Thursday, March 26, 2015

Who is in that palanquin?

Working on some random tables to add to the Deluxe Ruins & Ronin project and tonight's entry was sparked by watching The Sword of Doom (and if you haven't seen this movie, you really should). 

So, roll 1d12 twice and find out....

Who is in that palanquin?
d12 RollPersonDestination
1CourtesanSecret rendevous
2MerchantPilgrimage
3Young BoyBeing kidnapped
4GakushoOn run from someone
5SamuraiHome
6DaimyoLeaving town
7KenseiBrothel
8NinjaTea house
9OniGambling den
10OutlawNoble's house
11Noble WomanTemple / Shrine
12EmptyDocks 

Friday, March 20, 2015

Ruins & Ronin Update & News

We are currently waiting on the proof copy of the original Ruins & Ronin to arrive through Drive Thru, once that is back and we are happy with it, it will be available in print again. Just a note to anyone who already has a copy, this copy is the same except for the addition to the acknowledgements of Scot Hoover who contributed some great magic items over on the Swords & Wizardry forums back in 2009/2010. I apologize again for missing his name in my first edition.

In other news, I am working on an updated Ruins & Ronin, tentatively called Deluxe Ruins & Ronin. This edition will use Labyrinth Lord as the base system and there will be changes to the classes (some new, some remain the same). My current thinking is to make this book a 6x9 digest sized hard cover.

This version will have art, unlike my first book (when I could only afford a cover image). I also plan to add domain (high level) play material such as building castles, monthly & yearly event tables, and new spells, monsters, and magic items.

I plan to use the blog to keep regular updates of my progress, and will post sneak peeks from time to time. Today, I present the Gakusho class. The new priest class, this is a final draft (and test of my layout for 6x9 in InDesign).

The art is just a filler from a google image search - and will not be used in the book.

I am really excited to be working on a personal project again (in addition to the layout work I am doing for Hydra Cooperative).



Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Ruins & Ronin available again.

Ruins & Ronin is now available on Drive Thru RPG after joining under the Hydra banner. Stay tuned for more R&R stuff in the future...


Buy it here.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

The Battle for Volgograd IV (A Battletech Reunion)

When I was in high school I ran a mercenary BattleTech campaign for my 2 best friends using the map boards from the Squad Leader game. It was great fun, and we played BattleTech probably more than any other game back then (even D&D).

Well recently I got the bug to run BT again, and contacted my two old friends, so this Sunday I will be running a massive combat using the maps from Red Barricades (ASL historical campaign). The planet is Volgograd IV and the city is the port of Stalinsky (see what I did there?). I developed the force for both sides (House Kurita - the Nefarious Nine / House Davion - Jason & the Argonauts) which consist of 1 Command Mech / 1 Fire Lance / 1 Recon Lance (so 3 heavy mechs, 3 medium, and 3 light per side).

I plan to write up an after action report next week after we play - I have not been this excited about playing a game in a long time.

The map (complete with plexi-glass to hold the map sheets in place):


Here are the rosters (apologies to those on G+ for using your name...):

NEFARIOUS NINETotal BV
LanceMechModelPilotNameBV19,990
CommandJagermechJM6-STrey CauseyDr. Wu2,427
FireMarauderMAD-3RHumza KazmiMastadon3,556
FireCrusaderCRD-3REvan ElkinsRed Fang2,913
FireDervishDV-6MAnthony PicaroBlue Snaggletooth2,513
FireTrebuchetTBT-5NMichael MoscripThe Sword2,170
ReconHatchetmanHCT-3FChris KutalikSteely Dan2,270
ReconPantherPNT-9RRobert ParkerDeacon Blue1,776
ReconValkyrieVLK-QADennis HigginsDirty Work1,436
ReconWaspWSP-1ACole LongKid Charlemagne929
THE ARGONAUTSTotal BV
LanceMechModelPilotNameBV19,946
CommandCatapultCPLT-C1Jason SholtisOdeysseus3,162
FireWarhammerWHM-6RPeter RobbinsAchilles3,486
FireRiflemanRFL-3NJeremy DuncanAjax2,395
FireHunchbackHBK-4GBilly ComptonDiomedes2,334
FirePhoenixhawkPHX-1Rey MandrinanNestor2,190
ReconVindicatorVND-1RJames AuldsAeneas2,375
ReconJavelinJVN-10NDavid L. JohnsonPandaros1,447
ReconCommandoCOM-2DScott MoberlyGlaukos1,098
ReconSpiderSDR-5VMikah McCabeHera1,459

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Let's create random fighters for Nightwick!

I created a random generator for Evan Elkins' Nightwick Abbey campaign, this generates a random fighter for the game.

Random Fighter for Nightwick

Thursday, January 8, 2015

St. Valentine Festival - Jousting Fields of Normandie


Announcing the Festival of St. Valentine
The Arch-Bishop of the abbey of St. Pierre cordially invites you to attend the Festival of St. Valentine, the opening of the jousting season begins on Jan 31st and culminates on Feb 14th is a grand feast for all participants. Interested Knights should submit their names for the lists no later than Friday Jan 30th. 

The prize pool will be photographed later today, but why delay? Join today! You can join by sending me your knight’s details by email at mike.davison317 AT gmail.com. The rules for knight generation can be found here.

You will need to join my Jousting Fields of Normandie G+ group to participate, I will invite you once you submit a knight if you are not already a member.



Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Drums in the Deep

I have resolved to focus on one personal project this year, and have chosen to go back to Dungeon Delving in Middle Earth. I am digging out my notes and working on a character creation pdf, though I am changing the name to "Drums in the Deep". 

Today I was thinking of articles I could write to support this, and one of those is the idea of playing as Orcs - always fun taking a turn as the bad guys. So, I have churned out a quick name generator that should give an ok sounding orc name. Roll a couple of d20's and name that orc!


Orc Name Generator
1d20 First Part of Name 2nd Part of Name
1 Bag bag
2 Baz bog
3 Bul bug
4 Dur cur
5 Gar dog
6 Grim dreg
7 Grish hook
8 Gur maggot
9 Hum nak
10 Jag rat
11 Kar retch
12 Kur rot
13 Lurg snot
14 Mug sod
15 Shag sot
16 Shug spew
17 Snag spit
18 Tor tooth
19 Yak torn
20 Zag urka