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Drifting, Part 2 "Noted, Captain," Tabitha says quietly. "Do we have any options in dealing with this matter? I had hoped that Bannon would have been able to sort things out without further bloodshed but she was not agreeable to allow her rebellious crews the opportunity to seek asylum and I...

Drifting, Part 1 The ceremony aboard the Shamokin Rising comes to a solemn end. Dismissed, the attending crew drift away, in ones, twos or more, to drink away their grief on their own time. Shifts change, sleep cycles go by. A full day passes, and the lights come on aboard the James I. Strike...

To expand on this, things were going really well. The alarm had not been raised, nobles were being conned, two enemy leaders had been drugged unconscious, and they had gotten their hands on blackmail material, including secret plans to restore the world's shattered sun. Then the crew's Whisper...

(Blades in the Dark) Centuralia Club? Burn it down!

Bootprints, Part 3 Tabitha dips her head in silence as she steps up after Mahayhay. "There isn't much I can say after the eloquence of Captain Var and Major Mahayhay. There isn't much I can say that will make any of this any easier. We have all lost friends and comrades and that only the...

Any game for no-prep casual play has to have very short rules (1-4 pages), and hybrid roleplaying/card games are great for this by providing rules, prompts and play structure on cards. Like Fiasco: https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Or For The Queen...

The Warren is a great (and simple) PbtA game about rabbits surviving in a wild world. I have had good experiences using it to teach roleplaying to beginners, and there is a kid-friendly variant of the playbooks too. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168477 Cozy Town by my friend Rae Nedjadi...

Blades in the Dark, which I have run since the start of the pandemic, is an ensemble serialized series that alternates between missions (Scores) and personal character development (Downtime). The mechanics and the campaign structure are pretty closely tied together.

Ship combat rules you say? I'm interested.

Bootprints, Part 2 Major Lani Mahayhay steps up to the podium, clad in the Mirrorsmoke Mercenary Company's full dress greens. It's the only time any of the Union spacers have ever seen her dressed this formally, and while she wears it with just a little discomfort, she keeps her chin up. "When...

Having players puppet minor NPCs is especially common in my PBPs, like the one I've been reposting in Story Time. The play-by-posts I'm accustomed to give more narrative control to players and long scenes can play out with NPCs having dialogue exchanges with the PCs. Plus, in my current game...

Bootprints, Part 1 The long, mournful tones of the assembly call sound out through the vast hangar of the Shamokin Rising. Hundreds of crew representatives from across the combined Union-Mirrorsmoke fleet are gathered here, standing ready, solemn. For some junior crew, this was their first...

Sounds of Silence As the Purview delegation departs the Bukharin's shuttle hangar, the deck crews breathe a sigh of relief. The two fleets have formalized their uneasy truce, although the surprise defection of Captain Petrie has certainly thrown a spanner into the works. Even now, the James I...

(Blades in the Dark) Discovering orreries and swindling archenemies!

Police Work Checking his datapad, Caspian notes that the request has been approved for the service and arrangements are being made for the ceremony as soon as the perimeter is secured. Notably Captains Ki and Evans will be absent with only their second in commands attending - Line Captain...

Well, Jay Dragon has broken away from earlier plans to use Kickstarter for crowdfunding the next Possum Creek Games project, a slice-of-life rpg revolving around a magical lodging-house called Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast. Details here...

Can we have a thread titled "Describe your last rpg session in 5 words, but not game cancellations?"

Held Together With Duct Tape Tabitha looks sadly at Lowell. She pops open a comms channel to try and round up as many of the officers and men he'd interacted with in a past long behind them. There are precious few - such is the life of a cosmopolitan - but at least there are a number who are...

The Straggler, Part 6 The Armory officers are standing by in the corridor, mostly keeping to themselves while they wait for Bannon. As for Major Mahayhay and the Eland captains, they stand some distance away, watching warily. Caspian hears a distant cry. It's coming from the enlisted mess down...

(Blades in the Dark) Stylishly infiltrating a luxury club!