Thursday, January 12, 2012

Gnome Stew's New Year, New Game Challenge: January 9-23


The guys at Gnome Stew have launched the First Annual New Year, New Game Contest:: A Challenge to GMs. Basically all you need is to write an entry of 200-400 words long addressing:
  • What the game is about
  • Why you’re excited about running it
  • What system you want to use, and why
  • What challenges running this game might involve
Check the New Year, New Game (NYNG) website for more details about how to participate.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Hollowpoint


My copy of Hollowpoint arrived safe and sound today! Nice size, well printed, excellent packaging and binding. I'm off to read it... ;)

Thanks Lulu and VSCA!

Sunday, January 01, 2012

Happy New Year!



Friday, December 30, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Joe Black

This character was created for a Google+ Hangout game using the Hollowpoint set of rules (GM: John Johnson).

He's a 35 y.o. ex-military (sniper) member of the Monster Hunter International agency.

Traits:
1. Memento of your first monster encounter?
Werewolf tooth necklace.
2.  You don't have a lot of scruples, but you would "never do this".
Shoot women or children.
3. That one time in Utah you took a souvenir...
A bible. He collects bibles from motels.
4. This is a hard job, but you love it because "you get to do this".
Love to kill monsters more than people (but he'll do it if he has to).
5. You're a pro and you know you're a pro because you always "do this".
Always get the job done whatever it takes.

Skills:
Kill - 5
Dig - 4
Take - 3
Con - 2
Cool - 1
Terror - 0

Mission:
Primary Objective - Retrieve or destroy "The Nameless Book", an ancient arcane tome stolen from the Monster Hunter International's vaults.
Secondary Objective - Neutralize a former MHI agent known as "The Scorpion", who had gone rogue and supposedly took the tome.

Status:
Wounded on the shoulder (OUT).

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