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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

[X] Checklist of Frustrations and Erg-

Non-Gaming Related-

[X] Friday marked the 1-month period of Mourning
[X] Leaking Air Conditioning has flooded part of the living room
[X] Loss of DSL on Friday afternoon
[X] Frazzled nerves
[X] Mail Account still on Fritz

Gaming-Related-

[X] Didn't run on Friday
[X] Continuing the PBAM Powers list definitions/write-ups
[X] Streamlining PBAM's dice-mechanism to roll fewer dice
[X] System-testing sessions
[X] Itching to see if the UWoM streamlining will accomplish what I want it to and what it suggests it will do 'on paper', as it were

Until the e-mail stuff is solved, please talk@me here.
--Thanks.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Stuff-

Home stretch on the 70+ Powers for PBAM.
--These are a test-run for the Latter Autumn Urutsk book.

After seeing the actress who played Ensign Ro Laren on STNG in a Brimstone episode, I've tried finding all of the Ro STNG epis.
--Looking forward to watching them in order.
---She was one of my favourite characters on that series.

Speaking of Brimstone, mum and I are watched Monday's string of 8 or so episodes.
--Pretty nifty show, it was.

I am thinking about instituting the changes to UWoM this week, but it may be a bit premature.

Oh, please let it rain.
--90's the whole week. Blech.

Monday, October 5, 2009

[Gaming] Heroscape Dungeons & Dragons Master Set, 2010-


HeroScape News from HouseMouseGames.com‏

GREETINGS FROM HOUSE MOUSE GAMES!!!

YOUR SOURCE FOR ALL THINGS HEROSCAPE!!!


DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS-THEMED MASTER SET expected JANUARY, 2010.

A new master set has been announced for Heroscape. It is fully compatible with standard Heroscape but it has the D&D theme attached to it. There will be an official campaign in the set as well as some new rules and new glyphs.

This set has been fully play-tested by all of the original HeroScape play-testers and promises some good new Heroscape adventures.

The D&D theme brings something to the table that many Heroscapers have tried to incorporate into the game for a long time - A dungeon crawl experience.

The figures will be selected from the current Dungeons and Dragons miniatures, so there should be few delays in bringing additional WAVES to market quickly in 2010.

We will have these sets available for pre-order by early December.

In addition to the DUNGEONS and DRAGONS-themed WAVES, WotC will continue to produce “classic” (i.e. non-D&D-themed) WAVES. We will send you an updated newsletter when we have additional information on any of these new releases.

HS CODEX ISSUE #11 is now available for download: www.HSCodex.com

SHOP NOW FOR FALL, XMAS, AND WINTER FUN at www.HouseMouseGames.com.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

I'm Still Here-

...just not very bloggy lately (reading or writing).

Still working on:

[X] PBAM: Powers; however, the Referee's Section is not materialising

[X] UWoM: A few mechanical streamlining changes which will affect CharGen and Combat sections

Monday, September 28, 2009

[PBAM] Vehicle, Gun, & Gear-

Contemporary
General Purpose Transport-
"The Green Machine"

PF: 4d6+2d8 |A: 3d6 (11) |DP: 21
-|3d6+1d8 if C&T is non-Primary Function

Tags: Any^

Armour-
* Light Vehicular Armour-
[6d6+2d8]
+2d6 x2/+9, +24 Load Bonus

Arms-
* Light Machine-gun, Pintle Mount-
[6d10+2d8+4d6]
+6d10 x2/+5 Bullet, Auto/Burst-Fire, Belt-Fed, Belt 250, Ranged 250'

Gear-
* Field Comm, Emergency Medical Kit, CATR Kit, (6) Flares, Water Container (Empty), Fuel Unit (Detachable)
---
* CATR (Core Abilities Task Resolution) Kit-
[5d6+2d8+1d4]
+1d6+1d4 x1/+3, When used in the course of one's soldierly duties, provides afore listed bonus to one's efforts (map & navigation, escape & evasion, first aid, food identification, etc.).
-|Contains all manner of survival bits and bobs; 1 Load
===


Just a Jeep, and a survival kit, and an M60

Friday, September 25, 2009

[PBAM] Tentative Template-

Contemporary
Standard Military-

T: 4d6+2d8 |A: 3d6 (11) |DP: 21
-|3d6+1d8 if C&T is non-Military

Nature: Any

* Light Trooper Armour-
[6d6+2d8]
+2d6 x2/+9, +24 Load Bonus, Communications Suite, Tri-Visual Optics

* Assault Rifle-
[6d8+4d6]
+4d8 x2/+2, Bullet, Burst-Fire, Magazine 31, Ranged 100'

* Grenade, Thrown-
[4d6+2d8+2d4]
+2d4 x2/+15 Explosive, Rigged, Thrown, Ranged 15'

* BELL40 Pistol-
[8d6+2d8]
+4d6 x2/+3 Bullet, Double-Tap at Half, Magazine 16, Ranged 60'

* Dagger-
[6d6+2d8]
+2d6 x1/+3 Edged, Fencing Weapon, Piercing, [Thrown], Ranged 10'

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

[PBAM] Short or Long Form? & For Whom?-

(c) Copyright 2009 Kyrinn S. Eis

This?

A).

* Assault Rifle-
+4d8 x2/+2 45* Arc, [Blunt, Melee], Bullet, Automatic or Burst-Fire, Magazine 31, Ranged 100'
-|[Drum-Fed, Drum Magazine 101]

or
This?

B).

* Assault Rifle-
+4d8 x2/+2, Bullet, Burst-Fire, Magazine 31, Ranged 100'