tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76726841899823899442024-03-18T16:28:43.338-07:00Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg BlogA blog about sewing machine repairs,but mainly my hobbies which include old school role playing games, science fiction,films, horror, and general geekery. Sit down and stay a spell. Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-53508278394330819002024-03-18T16:27:00.000-07:002024-03-18T16:27:45.457-07:00Pig Pen - - A Wretched Country By the Red Room & NightOwl Workshop's Gunslinger - Session Report 2 The PC's wiped out a bunch of Orcs of the Bloody Hand tribe of pig faced Orcs. And the Orcs rooted after two dynamite bundles were pitched into thier midst. We then retreated out of Scorpion Canyon and back to town to restock & resupply. This session picks right up from here.We began to hear the drummings of more Orcs and local indian scouts put the Bloody Hand's number at at least Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-28372561451432227072024-03-14T12:36:00.000-07:002024-03-14T12:36:15.231-07:00Don't Lose Your Head - Adapting Jospeh Mohr's Redemption Adventure to the Hostile Rpg "The Traveler(s) are summoned by messenger to speak with a discrete gentleman on a matter of utmost importance. He would prefer, for reasons which will become apparent later, to speak privately on this matter at the earliest convenience.""He is Navy Commander Hut’Nur of the Olonsean Naval Intelligence Service. He has a mission of a delicate nature which he needs someone of your unique Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-36236377636249800402024-03-11T20:02:00.000-07:002024-03-11T20:02:04.336-07:00OSR Review & Application of Supermax By Michael L Straus For The Wretched Rpg & It's Deriative Wretchedverse RPG "In this product we introduce the idea of three Supermax prisons that exist in the world of Wretched Darkness, Conspiracies and Vigilantes and how each one is specifically designed to hold these threats. For your agents trying to unravel the mysteries of Wretched Conspiracies, we present the Area 52 Supermax, deep in the Nevada desert. For those investigators of all things Wretched DarknessNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-86226120517918039952024-03-09T20:06:00.000-08:002024-03-09T20:06:16.841-08:00Review & Application On Cepheus Journal – Issue #015 - Free Cepheus Engine rpg Resource "So, let’s dig into this issue. Once again Jo Jaquinta has given us quite a few articles, which we are always thankful for. First up is an article looking at Generative AI and how to use it in your game, but not in a way you might think.There is a article on a species called Aquarians and ways you could use them in your game, an article on radio archaeoastronomy and how you can Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-6767850677577461222024-03-08T22:48:00.000-08:002024-03-08T22:48:11.223-08:00Pig Roast - A Wretched Country By the Red Room & NightOwl Workshop's Gunslinger - Session Report 1 Once again our gang of cut throats & bounty hunters were visiting the thematic viberation saturated area of Scorpion Canyon. We're using Nightowl Workshop's Gunslinger and Wretched Country Second Edition by The Red Room together. The last time we ventured into Scorpion Canyon we wound up fighting aliens from Cha'alt. Tonight's game was very different. The Bill Praxton gang had Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-42636760873018759752024-03-05T20:06:00.000-08:002024-03-05T20:06:47.551-08:00Review & Application of Milk Run By Joseph Mohr For Cities Without Number, Stars Without Number, & Trey Causey's Strange Stars Rpg "While in Starport the travelers are approached by a disheveled looking older gentleman carrying a thick briefcase full of papers and heavy books. He appears to be a college professor of some kind and is in need of help. His name is Brom Abe."It seems that Brom is a professor at the Sonoran University. He teaches alien civilizations to the students there and wrote his thesis on the Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-46841180960541283592024-03-03T12:16:00.000-08:002024-03-03T12:17:08.849-08:00Haul & Hunt Begins! - Cities Without Number, Stars Without Number, & Trey Causey's Strange Stars Rpg - Session Report- The Star Mart By Joseph Mohr So the party convinced the Starmart executives from last session to move into the Nanohub area of Circus. Starmart then hired the party to take care of pesky shop lifters who had taken four space freighters from backstock. This session picks right up from here on the blog. And all of this revolves around a new Cepheus Engine adventure Star Mart.The party tracked the pirates/Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-48412680664335268482024-02-29T17:19:00.000-08:002024-02-29T17:19:47.604-08:00Red Death - Worlds Without Number Session One Note that this is DM Peter's Worlds Without Number rpg has been in play for the past two years. So my character the wizard Anteres is a part of a party of explorers who are adventuring to find out what is doing the extinction of the lands surrounding the campaign world. Tonight's World's Without Number rpg session saw me in DM Peter's game & us fighting a swarm Xiticix! Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-65071901389507237092024-02-28T22:54:00.000-08:002024-02-28T22:54:24.157-08:00OSR Review & Commentary On WAR of the WORLDS (Pay What You Want) By Paul Elliot From Zozer Games For The Cepheus Universal Rpg "WAR of the WORLDS (Pay What You Want) 30 pages"With the release of Cepheus Universal in January 2024, Zozer Games wanted to illustrate its versatility in recreating many different styles of science fiction roleplaying. Why not start at the beginning, in the 19th century, with H.G. Wells’ influential science fiction novel The War of the Worlds?""This short book provides Cepheus Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-83974530442814001072024-02-27T22:30:00.000-08:002024-02-27T22:30:59.355-08:00OSR Application of Wretched Verses Issue 23: Gangs of Avalidad For The Wretched New Flesh 1st or 2nd Edition Rpg "Gangs of Avalidad is your guide to the underbelly of a city caught between the dazzling heights of technological advancement and the depths of ancient vices. This Wretched Verse presents a glimpse into the urban fauna that operates in the crevices of Wretched New Flesh’s society. Avalidad is more than just a city; it’s a living entity, a melting pot of cultures, ideologies, and, most Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-62543429049560594182024-02-24T22:59:00.000-08:002024-02-24T22:59:03.737-08:00Pirate Attack In The Black -- The Clement Sector & The Starguard Class System Defence Boat "The Starguard Class System Defence Boat is a 400ton multi-purpose starship. It is not a true “System Defence Boat” as it has limited Jump-1 capability, but is popular with smaller systems who wish to have a reasonably capable ship able to be deployed in a variety of roles including system defence, customs inspection, police actions as well as being able to operate in a ground support role.Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-3974709825646305722024-02-24T10:24:00.000-08:002024-02-24T10:24:42.641-08:00Deep In The Bandit Army Camp - Warriors of the Red Planet/ Hyperborea rpg Session Report Eight This session picks right up from last week's & it picks right up with the party dealing with the underground air car. The party hasn't figured out how it operates and the underground aircar cruised to stop at a preprogrammed stop and the party found themselves hip deep in a fungal garden. No one got out and pressed the glowing button. The next stop found the party right in a old Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-42111981165871825182024-02-23T22:48:00.000-08:002024-02-23T22:48:45.776-08:00Between a Rock & A Cloud - The Oort Cloud, mini Planet Eris & The Hostile Rpg - Campaign Setting Update Part II Beyond the Oort Cloud is Eris and it's promise of riches and more. The Trans Plutonian corridor is highly important inthe campaign world of Hostile. And the Dwarf Planet Eris is incredibly important. But where is Eris?! The Dwarf planet Eris, "Eris (minor-planet designation 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-53052439034621180922024-02-22T09:42:00.000-08:002024-02-22T09:42:05.942-08:00Shake,Rattle, & Roll - Cities Without Number, Stars Without Number, & Trey Causey's Strange Stars Rpg - Session Report- The Star Mart By Joseph Mohr "The largest big box retailer is coming to the Sonora sector! But they need a little help from some
travelers just like yours. They are having a few logistical issues that they need some assistance
with and your travelers have just the right skills.
Star Mart is the largest retailer in the known universe. They have stores in over one thousand
systems and multiple stores in most of these Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-78509040899369089282024-02-21T10:10:00.000-08:002024-02-21T10:10:42.985-08:00Review & Commentary On Souless Children By Kirt A. Dankmyer From Ivanhoe Unbound For The Liminaal Horror Rpg "Content Warning for This Game: harm to children""The world is a creepy place, if you scratch the surface. Luckily, you're one of the things that go bump in the night yourself. If only other monsters would leave you alone."In Soulless Children, you play immortal dark-eyed children, escaped from Neverland and damaged by the ritual that took theirNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-65787021691166308432024-02-19T22:50:00.000-08:002024-02-19T22:50:18.896-08:00OSR Review & Commentary On Cepheus Universal Rpg By Paul Elliot From Zozer Games "Cepheus Universal is a 442-page stand-alone game packed with tools that enable you to emulate all kinds of sci-fi, from cyberpunk to space opera, time travel to rogue moons or wandering star fleets. Build star systems, robots, vehicles of all types, capital ships, rockets, alien races, and much, much more. All levels of technology, including the highest and the lowest, are Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-45932396624478023082024-02-18T11:59:00.000-08:002024-02-18T12:00:50.517-08:00Review & Commentary On The Unofficial Canon Project Marvel Super Heroes Marverlous Myths & Monsters Volume 6 - Otherworld "Welcome to Otherworld!!! The UCP is excited to present another book in the Marvelous Myths and Monsters series of books, this one covering Otherworld, Celtic mythology, Avalon, the Captain Britain Corps, all the Black Knights, and more... all by the prolific Andrew Goldstein!" Oh, and did we mention this is the biggest book we've done yet!? This tome weighs in at a hefty 677 pages in Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-46194259653541359562024-02-17T10:58:00.000-08:002024-02-17T10:58:56.056-08:00Down, Down, Into The Martian Underground - Warriors of the Red Planet/ Hyperborea rpg Session Report Seven This session picks right up from here with the player's party having thier fighter Helm now in a medical tank. So to off set some of the cost of healing they headed to a nearby forrest near the dead sea bottom to scout out some ruins for ingredants for the healer/scientist Raz. Things went off the rails from there! And the Shiekers call when the player's PCs encountered them Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-11020956402090530362024-02-16T14:51:00.000-08:002024-02-23T12:06:47.961-08:00Dancing Among The Clouds - The Oort Cloud & The Hostile Rpg - Campaign Setting Update Our Hostile Rpg campaign has been on hold for a few weeks because of work scheduling issues. So I've been reading & doing campaign notes. And I've been focusing on the Oort cloud just outside of Neptune. The cloud is just a collection of mountain sized asteroids & space debris that's hardly been mapped even by the time of Hostile. Who cares about the Oort Cloud?! Besides it's aNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-61386491953343776222024-02-15T11:40:00.000-08:002024-02-15T11:40:14.664-08:00Review & Commentary On Careers of The Old West By John Watts For The Rider Rpg or Cepheus Engine Powered 2d6 Rpg's "Independence Games is proud to present Careers of the Old West, our career catalog for Rider. This book presents 20 career tracks for use in building the background of your Rider characters. What did you do before you became an adventurer? These include careers things as varied as Barbers, Barkeeps, and Shopkeepers to Rustlers, Sharpshooters, Actors, and Wild West Show Performers!""This Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-63448846004957748202024-02-14T10:28:00.000-08:002024-02-14T10:38:11.681-08:00The Red Room's Orbital Decay & The Cha'alt Triliogy - Gates & Keys Session Report and Campaign Update I find myself being roped into dealing with my Wretched New Flesh Post Cards from Avilidad players and Orbital Decay! The reason being is that one of our player's PC's mentioned and elaborated Cha'alt. And since our campaign takes place in the distant future of Avilidad. The gateway to Cha'alt is actually in the Oort cloud and that place is literally brimming with objects the size of Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-72673001559777014942024-02-11T19:23:00.000-08:002024-02-11T19:23:24.854-08:00OSR Commentary & Ascendant Rpg Session Report Four - Capital City Casefiles #2: Served Cold By Karl Gustav & Training Daze The PC's in tonight's Ascendant rpg adventure were training in Japan under contract to Dreadnaught Security. And thier taskmaster was Stan “the Lariat” Hansen old partner in crime Steve Williams aka Doctor Death. The good Doctor brought in some his boys and began to have them spar as well as show them the ropes when it came to Ascendant mercenary tactics. The Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-13344556630309052492024-02-10T23:19:00.000-08:002024-02-10T23:19:11.687-08:00OSR Campaign Update - Godbound A Game of Diving Heroes & The Classic Greyhawk Boxset So over the last twenty four hours I've been rereading Kevin Crawford's Godbound: A Game of Divine Heroes. Because let's face it, the game is cool as Hell and it's got me thinking about rerunning a mini campaign. Recently GrimJim did a video & page through review of the Godbound rpg and that review made me fall in love with the game again. What is it that made me fall in love Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-84625897400851915262024-02-08T23:02:00.000-08:002024-02-08T23:02:34.912-08:00Quick Impressions of Agents of W.R.E.T.C.H. Rpg Setting Second Edition Book By The Red Room " Agents of WRETCH - Second Edition RELEASED. This second edition takes the concept of the original sourcebook and transforms it into an essential Wretched setting compendium. This edition not only preserves the original content, serving as a comprehensive toolbox for orchestrating a light-hearted spy game reminiscent of TV classics like The Avengers, Danger Man, and The Saint, but it Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-16787728802155029412024-02-07T22:50:00.000-08:002024-02-07T22:50:37.871-08:00Assassin Attack! - Warriors of the Red Planet/ Hyperborea rpg Session Report Six Tonight's game was a major incident at the trade post with us fighting the assassin Jal Hardos & his hirelings. This assassin destroyed our vehicle with a couple of well placed grenades timed to go off by remote detonation killing our cleric. And tonight's game picks right up from this session on the blog. His 5 hirelings were of at least 3rd level and he gave radiation Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.com0