Meandering Thru the Multiverse

It's been a while since I added any Greek gods for Atlantis:The Second Age , so here are four more. (Part 1 , Part 2 ) ZEUS Persona: Zeus is the god of the sky, oaths, rulers, and law. He is the...

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Due to both an ongoing medical issue in our household and being really busy at work, I haven't been able to game or post on this blog. Work has now slowed down, so posting will resume, but my Atl...

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There will be no actual play post this week. Most of my players attended a gaming convention this past weekend, so we didn't have a game. Some people just don't know how to set priorities:).

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(Here are Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 )  I haven't finished introducing all of the player characters yet.  Next up is YD's character, Ulhurr. Ulhurr is an Uluka, or Owlman. The Owlmen are on...

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(You can find Part 1 here ) The party retreated down the road until they were just barely within visual range of the grove. There, they paused to rest, shake off the effects of the wraiths' fear...

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I kicked off my Atlantis: The Second Age game this past weekend. Over all, it went fairly well. I could definitely stand to be more familiar with the rules than I am, but that will come with tim...

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Here are a few more Greek gods for Atlantis: The Second Age . (Part 1 , Part 3 ) POSEIDON Persona: Poseidon is the god of the sea, fresh water, earthquakes, and horses. He is the father of many ...

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There are only a few pantheons detailed in the Atlantis: The Second Age rulebook. The Greek pantheon isn't one of them. (In this version of the game, the Atlanteans don't worship Poseidon. Inste...

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The next player character belongs to JC. She is playing a priestess of Athena, so this is a good opportunity to talk a little about how gods and religion work in Atlantis: The Second Age .   In...

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Next up in Meet the PCs is EC's character: Name: Asrok        Profession: Assassin Race: Human   Culture: Hesperian     Age: 24    Renown: 0 Attributes:   Str +1  Dex +4   Con 0...

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In a previous post, I promised to introduce you to the player characters for my Atlantis: The Second Age game I am preparing to run. This will also give me a chance to talk a little about charact...

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 Edit: Looks like my last post didn't manifest and I just now noticed. I didn't start playing D&D in order to learn anything. I play to relax, to socialize, to have fun. I play because it's int...

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I'm not sure we could have done things much differently. In our relative isolation, there weren't any local game stores to patronize, few, if any, other gaming groups to become involved with, a s...

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No. While I am still in touch with 2 of my high school gaming group, neither plays anymore. One of them was part of my current group, but between work related travel and the distance he lives fro...

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The longest running D&D campaign I have participated in was probably our high school campaign run by Mike. It lasted almost 2 years. The longest running gaming group I played D&D with was the sam...

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Another question that I am not sure how to answer. The only movie that comes to mind is the animated Rankin/Bass movie The Hobbit. Besides the obvious inspiration that D&D owes Tolkien's works, o...

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Hmm... I don't know if I have ever consciously associated a particular song with D&D. I don't use music when I run a game, and I can't remember ever having addressed this topic before.

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(Weekend posting did not occur as planned.) The first D&D novel I ever read was the first D&D novel, Quag Keep. I have been an Andre Norton fan since a librarian recommended her books to me whe...

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I don't intend to do much in the way of reviews on this blog. There are plenty of places on the internet to find that sort of thing. You can generally assume that if I'm talking about a game prod...

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The only D&D related item I have ever sold was my Dragon magazine collection. At the time I hadn't played any version of D&D in 10 years or more. My not-yet-then wife was still running the FLGS a...

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The first RPG I played other than D&D was Gamma World. It was the first edition boxed set, if I remember correctly. We enjoyed it, but didn't play it a lot. The most memorable campaign was one th...

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I suppose I have been pretty lucky in this regard. I haven't actually had to regularly game with anyone I've found particularly annoying. I have run into gamers at conventions that were a bit har...

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My first gaming convention was a local one. My FLGS used to hold one every year. It didn't exactly have a name, just "The Rusty Scabbard Gaming Convention". (If you have read my previous posts, y...

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I think the first time I encountered the idea that D&D was "evil" was the infamous book, Mazes and Monsters, or possibly the less infamous, but similar book, Hobgoblin. I didn't run into either o...

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I haven't participated in an Edition war. My group was usually happy to play whatever was available, at least until 3rd edition came out. By then, we weren't playing much D&D at all, so it didn't...

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