fragments of a blue ruin
Last week, the party finally reached the trading city Gnomos, jewel of the Vaarnish badlands. They acquainted themselves with the geography and inhabitants of the city, chased down some rogue goats, and met up with an old friend, the book dealer Wormwater. How will city living treat them this week? Our cast: Flim-Flam, a two-headed… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: EPISODE 7
Last week our heroes discovered a shed lizard-skin in the desert, endured various hostile encounters, and abandoned the wind-barge that had hired them as guards in order to throw their lot in with some Hegemony soldiers.
Last week we left our heroes in the afterglow of a night-time victory. They had just killed a fungal horror, and the warrior Crunk was celebrating by drinking water from a biomechanical teat.
Last week, the party caroused in an inn, hired themselves out as guards for a merchant’s wind-barge, and explored a ruin that turned out to be the lair of a monstrous Alzabo, which they killed. Our motley crew: Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. Proficient cook, fights with twin pistols. Has a cyborg hawk named Midnight. Findus,… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: SESSION 4
We last saw our heroes executing a Pelerine priestess to ensure the Holy Order of GAEA would discontinue their practise of sacrificing unwitting pilgrims. What havoc will they unleash upon the blue wastelands of Vaarn this week? Our cast of rogues: > Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen Adept. His area of expertise is cooking. He fights… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: SESSION 3
I’ve been lucky enough to begin running Vaarn with a regular group for the past three weekends. The sessions have taken us through the entire Pelerine Temple opening scenario and out into the wastelands of Vaarn, putting my random generators and improvisation skills to the test. The party consisted of: > Flim-Flam, a two-headed cacogen… Continue reading VAARN ACTUAL PLAY: SESSION 1+2
Four months after the initial ‘demo tape’ session for Vaarn, I got the chance to GM the setting again last night over Discord. Despite a few audio glitches I think the session went really well and was excited to play with three new players who I’ve never GM’d for before. This was a new, much… Continue reading VAULTS PLAYTEST 2
Back in January 2020 I GM'd the first ever playtest of the Vaults of Vaarn setting. This is an archival record of the Facebook post I made about that game. The inaugural expedition into the wastes of Vaarn was a great success from my POV. I had never GM’d my own self-written material before, so… Continue reading VAULTS PLAYTEST 1
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