fragments of a blue ruin
We are back! I've only played intermittently over the last two months, mostly due to the holiday period. However, we are playing on Sunday nights again, and have even managed to schedule two consecutive sessions. In the last episode, the party visited Salari's Grill, an upmarket restaurant on Gnomon's Apex. The Water Baron was also… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODES 19 & 20
I recently ran a full playthrough of 'The Crimson Countess', a scenario I'm planning to include with the core rules of Bloodheist, my upcoming vampire heist game. I designed the scenario to be reasonably straightforward to run, without too many locations or named characters. The set-up is that the party are deposited in Mountberg, a… Continue reading Bloodheist: Playtest I
Once again, it's been a while since we did one of these. I've only played intermittently over the last month, due to life getting in the way and technical challenges. However the story of Vaarn has advanced slightly. In the last episode, our cast of scoundrels intervened in a tense standoff between Hegemony soldiers and… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODES 17 & 18
It's been a big few months in Vaarn-land. I launched the first zine that details the setting, and had a really great response, much better than I had hoped. However, all the work I've been doing on the zine has distracted from updates from my ongoing Sunday night campaign. I'm going to summarise the last… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY MEGA UPDATE: EPISODES 14-16
Last episode our heroes met an old friend, Karak, and went to a notorious Gnomosian nightclub, the Black Lotus, where they met some unsavoury characters and struck a deal with the menacing owner. Karak then blew the club's generator by trying to merge his body with it. Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen. Proficient cook.… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 13
Last episode the crew met an eccentric fungus expert, rented some rooms at the Lemon Tree Boardinghouse, and went shopping. Crunk visited the dentist, and Findus was handed a mysterious invitation. Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. Proficient cook, fights with twin pistols. Owns a cyborg hawk named Midnight, who has been dispatched on… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 12
Last episode the party defeated the Magician, freed the child pickpockets who served her in the depths of Gnomos, stocked up on sewer gold, and clumsily fought off some vampire bats. Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. Proficient cook, fights with twin pistols. Owns a cyborg hawk named Midnight, who has been dispatched on… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 11
Last episode the party delved into the subterranean passages beneath Gnomos, overcame various traps and monsters, and reached the hidden lair of the Magician, a hypergeometric mystic who ran a crew of child pickpockets. We join them halfway through their battle with this being. Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. Proficient cook, fights with… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 10
Last episode the party indulged in a barroom brawl, made a new fungal friend, and ventured into the dank depths of Gnomos in search of the Magician, a shadowy underworld figure who runs a ring of child pickpockets. What awaits them in the dark places of Vaarn this week? Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 9
Last week, the party explored Gnomos alongside their host, the robot book-dealer Wormwater. They sold a book, bought a sword, and attempted to ingratiate themselves with the city’s occupying military force. We last saw them caught in the middle of a gang brawl in a rough bar. Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. Proficient… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 8
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