Author: Bryan

  • How to Roll the Dice

    Changing Situation Table 1d8 What happens 1 Escalate 2 Reverse Reward 3 Wipes Clean 4 Changes Completely 5 Setback 6 Lost Cause 7 It Worked, but… 8 Complete Escalation Escalations and Complete Escalations The GM plays off the current situation, but makes it harder. Example: While the group is trying to hide from security cameras…

  • Passage of Time during Star Travel

    The passage of time leads to death. Death leads to dust or eternal life as an Undead. Time passes. -From Chant of the King Time The GM tracks the time passed. She does so both for starship days and planetside days. One day on a starship equals five days planetside. As time passes traveling on…

  • Game Chef Situation

    High above Outer Liberty, the Battleship Priest fires her canons across the bows of three Naval Cruisers in a desperate standoff to prevent a Naval carrier from landing a battalion of shock troops. On the surface, a motley group of living, sworn to protect a wild child from the undead, formulate an escape plan. A…

  • The Setting for Game Chef 2009

    A bit of a rip off of Dune and the Risen Empire. I hope there’s enough in here to spark the imagination and create situations for a 4 page game. I may need to add descriptions for the core worlds, and the midlands. State of the Universe Once humanity discovered stardrive, which allows for travel…

  • Voyage of the Seabird

    Game Chef is back under new management and new rules. Themes & Ingredients are still there, but a new award system allows chefs to earn “campaign medals.” These medals give the contest much flexibility. I figure I’ll give it a go. Theme: Intrigue ->Clandestine or illicit intercourse (The Pinnacle Empty Quiver of Love) Ingredients: Fleur-de-lis…

  • How to Host a Dungeon

    I played How to Host a Dungeon last month and found it to be a nice game to try once or twice. It was a bit fiddly, and I had to make up a few rules and guess at how to play in a few places. I was using the free download, so the for…