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Bill V replied to Berin Kinsman's discussion 'Star Trek / Camelot'

I expected a Patrick Stewart TNG-Excalibur mash up. But this is better!

September 27

Bill V commented on mrmontie's photo 'mobile studio'

Maybe they sell "milkshakes".

September 16

Sir Golgotha, KEoPS commented on Bill V's blog post 'Rule Zero, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Board Game'

I have been toying with board-game-izing Midian on and off again for a while now, so I can understand the itch. Having fun with your mates is indeed the whole point of all this.

September 7

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Rule Zero, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Board Game

September 4

Bill V replied to mrmontie's discussion 'Mistborn Trilogy'

I read the first book and made good progress, the setting seemed to me like an odd cross of weird fiction and wu xia. After two or three short reading sessions, I am about a quarter of the way into the second book but it is failing to keep my atte...

August 26

Bill V replied to Berin Kinsman's discussion 'RinCon 09 and Dire Paladins'

Damn. This is awfully tempting and I could get some decent prices for the flight. But... gotta keep on budget and on plan. Maybe next year. Thanks for the invite and the heads up.

August 4

Bill V replied to Berin Kinsman's discussion 'Poor Richard's Whiskeyjacks'

Excellent. I can't promise I can play (I'm trying to find the energy and inspiration to run a Day After Ragnarok game on maptools) but I'll definitely lurk and cheer on the crew.

June 19

Sir Golgotha, KEoPS replied to Bill V's discussion 'They Call Them Owlbears'

Everyone knows the chupacabra has wings and deathray eyes that continue to turn people to stone even after death. The image on the logo is totally a basking shark. I have always wondered why some scientists can look at part of a 400 million year...

May 15

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Hometown:: Vancouver, Canada

Birthday:: April 1, 1973

Website:: http://brown_ant.livejournal.com

About Me:: Geek. Corporate Apparatchik. Family-Man.

Favorite Games:: Savage Worlds! Dungeons and Dragons, d20 OGL stuff: True20, Mutants and Masterminds, Warhammer Fantasy (WFRP), Spirit of the Century, Unisystem (Conspiracy X, Witchcraft, All Flesh Must be Eaten, Terra Primate), Fading Suns

Favorite Books:: A Game of Thrones, A Storm of Swords, The Dresden Files series. Princess of MarsPerdido Street Station, Hyperion, Critical Space (and the rest of the Atticus Kodiak series).

Favorite Comics:: Queen and Country, Usagi Yojimbo, Hellboy.

Favorite Movies:: The Empire Strikes Back, Léon (The Professional).
Iron Man. Hellboy 2.

Favorite TV Shows:: the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Rome, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House, Bones, La Femme Nikita, the early seasons of Alias

Favorite Music:: I listen to almost everything a good dose of rock and electronica. Linkin Park, The Barenaked Ladies, Crystal Method, Garbage, The Sword, The Calling

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Rule Zero, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Board Game

A while back, I was commiserating with one of the other denizens around here about how the daily grind can get pretty tiresome. The Dire King provided some sage words of advice, of which, I'm paraphrasing. "Have something fun to look forward to at the end of the day. That's why Friday's are great since most people have something fun to look forward to during the evening or weekend."

Now I've applied this pearl of wisdom to ward off the enervating effects of working at the salt mines. I get to d… Continue

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 1:25am — 1 Comment

The Blackfyre Rebellion Revisited

Now that Green Ronin's A Song of Ice and Fire is out on PDF version at the Green Ronin store, I'm getting all psyched up to gamemaster that noble house game I've always wanted to run. The mini-series will be set in (an alternate version of) the Blackyfyre Rebellion. The players will be family members and retainers of an up and coming minor noble house, either with ambitions of elevation to Great House status or as a major player in one of the factions.

Nothing is cast in stone as yet but I've p… Continue

Posted on March 11, 2009 at 12:57pm — 5 Comments

The Creative Madness Never Ends

I'm in a regular 4E game but I'm feeling the itch to DM. So here I go again going about World Building but this time it's going to be for a campaign that I'll actually run... :)

Watch this space.

Posted on November 27, 2008 at 3:57pm — 2 Comments

More MapTool - And for my next trick...

Someone stop me! Encouraged by the success of my earlier forays into online Gamemastering, I can't stop myself from unleashing more Savage Worlds goodness into the interwebs. While our small band continues with the Modern Day Monster mash, another game that really has me fired up is: Starlords of Hadrapur!

This will be a Sword and Planet mini-series in the tradition of John Carter of Mars (who doesn't want a little… Continue

Posted on August 10, 2008 at 7:59pm — 5 Comments

Steel & Spellcraft - Utum

"Steel & Spellcraft" is an irregular series of blog posts featuring a heroic fantasy setting on the planet Mars far into the distant future. Today, I present to you: The rising power in the West, Utum!

UTUM
*Atop a colossal ziggurat, the Maharajah of Utum commands the loyalty of the world's most populous nation... of living and undead!
* The Maharajah sponsors expeditions into ruins and far off lands to procure wealth and recover items of power and ancient secrets. In o… Continue

Posted on July 21, 2008 at 5:17pm — 2 Comments

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