I’ve just got back from The Kraken, the best 5 days in gaming, in Germany. I ran two 13th Age Glorantha games, and this is one I didn’t run but took along with me. I ran it first five years ago at the Furnace convention, and it’s a great way to use one of 13th […]
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Wyrm’s Teeth: 13th Age Glorantha – A Retrospective on a Short Campaign
I’ve just spent a sunny afternoon prepping the final session of a short 13th Age Glorantha campaign, and it’s been great to get through a short season entirely home-written. I’ll have run 6 sessions by the time the finale is over, and we’ve taken 3 PCs from 1st level to the cusp of 4th level […]
Thirsty Sword Vingans – a Gloranthan setup for Thirsty Sword Lesbians
Following on from my review of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, here’s an example setup to run a game set on the fringes of a drifted Glorantha. You’d be wise to check out that review, and/or the game itself, before deciding if this is for you – if Heroquest/ Questworlds will give you loose story-driven fun, Runequest […]
Sting of the Scorpion Men – a 13th Age Glorantha One-Shot
I’ve run this one-shot, for 4th level PCs, twice now, at UK Games Expo and at BurritoCon, and it’s been a lot of fun both times. I’m not going to claim it’s the most original plot structure going, but the combination of two of Glorantha’s iconic (but less-known than Broo) Chaos beasts, Gorps and Scorpion […]
Gringle’s Pawnshop – a 13th Age Glorantha One-Shot adventure
Like all of our community, I was very saddened to hear of Greg Stafford’s sad passing. As just the week before I’d been running a ‘tribute one-shot’ to one of his classic adventures, it felt only right tidy it up a bit to share it here. Greg was the creator of Glorantha, which I’ve talked […]
Gloranthan One-Shots – Ducks, Broo, and Basket-Weaving
I’m a relatively new convert to Glorantha, Greg Stafford’s legendary mythic fantasy setting, having come at it from 13th Age in Glorantha (and an extremely fun Heroquest campaign run by Newt Newport of D101 Games). It’s a big setting, and quite distinctive, and it carries with it challenges for the one-shot GM. To explore the […]
“To Do It, Do It” – TTRPG Workflow
As I write this, I’m deep in prep for my games for two great conventions – Spring Kraken in Germany, and Seven Hills in Sheffield. As it stands I’m running 8 official games between these two conventions, but Kraken being what it is I’ll bring a few extra games to fill any light sessions too. […]
Review: Stronger Scenarios – Adventure Crucible
There’s recently been a few books published about gamemastering, and I’m all for it. So much gets written online in a haphazard and sometimes contradictory way (as a visit to any forum will attest); it’s great to see people with genuine experience put down their thoughts in an organised manner. This is what Adventure Crucible […]
Hit The YouTube!
Just a short update here, but I wanted to share some news that’s been teased for a while – Unconventional GMs has launched! Unconventional GMs is a collaboration between me and Gaz from The Smart Party podcast, where we produce short, snappy one-shots showcasing some of the techniques we blog and/or talk about on our […]
Lonely Fun, Or What To Do When You’re Not At Expo
We’ve all been there – a convention you couldn’t make, or just didn’t fancy, and the FOMO that sometimes hits when you see the pictures of the happy gamers on your social media. Even worse, sometimes you see the swag they’ve bought! For a number of (happy) reasons, I wasn’t at UK Games Expo last […]
Burn After Running: RPG One-Shots 