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Savage West, Session 1: The Riverboat Poker Heist, Rio Grande Burning

December 1, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty concludes his Savage tale of Savage Epicness in the Wild West of Savage Worlds. Will his PC be stuck in jail while his friends try to complete the caper without him?

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty Plays, Complications, Con Men, Failure is fun, Far West, Savage Worlds

Savage West, Session 1: The Riverboat Poker Heist, Of Marks and Busts

November 29, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty continues describing his Savage Worlds Wild West game where they start executing their complicated plans to steal the prize money of the Annual Rio Grande Riverboat Poker tournament.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty Plays, Complications, Con Men, Failure is fun, Far West, Savage Worlds

Savage West, Session 1: The Riverboat Poker Heist, The Plan

November 24, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty starts discussing his first experience with Savage Worlds… as a player! Shortly after the American Civil War, the Wild West offers opportunities and riches to those bold enough to venture there… what will 4 lowly hustlers do there?

Filed Under: Actual Play, Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty Plays, Con Men, Far West, Savage Worlds, Visionscaping

Chatty Plays, Part 3: Burning Wheel, Monstrous Power Play

November 22, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty finally reveals what happens to Yan’s Snake-woman PC when our unified group of adventurers decide to attack her. Will the alliance stand? Will the snake woman survive? Come and read about it!

Filed Under: Actual Play, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, Burning Wheel, Monster Burner, The Sword

Chatty Plays, Part 2: Burning Wheel, Compromising Canucks

November 17, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty starts relating a play-by-play account of the Burning Wheel scenario “The Sword” as played by his long-standing gaming group.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, Burning Wheel, Monster Burner, The Sword

Chatty Plays, Part 1: Burning Wheel, Getting into the Game

November 15, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty explains what brought him to finally try Burning Wheel with his players and how he prepared for running the game’s introductory adventure, a short Dungeon Crawl scenario called ‘The Sword”

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, Burning Wheel, Monster Burner, The Sword

When the Bad Guys Win: Chatty’s Gamma World One Shot

October 29, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty breaks out his brand new Gamma World game and tries a different kind of post-apocalyptic game with his buddies. It’s all fun and games until someone gets shredded by a Porcupine Bush on Speeds.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gamma world, one-shot, Post-Apocalypse

Apocalypse Short: The Siege of Shanty Town (Part 5)

October 28, 2010 by The Chatty DM

After not writing anything for nearly 2 weeks, Chatty returns with a short recap of his last Apocalypse World session where they concluded their mini-campaign. Was Shanty Town saved or was it shelled to bits?

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Apocalypse World, Chatty's 2010-2011 campaigns, Chatty's year of Indie Games, indie games, indie rpg, Post-Apocalypse, Tropes, Vincent Baker

Tales of the Apocalypse, Part 4: Bloody Sunrise

September 22, 2010 by The Chatty DM

At this point, the players really got into what Vincent Baker told me Apocalypse World was all about: Loyalties in the face of crises. With the column of Hummers and APCs heading for Shanty Town, Thunder ordered his whole gang around to go defend the home base. Raven, sitting behind Thunder on his Hog, didn’t see it in the same light and we were subjected to a spat about the importance of protecting the many against going to help the truly meaningful.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Apocalypse World, Chatty's 2010-2011 campaigns, Chatty's year of Indie Games, indie games, indie rpg, Post-Apocalypse, Tropes, Vincent Baker

Tales of the Apocalypse Part 2, Reprisal at Ambush Hill

September 8, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty recounts his first Apocalypse world session right after character creation. A fight, an explosion, some threats and a love scene, just like in the movies!

Filed Under: Actual Play, Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits Tagged With: Apocalypse World, Chatty's 2010-2011 campaigns, Chatty's year of Indie Games, indie games, indie rpg, Post-Apocalypse, Vincent Baker

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