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noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:14:00 +0000

For those following me I've moved this blog and broken it out into separate blogs by interest.

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I look forward to seeing you there!

Joan of Arc Time of Legends - First Scenario

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:21:00 +0000

Fun game! Remember you activate areas NOT units . This means units can move rather quickly across the battlefield! Just played the first scenario and I played the English vs my son playing French Knights. I held and was successful in starving out the l civilians and killing the French hero. He took out my hero, Earl of Lancaster but victory was achieved for the English Types-a!

Aliens vs Ripley and Marines

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 02:39:00 +0000

Today I dusted off the old Warengine rules and tiles my buddy Arthur Wilson sold me back in the day.

We recreated Aliens with Ripley, Newt, and Gormon separated from Hicks, Drake, Hudson, Wierbowski, and Vasquez.

The mission, get Newt out at all costs!

The aliens were able to move through the ducts quickly maneuvering several warriors into combat with Wierbowski slaughtering the private in the first few turns. Luckily, Hicks was on hand and the first wave was destroyed by combined concentrated fire.

Meanwhile Ripley located a ladder and crawling up into the next room shes attacked by another three aliens, which she eliminates with her combo flame rifle.

Next up the remaining marines setup a defensive parameter a few rooms away from Ripley and team hoping to hold up until they arrived. The aliens launched another attack, this time from multiple sizes gather many forces in wave after wave until they exhausted poor Hudson who was claimed by the penetrating tail attack straight through his abdomen!

The marines returned fire and shot several bugs before they could reach the room while on overwatch. The second and third wave were defeated. The fourth took up positions around a central room.

Ripley and company continue to move up to the next room where they are attacked by several more waves of aliens. Many bugs get close and several force her to use her hero points to add to the carnage. Ripley manages to defeat both waves five and six.

Wave four charges into the fray and slaughters poor Hicks. Vasquez has has enough and makes mince pie out of wave four. The last two marines setup a final defense.

Ripley is again swarmed by a seventh wave and the massive queen rushes out to meet her. Several rounds of hand to hand and gun to teeth combat have Ripley and the queen locked in mortal combat. Both sides spend many hero points and attempt to outsmart and outgun the other.

In the end, Ripley was defeated but not before Gorman and Newt high tail it to another ladder and scale down to the next room!

A happy reunion is brief but both survivors are glad to see each other.

Now it is just a race to race to the finish. The alien queen, causing massive ruckus moving swiftly though the duct work. The final stand. The alien queen charges into the room but is unable to get to the marines or to Newt.

Vasquez and Hudson open up causing a deep wound to open on the queen. Newt and the Lt rush to safety of the retrieval boat while Vasquez and Hudson stay to defeat the queen or die trying.

She charges forward and attacks, Hudson somehow dodging the queens claws, bite, and nasty tail! He returns fire and she rolls to block. She misses it by one! She is out of points and cannot reroll!

The queen dies.

Body count is in the final picture with 27 alien warriors and one queen killed compared to three marines and Ripley killed.

Victory - Marines

House of Adam's Interviews - Uri Kurlianchik - Noblesse Oblige

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:51:00 +0000

Welcome back!

Today, I had the honor of speaking with a longtime online friend for the first time over Facebook messenger VOIP. In this podcast we talk about his book, Noblesse Oblige which is already out and available on Amazon and other retailers. The book is about a Princess, an auction, and future corporations ran by people with stiff upper lips and tenacity. Uri has spoken with me in depth about the book and while I have not yet read the book, it sounds like it is steeped with intrigue and peppered with a fun plot!

In addition to being a fellow writer, Uri is also a fellow veteran game master and like me also runs games with kiddos. In this podcast we also speak about a few tales of his past games and what worked for him. Uri also gives us his top five suggestions to running a good game.

Listen to the podcast at House of Adams

Book Description:

In a universe where corporate scions hold aristocratic titles and wield absolute power, a young princess embarks on a mission of mercy to find a new home for the refugees created by her father’s many wars. To her dismay, an invitation to an isolated planetoid that could serve as the perfect home for the poor exiles turns out to be a ploy by the infamous Baron Von Schmidt to add yet another outrage to his repertoire. What starts as an exclusive party in her honor is soon revealed to be something far more sinister: a depraved auction where the item on sale is her royal highness and the bidders are a who’s who of the galaxy’s worst scoundrels! With only enemies in sight and no way to call for help, the young princess has no choice but to rescue herself. This will not be easy. Her foes include a Chinese space pirate, a young Russian duelist, a high-tech samurai, a Venusian Mafiosi, two expert French poisoners recently returned from the horror vacui, a floating Swiss banker of unimaginable wealth, and a British gentleman who also happens to be a pterodactyl. Her arsenal consists of vague memories from classes she mostly slept through, a pile of gadgets for which she’s never read the user manual, and a ferret.

You can find it here:

Noblesse Oblige

GameMastery-LargeGames-07242018

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:30:00 +0000

Playing or running large game of people in a tabletop rpg or even a miniature game can be quite daunting. In this podcast I talk about tips and tricks that I use for running up to 15 people at a time!

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7bsnu-95d44f

Power Gamer and Game Advice Podcasts

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:06:00 +0000

Over on my podcast channel, The House ofAdams, I have been doing sessions on power gaming (how to), roleplaying, game design, adventure design, and live sessions. Check out the tips and tricks in each episode!

Houseofadams.podbean.com

New Photo Editor

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:01:00 +0000

I found a fun new photo editor on the play store today and of course I had to play with it.

Cmon Legionnnaire demos- Rise of Moloch - Steampunk Boardgame

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:30:00 +0000

Greetings fellow gamers! I'm planning on coming up again on Friday for game night at the Mall of Waycross. Starts around 6. I will be bringing Rise of Moloch, steampunk boardgame by Cool Mini or Not with me. So grab your aether goggles and get ready for adventures in steam and intrigue!

Check us out on YouTube, podbean, and iTunes.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-houseofadamss-podcast/id1390335285

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgONYrQV8S32cFoBmzrLHQ

Houseofadams.podbean.com

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sun, 13 May 2018 03:20:00 +0000

A lot of great new people on my site. A few things.

I run a YouTube channel and a podbean channel where I post pre recorded unedited game sessions. Houseofadams.podbean.com and HouseofAdams on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgONYrQV8S32cFoBmzrLHQ

I cohost on gmsmagazine.podbean.com.

I am Dastardly Designed Games on Wargamevault.com and Rpgnow.com

I also host a blog but I do not update it often at dastardlydesignedgames.blogspot.com

Dreary Hamlet

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 01:45:00 +0000

We played Dreary Hamlet today. A buddy of mine backed it on Kickstarter and he's been itching to play so we put it on the table.

This was a fun game. You play monster hunters in a town that will eventually be overrun by monsters. Whoever has the most gold (ash) when everyone is dead wins.

The game turns are separated into day and night. During the day, each player makes three actions; sell, eat, equip, or fight a monster. Then play proceeds to the next player and so on. Each monster is only hurt by one of five ammunition types, salt, bone, iron, wood, and silver. To fight you must have the correct ammunition selected. Each monster also has numbers on the left representing hits, defense, damage, and strength and one number to the right representing the number of loot cards one gets for defeating the monster.

A fight lasts until all hits are taken from the creature. To hit you roll five dice vs the monsters defense. All dice that equal or exceed the monsters defense cause a hit. If the monster takes all the hits the player gets the number of loot cards indicated on the monster card. At this time a player may loot the dungeon as an action for one more loot card. If the player does not kill the monster the first turn it retaliates and rolls the number of dice equal to it's damage. All dice that score equal to or higher than the monsters strength are hits. Play continues until one or the other are dead.

All loot has a gold value and some loot has a food value. A player may play one action and eat as many food cards as they wish to heal.

A player may use spells or craft at any time. To use a spell simply play it and do what it says. To craft, a player may use the indicated number of cards on the item they are wanting to craft as shown on the craft card. These items are worth more than the base loot indicates.

The game continues until everyone is dead. The dead players play ghosts with nasty cards that they can use to screw over the living. I died and came back again with mine! Hahaha.

Fun game 3 1/2 out of 5.

Live Sessions of Tuladyenth

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:38:00 +0000

That's right! We started recording the video of our Tuladyenth sessions for 5th edition dnd games this week! We have continued to keep up our audio site at houseofadams.podbean.com but we have updated our youtube channel as well at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgONYrQV8S32cFoBmzrLHQ

Check out our latest video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYlWKMNnl8&t=410s

Happy gaming!

Huge Bunch O Games Podcasted

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:19:00 +0000

Hello Chummers,

We have been busy over at Houseofadams.podbean.com playing and recording our sessions of Savage Rifts, DND5e, Starfinder and more! Check us out!

Savage Rifts 01092018

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:44:00 +0000

The party of Chamber Operatives finds a nice church several miles away from the aliens crashed ship in which to restock and tend their wounds. Their peace is interrupted as a semi wag comes hauling butt around the corner and crashes into a boulder spilling the contents of its dangerous cargo on the ground and spoiling their good time. This session the players meet Nova agent Lt. Booker Franklin and a NOVA assault squad as both they and NOVA blast rad zombies and attempt to contain the spread of the Xenomorphs.

https://houseofadams.podbean.com/e/riftsthechamber-01092018/

Pics from Tuladyenth Game - Rescue of Grom and Jager

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:36:00 +0000

Last Saturday night we played the final game of dnd 5e for 2017. The game is set in our home brew world of Tuladyenth. The world is based deeply on Irish mythology. The group found themselves separated as their rogue, Bugsy sped off in the direction of familiar voices pleading for help. When he got there, he found three big trolls cooking his friends... will his friends arrive in time?

Check out the podcast on houseofadams.podbean.com

SavageRifts-TheChamber-11282017

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:16:00 +0000

In this episode our rifters go further into the space hulk and uncover more secrets within the Adaptus Astartes frigate including signs of ripped biological containers and destroyed remains of space marines with chests burst open as if something clawed their way out... all the while they too are being hunted by a predator!

http://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mhq7h-7dba94

Starfinder-DestinyHorizon-11212017

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:12:00 +0000

Having successfully completed their first XCrawl the crew heads to the local uptown night club, the Phaser Noir for some R&R and excitement! On the way, Kitiara the bounty hunter gets a text looking to collect on a mark. Orcs have been spotted in the area too as have space goblins. The blighters are probably up to no good but it should be a good way to get a few credits plus the place has some triple action blackjack tables just calling Voulay's name. It should be an interesting night!

This episode features: Steve, Warley, Jamie, Mel, and Rob. Frank was absent and another potential player, Cliff joined us for a night of review so you may hear him as well. Cliff will be joining us as the sixth and final crewmember of the ship and is looking at the Mystic or Technomancer!

http://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-njvqh-7ccdb4

SavageRifts-TheChamber-11142017

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:41:00 +0000

This is our first offical podcast for the Savage Rifts game and we are still working out some of the additional rules that make up the gonzo mega-crazy world of Rifts. In this game I do have a few guys that are keen on rules but I am very much a GM that believes that is the GMs responsibility to adjudicate the rules and make final decisions whether they contradict RAW or not. In this game, the players are continuing their battle against the genestealers aboard the engineer-like ship while outside the predator-like creature continues its attack against Sheothis the dragon, Anne, and Ankh.

https://houseofadams.podbean.com/e/savageriftsthechamber-11142017/

DND5e Podcast - Tuladyenth - Episode Two

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:56:00 +0000

This game is set in Tuladyenth, a homebrew world steeped in Irish Folklore and magic. Our players are delving deep into the Krimel Maze wherein they plan on meeting up with the owner of the maze, Beogan the Half Boggin and learn of the truth of the Changeling for the Queen. Now that they have rested they are ready to continue to their appointment with the master of the maze.

https://houseofadams.podbean.com/e/dnd5e-tuladyenth11112017/

GMS Magazine RPG Room Podcast - Episode 7 Character Creation for New Players

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 15:51:00 +0000

Anyone that has sat down to create character for any TTRPG knows how daunting of a task it can be but imagine how daunting it is if you have never done it before? In this conversation, Paco and I will attempt to help new players to navigate the tricky waters of character creation as we cover the bases and give high-level pointers to how best create a character for a role playing game. Thank you for listening.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6g4nc-7b3f27

Starfinder-DestinyHorizon-11072017

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 03:06:00 +0000

The players have entered X Crawl on Bretheda. This dungeon is ran by a beholder named DJ Broken 7. Tonight, DJ Broken 7 proudly presents Mr. Robot, a first level X Crawl "Save the Princess" timed scenario. The players will have one hour plus any time extensions they run across to complete the dungeon. This is the Starfinder's first X Crawl adventure as a group. I am using X Crawl as a virtual reality game in which players jack in and can be wounded in real life if they take too much damage in the game at one time. Check it out as the players are cheered and jeered by the fans of X Crawl. Ready Crawlers?

https://houseofadams.podbean.com/e/starfinder-destinyhorizon-11072017/

GMS Magazine RPG Room Podcast - Episode 6 Funny Horror

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:28:00 +0000

In this episode we tackle humor in horror games. What does it mean to be funny scary? Comedy is extremely hard to do right and more often can ruin a good horror game if used outside the context of the game world. We give you many movie examples and some scenarios for your game.

Hail to the king Baby!

http://www.gmsmagazine.com/authors-2/therpg-room-funny-horror-movies

DND5e Podcast - Tuladyenth - Episode One

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 03:07:00 +0000

This is our first offical session recording for the Tuladyenth game. The world is a homebrew world steeped in Irish Folklore and magic. Our players are delving deep into the Krimel Maze wherein they plan on meeting up with the ower of the maze, Beogan the Half Boggin and learn of the truth of the Changeling for the Queen. So far, they have only met with traps, riddles, and an occasional monster but the elusive Beogan is no where to be found. Is he more of an idea than an actual being? Statues of him abound. Will they get to the bottom of the mystery tonight? Only time will tell...

https://houseofadams.podbean.com/e/dnd5e-tuladyenth10282017/

Starfinder Podcast - Destiny-Horizon 1024217

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 01:38:00 +0000

New school podcast from an old school gm.

Today's episode picks up right after the Starfinder Intro to Destiny-Horizon where the crew is on Yazan taking sides in a civil war battle! We take you straight to the action!

Houseofadams.podbean.com

GMS Magazine RPG Room Podcast - Episode 5 Slashers

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:37:00 +0000

Happy Halloween! No matter who you are everyone has seen at least one slasher film in their lifetime. What is it about the maniac that beings us terror and what can we do as players and gms to harvest this theme? Prepare for a bloody discussion of the horror movie monsters known as slashers as this week's GMS Magazine RPG Room Podcast takes it to the next level in our Horrorfest.

1..2...he's coming for you...

http://www.gmsmagazine.com/news/the-rpg-room-how-to-include-slasher-film-horror-in-your-rpgs

Paranoia Game Friday the 13th

noreply@blogger.com (Cronickain) — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 01:54:00 +0000

I decided to run paranoia tonight. I use my own rules loosely based on dnd. The idea is make a pc in 5 mins and jump in. Here's what transpired...

Friend Computer was very pleased with friend citizen troubleshooter group one today. Friend computer only had to destroy eight of their clones today. Friend troubleshooters successfully fulfilled missions one, two, three, and four.

Mission one was to find citizen Kay1y in the Yellow Zone in the Right Spring Factory. To accomplish this mission, friend citizens troubleshooter group one had to get their green clearance to yellow clearance. Friend computer is missing data memory files on how this was accomplished but the citizens finished the mission and were rewarded.

Mission two was to take 42 left springs and deposit them into the trash receptacles in blue zone. The citizens had to get blue clearance and once again this is missing from friend computers memory banks. The troubleshooters successfully located 42 bins beyond the choppers and deposited the 42 springs in less than the 5 hours allotted.

Mission three was to discover which friend troubleshooter was either in a secret society or mutated. This was odd to friend computer as one clone turned himself in. The troubleshooters completed the mission as the troubleshooter was terminated in the booth.

Mission four was to find the blue zone security guards at the toothpaste factory and terminate them. Friend citizens explained the bad news to the security citizens and offered them to escape. This is an immediate violation but friend computer easy filled with love for friend troubleshooters when they told citizen security to exit through the choppers.

Hahaha

Friend computer immediately promoted friend troubleshooters to brown and upgraded their armor. Mission five was to relax.