Entries are by date, starting at the earliest.
Champions: Checkmate
Neil is getting burned out on GMing Champions so he wants to take a break for a few months. We have been talking about what to game because we still want to get together Thursdays. So, I emailed a couple...
Checkmate
The game went pretty well last night. Our two heroes were called on to retreive a nuclear warhead stolen by the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker. Their armor deflected the bullets of his henchman pretty well, but they learned...
Champions
My Champions group got together last night for the first time in a while. We had a good time. It was the first time is a long while I've been able to play Jubei.We ended up talking at one point...
New Gods!
An Ambercon 2003 scenarioThere came a time when the old gods died! In their final battle, the brave died with the cunning, releasing an ancient power that ended an era in fiery holocaust. The world of the old gods was...
Mutants and Masterminds
My usual Champions group played Mutants and Masterminds last night. M&M is a new superhero RPG that is based on the D20 (D&D) system. They made some great changes to the rules and I was extremely impressed with it. I...
A Brief History of the Fourth World
I need to write up a history of the world for my players in "The New Gods." I was thinking I would share what I have so far....
A Brief History of the Fourth World (continued)
Part Three: RebirthThe world of the old gods was split in halves, two giant molten bodies spinning slow and barren. These worlds were clean of all that had gone before, adrift in the fading sounds of cosmic thunder. The two...
The Bat-Phone
I used to think that the Bat-phone in the old Batman TV series was pretty cheesy, but with technology these days, I've started thinking. Why doesn't Batman just give Jim Gordon a special cell-phone or walkie-talkie that can't be traced....
X-Statix: Di Another Day
Di Another Day: That's the title of Peter Milligan's upcoming storyline of X-Statix, the "edgy" spin-off of X-Men. In it, he introduces the newest mutant to the Marvel Universe, Princess Diana. It's not a joke and he's getting a lot...
Gaming Resource: International Superheroes
Superheroes is a very visual genre, so if you're GMing or playing a superhero game it is extremely useful to have images of your superheroes. However, it can be very difficult to find good superhero images that are not already...
Playing Gods
Nei's RDU game is getting a little crazy. Chango has decided to cross this "threshold" and do what the supervillains usually do: try and become a god. (It's somehow fitting that Chango is an ex-supervillain.) Now, the most destructive member...
RDU: Playing Gods continued
I'm just talking about current evenst in my Champions campaign. If this doesn't interest you, feel free to skip. There's nothing earth-shatteringly insightful here. Then, there really isn't anything earth-shatteringly insightful in this blog in general. So, Chango's teammate and...
Comic Book Quiz
Is this because I'm non-violent or because I sold my soul to the devil?
Either way, he's one of my favorite characters of all time.
You are John Constantine.
John has a strong knowledge of the occult and at
times he appears to wield strong magical powers
but he has also become known as something of a
con-man, more likely to talk himself out of
trouble than pull a rabbit out of a hat.
What Gritty No Nonsense Comic Book Character are You?
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Kevin Smith on Superheroes
Kevin Smith wrote an article recently on the appeal of the crimefighting spandex crowd. It's well worth reading, so check it out here: http://viewaskew.com/press/arena/
Secret Worlds: The Origin of Mr. Jones
Mr Jones is my character in Neil's new Champions campaign, Secret Worlds. One of the other PCs wanted to know more about him so Mr. Jones gave him this:...
Why Superman doesn't need a mask:
A few (supposedly) true stories: In New York a bunch of years ago, a couple of cops set up a bit where they weakened the frame of a steel door, and one of them took the next opportunity to chase...
Secret World: Mr. Jones
I kept meaning to post this. Storn did some sketches for our Champions characters the other night. He did a real good job with Jones. You can see it at the bottom of the page here: http://www.geocities.com/nuadha_silverhand//champsgallery.html
Superhero Gaming: Beyond the Capes and Cowls
By far my favorite setting for roleplaying is superheroes. One of the reason I think I'm having an easier time running the Buffy campaign over the World of Darkness games is that, at it's heart, Buffy is a superhero story....
Superheroes and the Moral Greys
In the comments for a post below about the appeal of superhero gaming, Meera asked: How recent is the "moral grey" of superheroism, though? One of the reasons I stayed fairly far away from early Superman was because of that...
My Little Justice League Ponies
These have to be seen to be believed....
Quickie Reviews
For Gamers with Short Attention Spans (I haven't had much time these days to post much here. So, to try and keep somecontent here, I think I will start posting the occassional "quickie reviews." The goal for each review is...
Superman Lives script
I'm just bookmarking this for myself, but I am sure there are others reading who would be interested in reading it: Kevin Smith's script for Superman Lives....
X-Men Universe Campaign
One of the two groups I play with regularly has several people who have mentioned a desire to play an X-Men RPG and we recently started a once-a-month open gaming day where I think I will start running a series...
Comic Book Reviews
Besides gaming, I've intended to use Claimh Solais to host my pop culture reviews and since I am a big fan of comics, there will probably be a few reviews here from time to time. Identity Crisis #1: I was...
Marvel Universe RPG: A short review
Marvel has quit supporting the Marvel Universe RPG, their diceless superhero game. I feel a bit guilty that I just recently bought it. I feel like I should have supported the chance they took on making a diceless game earlier....
Comic Book Review
The Authority: More Kev #1 (of 4): Garth Ennis is writing this four issue miniseries and it just serves to me as another example of how far he has fallen. When I first started reading him, when he wrote Hellblazer,...
Comic Book Review
Hawkman #28: This is the first issue with Hawkman's new creative team. I've picked up some of the previous issues in the collected graphic novels and Hawkman has had a really interesting thing lately with the reincarnation theme. It...
X-Men Universe #1- "Graduation Day"
I ran my first adventure using the Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game over the weekend. Since I only used the system's rules a few times during the game, I still don't have enough of a feel for the system to give...
World's Finest
I've been pretty busy both at work and at home and was without internet connection at home last week, but things are slowing down and I am back online at home. This is just a quick post to let you...
Superman Blog
I don't know if there are any other Superman fans reading this blog, but if there are, I'd like to point out this "All-Superman" blog, Fortress of Soliloguies....
Twilight of the Superheroes
At Ambercon 2003 and Ambercon 2004, Mark & Jesse ran a game called Twilight of the Superheroes. I did not know this until recently, but the alternate future came from a proposal by Alan Moore for a major company crossover...
Ambercon NW 2004- Kneel Before Zod!
A scenario for Ambercon Northwest Brave New Krypton It has been almost 20 years since the aliens arrived. A few hundred survivors of a doomed planet many light-years away, they escaped the destruction of their planet in giant space arks....
Green Arrow on CNN.com
CNN.com has this article about th ecurrent AIDS subplot in Green Arrow. The issue that revealed that Mia is HIV+ just came out. So far, she has not been said to have AIDS. A lot of people are upset at...
Superman vs Batman
Superman is a creature of the Golden Rule. It's one of the reasons why so many artists want to draw Batman graphic novels or work on the monthly comics, because you know there's a certain amount of rage they have...
Is Superman Too Super?
Scientists have declared that Superman is too super a role model. Link:http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996679
The Shadow Knows!
Another half-finished post...
New Superhero RPG
Truth and Justice: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=5069&
I want it. I've heard a lot of cool things about Dead Inside and sounds like the system will doing something truly original towards simulating the genre.
I'm currently in a Savage Worlds superhero game (the Necessary Evil setting). I'm enjoying the game, but higly random settings don't fit the superhero genre, a genre where everything happens for a reason.