Received my hard copy of The Sprawl this morning.
Received my hard copy of The Sprawl this morning. It’s the Noon edition which I thought would be much easier on my aging eyes. Thanks to Hamish for a great game.
Congratulations to the Urban Shadows team for getting Runner Up in the RPG Game of the Year 2016
Congratulations to the Urban Shadows team for getting Runner Up in the RPG Game of the Year 2016
I’ve been considering using Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series (Midnight Riot in the US) as the basis for an…
I’ve been considering using Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series (Midnight Riot in the US) as the basis for an Urban Shadows series of games.
Basically the protagonist in the books is a policeman seconded to the magical investigation unit of the Metropolitan Police in London. He has some talent for magic hence the secondment and his boss is the last English wizard. So from the getgo we have a Wizard and his apprentice. The stories feature the river spirits of London so we have a variety of Fae and Goblin Nightmarkets add to the flavour. At least one story features a ghost and other story lines feature various old /retired wizards and at least one evil Wizard mastermind. There are a race of beings that live underground, descendants of Victorian railway workers IIRC. With a little tweak or two I reckon this could work with the players being Aware, Fae, Oracle or Wizard. I’d probably drop the other archetypes as not fitting very well with the fiction.
Comments?
I received a copy of the book for Xmas but can’t find a D/L of the archetypes although I did find the MC sheet on…
I received a copy of the book for Xmas but can’t find a D/L of the archetypes although I did find the MC sheet on the Community here. Where are you hiding the Archetypes/Playbooks?.
Hamish Cameron Have you got a update since 27th August when layout was nearly finished?
Hamish Cameron Have you got a update since 27th August when layout was nearly finished?
Any update on a release candidate yet?
Any update on a release candidate yet?
Having re-watched Johnnie Mnemonic recently I was struck how the film had morphed from the short story/novella and…
Having re-watched Johnnie Mnemonic recently I was struck how the film had morphed from the short story/novella and considering that the screenplay was written by Gibson. I wonder what (apart from film considerations) made him change the storyline. The opening scene in the book is matched in the film with some slight alterations but the whole Pharmakem and the ‘cure’ got stapled on. The Loteks were fun and matched my mental image from the book. They struck me as a group that wouldn’t have been out-of-place in Serenity working with/for Mr. Universe.
Certainly JM seemed to be a better match for The Sprawl than my original thought of Neuromancer/Sprawl trilogy. I’m going to re-watch the Matrix series to see how that might affect my visualisation regarding the game.
Changed signup sheet version 5 or something.
Changed signup sheet version 5 or something.
In response to some input regarding my first attempts here is a new revision to the sign up sheet.
In response to some input regarding my first attempts here is a new revision to the sign up sheet.
Working on some more system control diagrams and came up with one for Drones.
Working on some more system control diagrams and came up with one for Drones. We all know someone is bound to want to hack into a security drone don’t we.