I ran my first ever game of Urban Shadows last week, the first ever game I actually gm’d and it was awesome.

I ran my first ever game of Urban Shadows last week, the first ever game I actually gm’d and it was awesome.

I ran my first ever game of Urban Shadows last week, the first ever game I actually gm’d and it was awesome. I had a wizard (who was a voudon who lived in a Winnebago with a portal to another dimension in his bathroom, I’m not kidding. I let it happen because come on that’s hysterical) a specter (woman who died in the 1920s who likes to go to the “pictures” because she can get in for free and she’s still constantly amazed by them), a fae (who was a drunken hedonist who liked to get mortals intoxicated and extract insane promises from them), and a Hunter (who’s main prey were warewolves, who run local law enforcement). Everyone had a fantastic time and I will explain more later. I think the best thing was how the faction rolls made it exceedingly easy for me to make a story hooks. The whole session was based on a miss on a faction roll and we pulled everyone in on that. I ended up not needing any of the story hooks I had preplanned. It was great to use the faction rolls to build a story organically.

Question: I know that this game is mostly designed for city settings (hey it’s right there in the name) but how…

Question: I know that this game is mostly designed for city settings (hey it’s right there in the name) but how…

Question: I know that this game is mostly designed for city settings (hey it’s right there in the name) but how would you guys think it would work to do a bunch of closely grouped suburban towns (I’ve got SO MANY threat ideas for the NJ shore… SO MANY)? Has anyone tried this kind of set up? Does it screw up game dynamics horribly?

Just wanted to pop in and say that I had a FANTASTIC time playing Urban Shadows at Dreamation.

Just wanted to pop in and say that I had a FANTASTIC time playing Urban Shadows at Dreamation.

Just wanted to pop in and say that I had a FANTASTIC time playing Urban Shadows at Dreamation. It was definitely one of the highlights of the con for me 🙂