, table displays and painting figures.
I have quite a few of the dice sets...
There isn't so long to go now, and feel that the readiness of our weekend game is coming along to time. I won't focus too hard on the mass of stuff to do between now and event weekend. It's quite a responsibility to run a full weekend for six people, and I want it to be a great and memorable weekend. My own journey has been spared the weight of 'travel fatigue' by the glorious help of two of my fellow players, and the ever generous Gowbear (Neil), who have been painting figures of the player characters and some of the servants of the Eye. So, we will have some minis to grace the table for those climactic combats!
Thanks Neil!
I am painting some of my own, but they will end up being quite basic in comparison, but I think worth throwing in to round out the look of the heroic action.
I'll be using the Role VTT as a hosting platform this Friday, where we will meet each other, virtually, introduce our characters, make connections between them, their patron and places of safety, before opening out the Lines and Veils for the weekend.
Session Zero
All the images and location maps are to be displayed on a monitor, linked up to a laptop. This will save printing, and provide some session mood images. The locations are very much presented for theatre of the mind (with visual prompts) and the combat is abstracted into stances. Some more document and print to come, more reading, and more painting, but the game is nearing ready.
Maybe another update or two before LongCon kicks off.
I hope I do a reasonable job!
Continue reading...
I have quite a few of the dice sets...
There isn't so long to go now, and feel that the readiness of our weekend game is coming along to time. I won't focus too hard on the mass of stuff to do between now and event weekend. It's quite a responsibility to run a full weekend for six people, and I want it to be a great and memorable weekend. My own journey has been spared the weight of 'travel fatigue' by the glorious help of two of my fellow players, and the ever generous Gowbear (Neil), who have been painting figures of the player characters and some of the servants of the Eye. So, we will have some minis to grace the table for those climactic combats!
Thanks Neil!
I am painting some of my own, but they will end up being quite basic in comparison, but I think worth throwing in to round out the look of the heroic action.
I'll be using the Role VTT as a hosting platform this Friday, where we will meet each other, virtually, introduce our characters, make connections between them, their patron and places of safety, before opening out the Lines and Veils for the weekend.
Session Zero
All the images and location maps are to be displayed on a monitor, linked up to a laptop. This will save printing, and provide some session mood images. The locations are very much presented for theatre of the mind (with visual prompts) and the combat is abstracted into stances. Some more document and print to come, more reading, and more painting, but the game is nearing ready.
Maybe another update or two before LongCon kicks off.
I hope I do a reasonable job!
Continue reading...
