Blood of Prokopius

Musings on Religion & RPGs

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 6

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The last time we saw our crew, they had just finished one of two jobs available on the Hospital Planet of Bargol 3. Knowing that they had a ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Gamer ADD: Interpreting the Map

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If one compares the maps of The Shattered Imperium (1122) and Peace Finally Comes (1125), one of the first things that jumps out is that two...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Gamer ADD: Traveller Edition

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Back in June, James over at Grognardia shared an amazing piece of lost GDW history : a map of the Imperium at the end of the Rebellion. I ha...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 5

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Last time we saw our crew, they had to make a decision as to whether or not to stay on Zindox 20 and continue to nurture the relationship th...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 4

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This Campaign Turn saw our crew preparing for a raid on a remote space port which had fallen out of use due the relative difficulty of landi...
Monday, June 3, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 3

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Note: I am going to lean a little more into mechanics with this post, because the mechanics played such a key roll in determining the narrat...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 2

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After last campaign turn, the Astra Coalition managed to get Unity forces to move into system to hunt down the Converted Fleet. In the mean...
Monday, May 27, 2024

Five Parsecs From Home: Campaign Turn 1

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As an aside, I am opting to not get too much into mechanics (save for the occasional high drama rolls) because I frankly don’t know if anyon...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

Meet the Crew

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A note before I get into each character: While I did randomly generate a list of names, I chose these. They all represent nicknames that har...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Now for Something Completely Different

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For awhile now, I have been focusing my hobby time mainly on miniature wargaming. As such, I have been exploring various solo-games that scr...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Why the Weird Wizard Garb

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Which is the Wizard and which is the Apprentice? I recently started painting these 3D prints (part of a set called Civilians Pack 2 from The...
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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Christ is Risen!

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    [Hades] received a body and encountered God. It took earth and came face to face with heaven. It took what it saw and fell by what it co...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Arneson’s version of Challenge Rating

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One of the more fascinating bits of information to be gleaned from Tonisborg is a section which reveals Arneson’s methodology of stocking d...
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Friday, February 23, 2024

What to Buy Instead of WotC's "The Making of Original D&D"

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For several years I have avoided giving WotC my hard earned money . I have patiently waited for the rest of the world to wake up and do the ...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Stocking a Moldvay Dungeon with a Deck of Cards

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I was fiddling around with a deck of cards today, and it occurred to me that it might be possible to emulate the math of Moldvay's table...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Dragon Events

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Inspired by my last post , I decided to create some random tables to emulate the kinds of events the appearance of a dragon might be the har...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

That is a Dragon

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I recently watched Jonathan Pageau and Richard Rohlin discuss dragons on their Universal History video series. It is a fascinating look at d...
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Monday, December 25, 2023

Christ is Born!

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  On this day the Virgin Maid goes to the grotto to give birth to the pre-eternal Word in an ineffable manner. Dance for joy, all the inhabi...
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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Some Really Good Swords & Wizardry News

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For those who did not back Matt Finch's most recent edition of Swords & Wizardry on Kickstarter, he just announced, what is for me, ...
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Friday, May 26, 2023

On the Importance of Fandom

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[I ask] that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe t...
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