Recent content by ArghMark

Hi all, As a SCA and HEMA fencer, (Hi fellow fencers!) I was prompted to come out to this interesting post here. Short advice: Don't bother, just describe fighting styles as best you can. (Some advice to follow). Long advice: I know it's cool to emphasize different fencing styles, but I...

Riddle of Steel is a difficult to find system, but does the things you seem to want. Handy for renaissance fighting stuff also.. there's no better system for saying "That guy is in plate? I throw him to the ground and stick a dagger in his eye-slit."

Look to your character sheet. Look back to me. Look to your character sheet. Look back to me. Orc. The orc your orc could smell like.

Two suggestions: Ever run a meeting? Gaming is a meeting and the GM is the chairperson. Not to say he is just talking (Thats a lecture), but he controls who gets prominence and when. Understand this point and be willing to cut people off where necessary. Ever been in a meeting with five people...

We never actually played the game, but as we are big on Ars we decided if we did we'd troupe style it. People make their main characters as normal, and everyone has a servant or attendant for things that they themselves aren't good at, at a lower social status from either the same house or a...

2 of my favorite alt histories - 1. Ars Magica. Have to agree with the above poster, truly excellent system, and one which leads to having games that truly go to epic campaigns. Current game going 1.5 years. I like to explain it like this: Europe in 1220 where the myths are true. Angels save...

2 of my favorite alt histories - 1. Ars Magica. Have to agree with the above poster, truly excellent system, and one which leads to having games that truly go to epic campaigns. Current game going 1.5 years. I like to explain it like this: Europe in 1220 where the myths are true. Angels save...

Hi all! I'm wondering what awesome, tricky, and cool puzzles you have put into a game. Once in an Ars Magica (Medieval style) game I based a puzzle off the four humours. PC's had to match 4 animals to the 4 humours, and had a medic near by to ask about characteristics of animals. They weren't...

Razjah, I'm just taking the mickey, no harm meant :D For my 20, I figured it would make a surprising game where everyone had pole arms. Or at least more of them :D Statistically they are generally all the same, and unless you wanted to get all riddle of steel on them they would function very...

Corseque Fauchard Glaive Guisarme Halberd Linstock 2.2.8.1 Danish Axe 2.2.8.2 Sparth 2.2.8.3 Pollaxe 2.2.10.1 Brogit staff 2.2.10.2 Jeddart Staff 2.2.10.3 Lochaber Axe 2.2.10.4 Scottish Halberd 2.2.11 Svärdstav 2.2.12 Voulge 2.2.13 Winged spear 2.3.1 Guan dao 2.3.2 Woldo 2.3.3 Ji 2.3.4...

If I can make a suggestion - Either start everyone as a new character for a short campaign and whichever character she plays, make sure it isn't statistically a poor choice; give options when creating to avoid rules overload, but keep the options low. And then make her shine in the first...

Amusingly enough, despite the games I run, I agree. I would say I run a fairly mid ground approach with my current games. Previously I tried to run character focused games where I cheated to make people live. I wondered why players got bored. I realized it was because there is no risk in the...

Ars Magica! Best magic system ever. Best world setting ever. Ability to play city shaking magi! A little heavy on the rules but its nothing more complex than 3e I find.

Possibly its a 'I'm in a different country' thing (Australia). 'John Thomas' is a euphemism for male genitalia :D. Not particularly common, but there we go.

What gets me is the guys name is John Thomas. No wonder he names everything after himself! y'see, its phallic. And stuff. (leaves)