I ended up with about 80 people coming by to read my blog and leave a message. Hopefully some will choose to stay. I know I have blitzed others in the past and found something new to read.
I do want to thank everyone that came by. My goal is to revisit each blog over the next week or so.
Basically if you have an "adult" blog you were emailed and have 30 days to remove said content (though they are vague on what that content is) or have your blog turn to "Private".
This basically means if people are not invited to read your blog they can't see it.
I am not sure what this means for the majority of the bloggers here.
Will my blog get tagged because of Eldritch Witchery later on? No idea. Likely not.
Though I suppose this is a good time to start thinking of what your blogger exit plan is. I am sure it will not be around forever.
So this past weekend I ran a quick version of Castles & Crusades using some ideas from the Codex Celtarum. The idea was that the characters are on the edge of the Faerie lands/Fae/Feywilds.
It occurs to me that I have been building up to this game for years really.
I am sure there are some good adventures I could adapt and I have plenty of my own too. It would be nice to run "All Souls Night" for a new group; heck I could even re-purpose The Dark Druid for this.
Spent the weekend doing a lot of work around house so didn't get to a game till late.
We were going to try out our converted 3rd to 5th ed characters but for various reasons we could not get everyone at the table at the same time. So we opted for something new.
We made characters for Castles & Crusades using the Codex Celtarum. Everyone has some Fae based powers and going to be playing in the lands of faerie.
The first adventure was a nice short one; rescuing a girl kidnapped by some goblins. Turned out the girl also had faerie powers.
I totally ripped of True Blood and gave the girl flashy light hands that caused damage.
It was a lot of fun. Not sure what we are going to do with it from here on out but it sure was fun.
The great thing is there are a ton of cool adventures I can use with it too.
Been on YouTube a lot lately; listening to music, watching a lot of videos of a lot of topics. It's been fun.
I found a few Zatanna videos out there. If you need some more information on the character then these are worth a watch. Yeah some are a bit annoying, but hey you get what you pay for.
To celebrate the newest member of the Victorian / Steampunk RPG gaming community I thought some Victorian Chap-hop was in order.
Of course I love Victorian games of all sorts. Just love the time period and the endless possibilities. You can have adventure, science, magic, occultism, spiritualism and the entire world is both at your fingertips and still large and mysterious at the same time.
So let's open it up with some good old Professor E!
Professor Elemental might be the first name you think of when it comes to Victorian era chap hop but he is not the only one. So just like Biggie had Tupac, the good Professor has Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer.
I am not sure how one can describe Abney Park. They are steampunk yes. But in more of a Forgotten Futures sort of way. They have their own RPG, Airship Pirates which comes to us from the same people that brought us Victoriana. In fact it even uses the same system as Victoriana 2nd Edition.
+Lindsey Stirling might not be the first name you think of when it comes to Steampunk music, but her Roundtable Rival certainly has the right look and feel to it. Plus Lindsey has upped her own geek street cred by providing a song for the Dragon Age soundtrack. So there is that.
So here is the girl that my friend Cal refers to as a "magical musical pixie" or how I think a Ghosts of Albion Occult Musician would look. Frankly I think she is amazing.
And lastly tonight back to the good Professor to remind us that we can all enjoy different things, but we are all in it together. One of the reasons why many of us in the Victorian RPG community get along so well with each other. We all enjoy each other's games and talk about our favorite bits.
I was going to cut back on these, but this is very much a Peanut Butter and Chocolate situation for me.
Victorious is the newest RPG from the Troll Lords.
It is a Victorian Era / Steampunk game using the SIEGE Engine system, the same that powers Castles & Crusades and Amazing Adventures. So you can see why I am interested.
It should be 100% compatible with Amazing Adventures, but I won't know till I get it obviously.
I am certainly NOT in the market for a new game, let alone another Victorian Era one (I have them all), but damn if it's not attractive.
This being Troll Lords they were funded long before I ever saw the page. I have supported them well in the past and I am on the fence on this one. Yes I am going to buy it, that isn't even a question. I just think this time I might wait and give my FLGS the money instead.
I am going to keep an eye on it for what ever bonus levels and features they add.
