Posts By: Legion

Thoughts on Empire of the Petal Throne

Posted by & filed under BLATHER, Roleplay, RPG, Tékumel.

House-rule Dump! Here’s my first run at how I’m going to treat armour and such: EPT_armour_shields_weapons01 I’ll be granting players the option of giving their characters either the rules-as-written version of Constitution bonuses/penalties or this version by Glenn Rahman, from Dragon 31 (no back and forth though; you’re either an ox or an ocelot: choose):… Read more »

Thirty years on, I like what I like

Posted by & filed under BLOG, Comics, Film, Space-poc.

In 1984 Pepe Moreno created “Bunker 6A.” In 2013 Hajime Katoki directed “A Farewell to Weapons.” [The above link is a Japanese voice/Spanish text version of “A Farewell to Weapons.” This being the interweb, with its millions of Japanese speakers and millions more Spanish readers, I’m posting it anyway. Besides, it’s awesome in any language.]… Read more »

Incoming!

Posted by & filed under BLOG, Ours, Preview.

Now that it’s en route to casting, I can show you something. Inspired by this: And this (step ahead to 2:20): https://vimeo.com/74577166#t=140s I’ve done this: Another masterpiece by Bob Olley. It comes B.Y.O.T. (Bring Your Own Torso) so you can make the rider look however you want. Here are two excellent lists of torsos, arms,… Read more »

Levels, levels, levels!

Posted by & filed under BLATHER, D&D, Dungeon Crawl, Otherworld, Skirmish, Theirs.

I’m adapting a Level Advancement campaign system for Otherworld Skirmish from the 7TV Summer Special‘s Ratings War chapter. It’s actually pretty straight forward and the Otherworld rules as they already stand allow for a few ways to approach it. One can start with a traditional adventuring party faction of already-classed 1st Level human and demi-human… Read more »

Dralasites and Death Ray Guns

Posted by & filed under BLOG, Collection Stats, Mutants and Death Ray Guns, Roleplay, Skirmish, Space-poc, Star Frontiers.

The madness continues. Today’s installment covers converting characters from Star Frontiers into models for Mutants and Death Ray Guns, and vice versa. I give you Dralasites and Death Ray Guns: Dralasites_and_Death_Ray_Guns01 There is a ton of great Star Frontiers info here. And Fight On! magazine published (in issue #11) a cool little article translating dralasites… Read more »

Warlords of Def-Con 4

Posted by & filed under BLOG, Film, Simulview, Space-poc.

These two are a little too good together. I say that because they’re practically the same film. They’re close to the same length. Their palettes are similar. Both were released by New World Pictures. Warlords was filmed in New Zealand. Def-Con was filmed in Nova Scotia. ‘Nuff said. They both have a similar “rules have… Read more »