tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81374521716050180152024-03-18T22:21:53.316+00:00The Watch HouseRPGs and related matters, by Craig Oxbrow.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-60946640977288262862024-03-18T17:01:00.009+00:002024-03-18T22:21:06.015+00:00Primeval repeating on free TV<b>Primeval</b> is on Sky Mix Mondays at 6.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-34586355459381264152024-03-17T00:00:00.013+00:002024-03-17T01:35:19.452+00:00St. Patrick's DayHappy St. Patrick’s Day to all who celebrate. <a href="https://pelgranepress.com/2020/03/17/st-patrick-the-pelgrane/">Ideas by Gar for Pelgrane games from 2020</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-87970741152375010642024-03-16T23:37:00.005+00:002024-03-16T23:37:57.130+00:00AlertThis year Easter Monday is April Fools’ Day, so be sure to check your miracles carefully!Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-33643234479607182742024-03-16T21:24:00.004+00:002024-03-18T03:34:20.668+00:00Nationals update: inspiration attemptsNow have at least some of a plot, and seven of the eight requested characters are probably fairly interesting.<div><br /></div><div>Have attempted to jumpstart my brain for a <b>Vampire: The Masquerade</b> one-shot since getting the category allocated by rewatching:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>World Of Darkness</b>: the documentary</div><div><b>Near Dark</b></div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1931)</div><div><b>Nosferatu</b> (1922)</div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1958)</div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1992)</div><div><b>Cat People</b> (1942)</div><div><b>End Of Days</b> at New Year</div><div><b>Heartless</b></div><div><b>L.A. Confidential</b></div><div><b>Se7en</b></div><div><b>8mm</b></div><div><b>The Game</b></div><div><b>The Crow</b></div><div><b>The Crow: City Of Angels</b></div><div><b>Black Swan</b></div><div><b>The Batman</b> (2022)</div><div><b>Daredevil</b> season 1</div><div><b>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One</b></div><div><b>John Wick</b></div><div><b>Constantine</b></div><div><b>Blade</b></div><div><b>Blade II</b></div><div><b>X-Men</b></div><div><b>Dracula’s Daughter</b> (for the 1930s Hollywood idea)</div><div><b>Strange Days</b></div><div><b>21 Bridges</b></div><div><br /></div><div>... and watching for the first time:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What We Do In The Shadows</b> season 4 (which I was going to watch anyway)</div><div><b>Morbius</b></div><div><br /></div><div>In the latter case... the things I do for gaming.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-35383157005874166132024-03-16T20:24:00.001+00:002024-03-16T22:17:53.417+00:00Conpulsion Quiz updateConpulsion quiz now submitted for approval, apart from the almost empty Books And Comics round and a vague idea for the write-in round.<div><br /></div><div>The Books And Comics round was inherited and kept so I could do the Film And TV round without it being the only media round. And with the Hugos this year, not really wanting the traditional Hugo winning novel question...</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-28167317773540969422024-03-15T20:04:00.003+00:002024-03-15T23:17:40.376+00:00Time Of JudgmentIt was twenty years ago... <a href="https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Darkness:_Time_of_Judgment">the World of Darkness ended</a>.<div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Ian A. A. Watson for the reminder.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, <b>Bloodlines</b> came out eight months after the end of the world. Insert delay joke here.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-35800803707945944622024-03-15T18:58:00.001+00:002024-03-15T20:09:42.551+00:00Comic ReliefNot a fan of Amazon exclusive red noses, but I understand the logistics.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-28247353759509014262024-03-15T18:14:00.000+00:002024-03-15T20:08:39.882+00:00Conpulsion Quiz draft awayConpulsion Quiz draft away. Apart from the Books and Comics round. And a possible write-in round.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-91798641881314095742024-03-14T16:06:00.003+00:002024-03-14T16:22:26.270+00:00The Crow (2024) trailer<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djSKp_pwmOA">The first trailer for The Crow</a> (2024) is here and I’d say it looks like another possibly interesting The Crow movie, it doesn’t especially feel like Eric and Shelly in particular but hey, Danny Huston as the villain is usually good value.</div><div><br /></div><div>(And bonus <b>World Of Darkness</b> connection, the big concert venue is the Rudolfinum in Prague, which <b>Bloodhunt</b> players will also have massacred their way through.)</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-20584145128101220282024-03-13T11:38:00.000+00:002024-03-13T11:38:24.182+00:00The Bad Batch 3.06 and 3.07<div><div><b>The Bad Batch</b> continues to show off with atmospheric lighting.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bqVi4dXS4Xg60eUNc6LB_HNcdGtimamH9ihsaDzHUhNRtE0UwpcghrT9ozhb-NweYrAgHZ2bBa-SCIbZWkoUc8DtmVlok0BJqx7i8yKkx9dTqivdPX-MBOBUjhhsqoy9Y5UHdJoZ_L5QKWqpaoG6IOwS3CYCx3hwMtffT1iIIeIkCfFrz3BBo-pFDovA/s1366/306%2008.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bqVi4dXS4Xg60eUNc6LB_HNcdGtimamH9ihsaDzHUhNRtE0UwpcghrT9ozhb-NweYrAgHZ2bBa-SCIbZWkoUc8DtmVlok0BJqx7i8yKkx9dTqivdPX-MBOBUjhhsqoy9Y5UHdJoZ_L5QKWqpaoG6IOwS3CYCx3hwMtffT1iIIeIkCfFrz3BBo-pFDovA/s320/306%2008.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>“How should we light this little establishing shot of Omega and Wrecker having dinner?”</div><div>“Like Caravaggio.”</div></div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-82859141090583090872024-03-13T00:01:00.010+00:002024-03-13T01:02:41.373+00:00Deadpool Role-plays The Marvel Universe<a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/deadpool-barges-his-way-into-marvels-tabletop-rpg-with-his-very-own-manual-thats-also-a-comic-book-one-shot">Deadpool Role-plays The Marvel Universe</a>, coming this summer, a comic and also an adventure for the new <b>Marvel Multiverse</b> RPG. That is some nice support for a new licence.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-82455679648341770552024-03-12T23:24:00.028+00:002024-03-13T00:36:02.871+00:00OOC solutions for game-shifting choices“When a player’s actions turn the game on its head, it’s not just about controlling a character - it’s about the whole group’s fun.”<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://pelgranepress.com/2016/04/01/see-p-xx-four-heroes-and-a-murder-hobo/">Four Heroes And A Murderhobo by Robin D. Laws</a></div><div><br /></div><div>This goes for possibilities beyond sudden violent actin, but that’s certainly a common example.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-63928904249545073812024-03-12T20:24:00.000+00:002024-03-16T21:50:08.942+00:00Daggerheart open beta<a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473383/daggerheart-open-beta-playtest">Daggerheart open beta</a>. Darrington Press sets out to make the kind of game Critical Role has always used <b>D&D</b> to do.<div><br /></div><div>It’s clearly a child of <b>D&D</b> with classes and levels and whatnot, albeit with a nice 2d12 curve, but with theatre of the mind action including zone-ranged combat.</div><div><br /></div><div>Special abilities and action tracks using cards and chits and other things a VTT would help with, I wonder how much could be skipped to minimise stuff at the table.</div><div><br /></div><div>Collaborative worldbuilding, though I wouldn’t rule out sourcebooks.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-30157250885609565402024-03-11T21:55:00.000+00:002024-03-11T21:55:37.402+00:00Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Book Of Hungry Names demo<a href="https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/werewolf-the-apocalypse-the-book-of-hungry-names-demo-available-now/150423">Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book Of Hungry Names</a> gigantic computer gamebook from Kyle Marquis (<b>Vampire: The Masquerade - Night Road</b>) out April 25th, and intro chapters demo now.<div><br /></div><div>Also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqBlfVApDdrfqCWvsTsHRlOywKR8E3vSh">a Tribes playlist</a>! </div><div>It's been fun threading the needle between the old and new interpretations of the tribes. The Black Fury song that opens this list is pretty classic, same with the Hart Wardens, but the Galestalker and Silver Fang songs break from the older editions.</div><div>Kyle Marquis on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/moochava.bsky.social/post/3kngswntpgr2w">Bluesky</a></div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-61054697736462644012024-03-11T00:01:00.008+00:002024-03-11T21:47:13.931+00:00Godzilla won an OscarFor special effects, after seventy years in the business well earned.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-91929790535054941432024-03-11T00:00:00.009+00:002024-03-11T01:48:02.847+00:00That character name updateDallas<div>Diaz</div><div>Jordan</div><div>Mason</div><div>Rain</div><div>Sage</div><div>Sam</div><div>Story</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes I know that’s three S names out of eight. Shut up.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-61417477925006426062024-03-10T20:24:00.006+00:002024-03-11T22:22:36.863+00:00Happy Buffy anniversary!<b>Buffy The Vampire Slayer</b> premiered on TV in the US on this day in 1997.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-77537136465136907512024-03-10T00:00:00.000+00:002024-03-11T01:38:49.713+00:00Mother's DayHappy UK Mother’s Day if applicable.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-23333752668306311602024-03-09T20:38:00.010+00:002024-03-11T01:45:19.520+00:00The naming of characters<div>Making starting <b>Vampire: The Masquerade</b> characters for a one-shot: under ten minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Choosing one Conviction each: um.</div><div><br /></div><div>Naming them: why hast thou forsaken me</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-18280502795641509482024-03-08T11:20:00.001+00:002024-03-08T11:20:13.815+00:00International Women's DayA safe and happy International Women’s Day.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-81562145579369909292024-03-07T12:00:00.000+00:002024-03-07T12:53:22.120+00:00World Book DayHappy World Book Day!Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-67337242114417803232024-03-06T20:13:00.008+00:002024-03-07T02:28:32.017+00:00RPGnet updateA couple days in and it’s certainly nice not having ads on RPGnet for T3MU.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-16736783568109223892024-03-05T19:30:00.005+00:002024-03-05T19:46:33.920+00:00FiveEvil is coming<a href="https://handiwork.games/introducing-fiveevil-with-morgue-and-jon.html">FiveEvil</a> from Handiwork Games and by Morgue Davie, coming soon to crowdfunding, inverts 5E for King-style horror with ordinary people in trouble. No Armour Class but a box for Suffering.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-51638607809303310182024-03-04T23:40:00.000+00:002024-03-05T11:42:44.192+00:00RPGnet merging with RPGMatch<a href="https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/rpgnet-is-merging-with-rpgmatch-dont-panic-because-its-actually-amazing.917835/">RPGnet merging with RPGMatch</a>, a startup for looking-for-group and other online RPG aids, a side project for the owner.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-12440404802305112452024-03-04T21:40:00.004+00:002024-03-04T21:40:19.593+00:00To Boldly Go<a href="https://reactormag.com/thirteen-years-of-rewatching-star-trek-a-look-back/">Keith R.A. DeCandido looks back at his pre-streaming Star trek rewatches</a> at Tor and Reactor.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0