tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29265908418858651172011-11-27T17:59:56.660-07:00This blog is a place where I transcribe the various roleplaying games I have Game Mastered and Been a Player in over the years. I've always had a good time in the games I've run and played in, and most of the time the stories within them are too great to keep to myself. <p> Enjoy.<br> ~M W Cox</p>The Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965403024042991156noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926590841885865117.post-29959115592669171912009-10-15T00:26:00.003-06:002009-10-15T01:20:50.567-06:00

I posted this across the way at Shamus Young's Blog, but I thought it would be interesting to post over here to show one of the projects I am working on. What follows are descriptions of the members of the Red Canasta, which is a commercial venture of superpowers. The 500 character limit is imposed by what is allowed when describing characters in Champions Online, a Superhero MMORPG.I’ve been

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Mario games aren't known for their quantifiable, exploitable mechanics, but somehow, this Mario title, among all others, is the one I found the most breakable. Several of the features of the game factored together while I played it and I got the feeling that I was preverting the system into something that wasn't quite what the developers intended. Here's a few of them:Infinite LivesThere are a

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In my last post, I mentioned that I played video games for two reasons, one to destroy and cause havoc, and one to break the system which the game is founded on.This is not to say I cheat to break the game in my favor - rather, I use the system inherent in the game itself against the purpose it was designed for, and in turn become more powerful using the game's own system than that very system

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When a video game sucks me in and I spend hours upon hours playing it, I generally have two ways of going about it: I either break the system or I find a way to destroy everything and wreak the most havoc I can.This post is about the latter.It all began way back in GTA III, when we would spend hours on top of a building with a sniper rifle, playing the insane gunman and abusing the game's weak AI

The Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965403024042991156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926590841885865117.post-90545501428395087132009-07-08T12:35:00.000-06:002009-07-08T12:36:19.142-06:00

So a while back my friends and I were sitting around with nothing to do for an evening, and someone suggested we bust out D&D (3.0 edition, way back when). I volunteered to GM, having cursory experience in the past, and I was given explicit instructions not to use the “you all meet in the tavern” shtick. So during the thirty minutes it would take for them to roll up characters, I had to come up

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So we're getting going on several projects, including Seasons Pass, a sci-fi tabletop roleplaying game, various works of fiction to back it up, and a couple comic projects. I'll use this space to post info and updates on these projects.Also, I've created a Chipin fundraiser for those that feel they wish to contribute to our indie development movement, here. Click the image below and do whatever

The Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965403024042991156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926590841885865117.post-77697338531379536402008-09-27T12:00:00.002-06:002008-09-29T16:19:50.576-06:00

Well.Who waaaaaants.... an acid bath?If you didn't just whisper to yourself "I do!", you either just finished one, or you are a liar. I know, I know, not as funny as the Dr. McNinja gag, but I couldn't resist.Anyways, in answer to my question: these guys!A sploosh of Citrustrip and 30 minutes later equalsRagnar, in the bottom left, still looks silly.Yay! Naked marines! Kind of!Now I can see

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It all began way back at the 4th level, with Kaldich the Rogue, Blackstone Jones and I, Skargob ub Noknoggin ub 'Edbasha, wandering about, debating the future of the Company after a successful job. I'm going to take a tip from Shamus Young's D&D Chronicle, and document out-of-character player and GM notes in a box like this one.We started the game here, at level four, and the GM decreed that we

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Back in the days of yore, my friend Brian and I started collecting Warhammer miniatures. Among several other armies we collected, we got ahold of quite a lot of Space Marines. What could be cooler than dudes in the future who flew around in spaceships in armor with huge machine guns and chainsaw swords?Is that a fair question? No.Anyways, we amassed quite a horde of little toy soldiers (I have no

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Herein I will detail some of the major characters of the game, both player characters and NPCs, and what appears to be their outward motivation. Blackstone Acquisitions and Security Solutions, Unlimited was formed when the gaming group got together for the first time, though the name went through several permutations. In part, we got the idea for forming an "Adventuring Company" from the Penny

The Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965403024042991156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2926590841885865117.post-70500756276665484682008-09-12T23:38:00.000-06:002008-09-25T20:36:37.912-06:00

Like a hurricane.Some of the games that I will be transcribing here:Blackstone Acquisitions and Security Solutions, Unlimited (BASS, Ult)This is a D&D 4th edition game that I am taking over as GM. I will post a summation of events leading up to the time when I assume control as a GM, including character profiles and the like. My first session as the GM - and not a player - is in two days (Sunday,

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What to say, what to say...Really, I have no idea where to begin. The posts that follow will be synopses of game sessions that I have had the privilege of running, or perhaps just been another player in. In most circumstances, I have found myself amidst roleplayers of superb excellence, and it would be tantamount to a sin not to transcribe the lives of the amazing characters that I have witnessed

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