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When 4e came out, I was the only person I knew who bought any books, and I bought them all for the first few months. My gaming circle didn't want anything to do with it because they had heard things they didn't like. It didn't sound like D&D to them, and they were fine with 3.5e. I finally...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 3d It would be nothing to leave ROSE to the beast and make his escape, and truth be told, he’d been toying with the idea of killing her in the wilderness anyway. Why then, when he had the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone did he instead try to...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 3c A large portion of the cavern wall appeared to be clear blue ice rather than stone, but before the agents could look closer, a bone-chilling howl echoed all through the chamber. REDLIGHT asked Mrs. Wendell to help ROSE stand, and then he moved toward the center...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 3b ROSE’s mind was still a little cloudy from alcohol, morphine, and sleep, but the chilling implications of the coroner’s words were not lost on her. She thanked the woman for her efforts, and promptly fell back to sleep. When she woke, she vaguely remembered a...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 3a Agent REDLIGHT made a quick stop by the hotel bar to order a Long Island Iced Tea for ROSE and a large mug of cheap whiskey for himself. It took ROSE only a few minutes to finish her drink, and afterward Agent REDLIGHT helped his cell leader upstairs and saw her...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 2d REAPER called REDLIGHT to let him know the situation. REDLIGHT confirmed that he’d seen the tourists leave on dog sleds. Agent REAPER had a new plan. REDLIGHT would come and sit with ROSE while the other two followed the dog sleds on the snow mobile. As his...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 2c There was a lively discussion about just who should volunteer, but ultimately it was ROSE who put an end to it. If none of the men were man enough to volunteer, she would do it. She left the table and went up to her room. REAPER followed while the other two...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 2b The Dark Man appeared a minute later and towered over her in the small room. He was silent and imposing, but Agent ROSE had seen it all before. “I’ve called you because I’m on an Operation in Alaska, and I’m stuck. I need to know exactly what I’m hunting and...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 2a Four days snowed in at Logan International Airport in Boston had left Agent RICHARD weary of travel, and he hadn’t moved. When he was finally able to fly out, he really just wanted to go home. His connection in Seattle didn’t help matters. The next flight north...

Back in the 2e days, I ran a game that lasted five years, and I kept a notebook to fill with things the players said. It came to be so completely dominated by one player that we just considered it a book of his quotes. I haven't seen that book in many years, but lemme see if I can remember a few...

What's it say about me that my first thought (other than the obvious "I hope he's okay") wasn't Star Wars-related, but rather a sort of cross between Indiana Jones and Snakes on a Plane?

Hearken to the Wild - Session 1c While the agents discussed possible courses of action, ROSE searched online for information about James Spaulding. It’s not an uncommon name, but she quickly narrowed it down. She discovered that Mr. Spaulding was a freelance writer, and he wrote an outdoorsman...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 1b Agent REDLIGHT walked in just at that moment and took a seat at the table. He finished the last bite of his donut as ROSE informed him he was nearly a half hour late. REDLIGHT looked from his phone to the clock on the wall to ROSE, and he shrugged. He asked what...

Hearken to the Wild - Session 1a The holiday season had come and gone. Thanksgiving seemed somehow hollow and mocking. Sure, there was so much to be thankful for, but when the universe has tossed you around like a broken toy seemingly on a whim, it can leave you to wonder just how much any of...

Hearken to the Wild - Introduction R-Cell Agent REAPER - Master Sergeant Jack Jack, Delta Force Operator Agent REDLIGHT – Captain Cramer Gump, INSCOM “Black” Ops (formerly Agent SID) Agent RICHARD – Major James McGinnis, AMEDD General Surgeon Agent ROSE – Gia Jones, FinCEN Investigator, Leader...

Sufficient Unto the Day - Session 4c One of the two robed figures in the center of the horseshoe dropped her robe and laid down naked in the snow. The other took something out of a bag and held it high. It was a head; Sienkiewicz’s head by the look of it. The pale green light of the full moon...

Sufficient Unto the Day - Session 4b Once Agent ROSE managed to calm down, she excused herself and went to the bedroom to check her luggage. Her bags had been dumped on the floor. The book was there, but the statuette was gone. She had a little trouble breathing. The Dark Man wouldn’t be too...

Sufficient Unto the Day - Session 4a Agent REDLIGHT made it to the road in front of the flat and promptly changed his mind. If ROSE had called the police, the flat would be the first place they’d look. He instead slipped quietly into the place where Sienkiewicz had been staying and called...

A few years ago, I really wanted to try out some Star Trek role-playing, so I bought all of the books made by Decipher, plus a Star Trek atlas. I got my cousin and a friend of ours to try it out. I didn't have a story planned, but I started on a concept while they made characters (one was a...