Saturday, August 31, 2013

While The World Holds Its Breath....

The first major confrontation of the Slow War has begun, as the imperialist merchant fleet of Noism's Yoon Suin lead by the desert troll Huang Liu face the navy of Humza K's Pharaoh Nas Abu Khan Pharaoh Nas Aakhu Khan She En Asbiu in the port of Abu Zin Zeer...
From whose docks, in pretty much a total coincidence, my Monday D&D group is currently looking on in fascinated terror.
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Meanwhile, through certain dumbwaiter shafts in obscure chambers, one can, on a 2 in 6, hear muffled Google+ conversations between rival potentates.


Even now both ______ and______ divest their lands of much of their forces to prosecute our great war against _______. Leaving them undefended from the _____.

I hope you will join us in out crusade against _____________.

I have no interest in hostility to him or ______. Have some chocolate. It's good.

Good to know. Fancy a biscuit with that? Cup of tea?

Sure. I have some fey wine if your interested? How do_____  feel about those to the sandy wests?

We have had no contact with them and have made no agreements either way.

Indeed. And tell me about this great war against _____. _____ sounds more amusing than _____. Why all this bother with the war against ____?

It's just this years fad you know?

Actually I'm pissed because I found _____ bodies on my border with the sign of ______ on them. 

I have a feeling of doom though because my kingdom is next to _____. It's only a matter of time really.

That sounds suspicious.

Anyway, I think ___________________________________________________________.


Anyway that's just my opinion. My ambitions lie elsewhere. I long for the novelty of ______. I've already tried all the drugs here.

Be careful up there. I would be totally unsurprised if someone else had killed my guys.

I'm working on controlling my coast, so, if that goes well, and if you get into trouble up there, feel free to come back and hang out or whatever.

ALSO - It is said _______'s forces are dividing: one heading to the ____ coast, another spreading out to scout and plunder around _____.

Of no interest to me, but possibly of use to you? Have some Dwarven bread. it keeps for weeks.

I'm going near there to try use the confusion to steal balloons.
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*UPDATE: While the Warlord Emiri Al Qasit was distracted by this action in his harbor a 40 strong force of the Red King's vampire knights entered the city through a discarded mirror in the high city and took Abu Zin Zeer for himself!
( +Michael Moscrip is now winning)
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Friday, August 30, 2013

Slow War Cables Wikileaked!


The forces of Gaxen Kane march on Archbishop Sarpedon, who has sent a mighty host north in return, the dwarves of Lanthanum Chromate rolled a 02 against some NPC pirates in the first major battle of the war, but the rest is shrouded in Fog and Mystery.

Nevertheless, some diplomatic correspondence from Slow War has reached the general public, allegedly due to one Sir Manning, alleged thrall of one Lady Germanotta...
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I'm sending a modest delegation being all like

"Greetings from ______. We present you with this communication from the Penumbral Princess Chimera Moon"< revealing  a cage with a gift of a Tarantella: a bunch of minstrels sewn together into a horrible spider shape> " For maximum potency of the wisdom bringing drugs of the liver, it should eaten raw and torn from the Tarantella while it is alive and still trying to kill you"

"We trust this makes _______ intentions perfectly clear"

Cool. Send a cake in reply. Made from liver and spices and surprisingly sweet.

Second hamper with an onyx spider connected to some unbowed ribbon at the bottom, covered with wooden and woven ornaments of many fantastic creatures, people and buildings. At the top is a jar of warm, golden sand.

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A man chained to a little boat, at the bow of which is an oracular pig arrives and claims he has a message from _____. 
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(rumbling) IT IS CALENDRICAL. AWAKE Attentiveness Plausible HECATON CONFIGURATION : I AM THE FATHER. I AM TIME. Patience FROM MY MOUTH THE EGG. THE EGG IS TIME. FROM TIME A VOICE. THE VOICE IS WITHIN THE EGG.

ACCESSING FUTURE MEMORY (sound of stone scraping) DELEGATION AS EXPECTED. STAY THE DOG AND BROOM : Time Allotment redacted

(escorted by utterly armored and fur-cloaked warrirors, an assembly of hooded monks bring forth a human sized egg on an ornate litter. the egg is struck with a platinum hammer. there is a chime of sublime purity, followed by three phased echoes. the egg cracks. from the egg spills a flood of tar, containing a nude, twitching figure.)

FROM THE EGG, SLOWNESS. THE SLOWNESS IS TIME. FROM TIME, A CHILD: ЇАЊОС́. THE CHILD IS THE FUTURE. Time Offset redacted

(the nude figure wriggles and chimes)

A monk translates. "His centipedal immensity is self-satisfied that your honored subcollectivity arrives at the accordant time." 

(rumbling) MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COORDINATION ANTICIPATED

A different monk continues, "Please reiterate your recognized agenda for recorded posterity. Forms in quadruplicate are to be completed hence."
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Responsibilities of _______
1) The _______ shall appoint a Seer to perform for ______ divinatory rituals calling on the Demon Princes of the Surface Slime, whose scummy film washes upon all shores, composed of the accumulated evils that drain from the earth.
2) The ________ is allowed to keep one of his ______ in order to ease the observation of these divinations.
3) No denizen of ________, even the ______, may call the Cruel Sovereign by the same title twice in the one day.

Responsibilities of _____
1) No denizen of _______ may kill a spider, clear a pool of algae, or fell a cypress, water-oak, or willow within the bounds of the city.
2) The above verminous life may be claimed by _______ ships passing ______.
3) A single blind locathah thrall of ________ may enter ______(normally forbidden) to claim white honeysuckle containing the sweet savor of children’s tears.

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(Note: translated from goblinish: possibly garbled)

We definitely should not form an aggression pact instead, as ______ wishes to become invested in the wars of everyone.
 
Know that _____ has a quarrel with you and wishes to be intimately involved in all of your affairs, and believes that friendship is impossible between us, even if the past.
 
Then it is not settled. Contrariwise Goblinish anti-talk makes thing astonishingly clear.

Military support is necessary. _____ merely needs to not tell _____ when threatening troops movements are detected and ______ will share information from all of his spies and those of his allies. 

Additionally, this agreement is not a secret.

Your lack of fluency in the Goblin tongue brings us great sorrow.

_______ did not spurn my advances though the _______ is now my sworn enemy. A gigantic snail-beast has not been seen _________ nor have troop movement been seen in _____ (also an enemy of mine though poor Goblinish makes this ambiguous).

Bad.  Bad.  ________ will not agree to such a proposal, and may never decide to send troops if _____ becomes bored with peace.
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My spies have intercepted a transmission which may be of value to you. At this moment, it is given freely, as both powers involved are distasteful to me.

But I hope you will remember us in ______ should an opportunity to do us a reciprocal kindness arise.

(TRANSMISSION REDACTED)

Reply: Yeah, been a lot of shit stirring going on already, ____, no one can trust anyone already. Not a matter of who will betray you as, who won't and not if as when.

Nonetheless, I, _____ am an utterly and completely straightup and honest geezer of impeccable moral standing, kneeling and lying prone on the floor. 

I take the information on board with thanks, and if it turns out to be bullshit, I'll gut you and toss your liver out for the crows. Sound fair enough?
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Opponents Wanted List


Want someone to play D&D with ?  Or any other game?

If you wanna find someone local to roll with put your name, location, and preferred games here.

All the following people are on Google plus, so can be contacted there, if you leave a comment under this post, leave a way you can be contacted.


Doyle Tavener
Aug 27, 2013
Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener - Houston, TX - Pendragon


Dennis Higgins
Aug 27, 2013
Dennis Higgins, Eastern Long Island -- Make me an offer... I play too many games to list. 


Christopher Helton
Aug 27, 2013
Chris Helton; St. Petersburg FL; Swords & Wizardry, Fate Accelerated, Fudge-based stuff, Marvel Super-Heroes.

Edit: Call of Cthulhu. I don't know why I forgot that.


Timothy Stone
Aug 27, 2013
WFRP 2e, BECMI, S&W.
Richmond, VA ("West End")


Ron Edwards
Aug 27, 2013
Ron Edwards, Chicago area (north suburbs), Illinois - playtesting mine & others' games, mostly


Brandon Vaughan
Aug 27, 2013
Brandon Vaughan; Federal Way, Wa. D&D 1e/2e, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Savage Worlds, Carcosa, LotFP, WFRPGv2, Labyrinth Lord, Swords & Wizardry (Whitebox only), and Traveller....

I'm also down to DM all but CoC and WFRPG.


Michael Pfaff
Aug 27, 2013

We run an ACKS (B/X) "West Marches" style game in Louisville, KY. We've around 15-20 active players and two DMs running the same campaign world for nearly 200 sessions now.

Always looking for cool new players.

Web: www.louisvillednd.com


tony dowler
Aug 27, 2013

Tony Dowler, Seattle. Anything reasonably close to OD&D will be accepted.


Noah Marshall
Aug 27, 2013
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Noah Marshall, Oakland, CA.
Currently running hacked up ACKS, but willing to run anything OSR, and play in anything. Playstyle is verycasual. Drinking is encouraged.
Usual play group is a pretty tight group of old friends, but everybody is welcoming to strangers.

EDIT: Oh yeah. I will run Dungeon Crawl Classics Dark Sun if you let me. Be careful.




Matt L.
Aug 27, 2013

Matt from Seattle.

I started on D&D 4e.

I've been converted to old school D&D in principle but I haven't really played much.


Jez Gordon
Aug 27, 2013

Jez, Northern Beaches, Sydney. Oz.

KangaRat Murder Society Founder, will give most games a go, and more than happy to show new gamers how to play. 


Joey Lindsey
Aug 27, 2013

Joey, SF Bay Area (will probably end up in Oakland), will try most anything, but currently wanting to play WFRP 1 or 2e, Call of Cthulhu, WH40K RPG, Elric!, After the Bomb, and Marvel FASERIP. (I missed all those back in the day).
+Noah Marshall  let me know if you get the DS DCCRPG game or something going, I sadly left my in-person group on the East Coast.




Marcus Tsong
Aug 27, 2013
Marcus Tsong, Brooklyn. Currently running a Dungeon Crawl Classics game in faux-Indonesia (that may travel to Qelong soon). Also prepping a new Carcosa campaign with added mecha/sentai action. Need players for both.

Would love to run or play any type of CoC as well!


Brock Cusick
Aug 27, 2013

Brock Cusick, Clay County, Florida - Basic D&D


Mark Kriozere
Aug 27, 2013

Mark, San Francisco, CA I'm trying to get a new gaming group together. I'm open to being either GM or player. I live the Central Richmond district and I'm willing to host. I'd like to play Savage Worlds, OSR (LotPF), DCC, Numenera or Mutants & Masterminds, however I am open to other games as well.




Shawn Sanford
Aug 27, 2013

Shawn Sanford
Des Moines, Iowa
Looking to put together a group for OD&D and other old school RPGs.


Brian Sailor
Aug 27, 2013
Brian Sailor
Ellensburg, WA
I like to play: OD&D, B/X, AD&D, WFRP (1st edition), RuneQuest (2nd or 3rd edition - no RQ II or Second Age (bleh)), Pathfinder, and I'm dying to try out Dark Heresy.


Aimee V
Aug 27, 2013
Aimee V, also in Oakland with +Noah Marshall's group playing that old school hack and slash. I like playing Dungeon World but not running it...


Gianni Vacca
Aug 27, 2013
Paris, France. Looking for English-speaking players for face-to-face M&M games.


Paul McCann
Yesterday 3:06 AM
Paul McCann, Tokyo

I'm up for anything, though I'd be especially interested in CoC, ORE, or rules-light games.


Ben Djarum
Yesterday 6:55 AM
Ben, Baltimore, Maryland
1st Edition AD&D, B/X D&D, Stormbringer, Warhammer FRPG, Bushido, Gamma World


Wil McKinnee
Yesterday 10:44 AM
Wil McKinney

Nashville, Tn.

TMNT & Other Strangeness
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