Cross Posted from Between the Rolls, my gaming blog
About 7 years ago my wife and I were interested in
checking out the latest addition of Dungeons and Dragons (4th edition). We made a few
calls to the local game stores and discovered that Wizards of the Coast
was just about to launch their Encounters program.
Which was basically a on going adventure that was provided by them and
broken into weekly installment. The program was great and by the end of
my first adventure I found myself as one of the DMs running the weekly
events.
It has been a long time since those early days of Wednesday
night gaming. Looking back I've got to say it has been one of the best
experiences of my life. I've made some amazing friends over the
years. A few of which I basically consider
family at this point. People I never would have met if I hadn't
committed to running all these games.
A
lot has changed over the years. D&D Encounters,
has changed to a different program, I'm not involved with it any
longer. The players who used to be with me
when I ran Encounters have joined me for the last two or threes playing
in what has become known as "RPG Night with Cliff"
We no longer play D&D 4th or even 5th edition for that matter. We
get together to play a variety of Role-playing games. With special
attention to the games that don't often get the attention they deserve.
Here is a list of some of the RPGs we have done to date: Fate, Dragon
Age, Fiasco, Star Wars, Numenera, Savage Worlds Dead Lands, Cosmic
Patrol.
We will play a game for several months in order to
complete a single adventure and then move on to a new system. This
model has worked great for the store where we play because of my players
pick up at least the core rule book. They have also
been very accepting of me running the occasional game of a system that
is old or that they can't get in.
Right now we are playing the Star Wars RPG produced by
Fantasy Flight Games. This is a returning system that we have played
before. As a group we are working our way the the published adventure
"Mask of the Pirate Queen." I'll be trying to
post more about our on going adventure at this blog. I want to make
this somewhere people will come back to visit and check out.
***The Following will contain adventure spoilers, if you
are playing in the adventure please don't read this for your own
enjoyment.***
A quick bit of background
The PC's have been hired by a large crime family and
tasked with the job of bringing in the Pirate queen that has been
targeting them. The crime family was able to provide the group with
three separate leads that they hoped would lead them Sorority (that is the name of the pirate band) All of the leads have
been explored and that has lead the group a crater valley elsewhere on
the planet. Last week they forcefully dealt with some of the pirate
security and they are about to arrive at their strong
hold
Our next game is Wednesday the 24th. So expect an adventure update then.
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