The year tradition continues - time for another round of “what I want to play next”! So, good news, I managed to play The Black Hack, I’ve been using it in my UVG campaign. Admittedly, not playing quite as written (as it’s bodged over UVG 1e rules), but I’m still counting it. Bad news, three of these haven’t changed from last year. CY_BORG. Last year I said I wanted to buy it, and, uh, well I bought it....
The blog has been pretty empty in 2022, as I’ve changed timezone and country, and not played many RPGs. But I’m getting slowly back into the swing of it again, and as I’m doing that I realised it’s the same time of year I’ve been writing what I want to play next. After two years of lockdown-triggered online experiments, the real world beckons. So, compared to last year, I have finally run a session of TROIKA!...
I wasn’t enthused about the third adventure in the Bree-land Region Guide — but saying that, I haven’t run it. Also, I wanted to keep doing something with Berelas, as at least one party member was quite attached to her, and there’s no further published material on her, to my knowledge. So, instead, I asked the group where they wanted to go (ahead of the session), and then offered some hooks. Berelas wants to go to Radagast, which is quite a trip away. The players offered to escort her, and I prepped a long Journey and had some vague ideas for some things to do in Rhosgobel when they arrived. Although, hmm, how to get there. ...
This post contains spoilers for the named adventure in the Bree-land Region Guide for Adventures in Middle Earth, by Cubicle 7 🙈. ...
The next adventure introduces an NPC but not for long and I thought it would be fun to introduce them early. Mugwort, a hobbit NPC in the Pony had alleged a chicken thief was due to “them no-good Rangers”. It’s supposed to be a hook for another monster up to no good. But what if it was a Ranger? 🎵 DRAMATIC CHORD 🎵 ...
This post contains spoilers for the named adventure in the Bree-land Region Guide for Adventures in Middle Earth, by Cubicle 7 🙈. It does also have some maps I drew for the encounters in Hex Kit - maybe it’s worth you peeping? ...