Star Wars Wednesday - Podcasts & Rebels

January 20, 2016 in Podcast, Star Wars Wed.

As it happens, a couple of podcasts I was on became available this week. One was the aforementioned appearance on the Order 66 Podcast, and the second is from Aethercon late last year. Tonight is also the restart of the Rebels season, and they appear to be jumping right back into the action.

Star Wars Wednesday - A Big Map Game

November 17, 2015 in Conventions, Star Wars Wed.

Last weekend's Midwest GameFest was a success. The new venue and setup worked well, and though there are always things to improve upon, it went very well. I kept very busy, as I was slated to do something every slot. It didn't always happen - they had the D&D Adventurers League tables covered so I didn't end up running AL. That wasn't a bad thing, though, since I was still putting aspects of my other games together. I'd been derailed by work, a freelance deadline, and the Royals great playoff run. I ran a session of Numenera, a couple of Savage Worlds The Last Parsec, and a couple of different Star Wars RPG adventures. I also participated in a couple of panels and wrapped up with an Aethercon panel on Sunday. More on that later. For the Star Wars RPG games, though, I tried a few new ideas...

Star Wars Wednesday - Bases and Cons

November 11, 2015 in Conventions, Star Wars Wed.

It took awhile - probably due to Imperial interference - but I received my copy of Age of Rebellion Strongholds of Resistance today. It looks great as always. I'll put some of it to good use at the convention this weekend...

Star Wars Wednesday - Rebels Returns

October 13, 2015 in Conventions, Star Wars Wed.

Ok, so I seem to have a moment between a string of work deadlines, a writing project, and the ALDS to sneak in an update. Last week week's post was so consumed by something in that list of events, I didn't realize it til Thursday. This week, Rebels season 2 premieres...on Wednesday, actually.

Aethercon IV - One Small Step: Giants in Space panel

October 10, 2015 in Conventions

AetherCon is a free online game convention, complete with games and panels. I've been invited to participate in a panel called One Small Step: Giants of Space. My fellow panelists are Katrina Ostlander of Fantasy Flight Games (and one of the developers I've worked with) and Jason Walters of IndiePress Revolution and Hero Games. d20 Radio's GM Chris is the moderator.

AetherCon happens to fall the same weekend as Midwest GameFest, so this panel will be my only chance to join in this time around.

You can find more information about participating on the Aethercon site, but here's a brief rundown:

AetherCon is a free to attend, free to partake, non-profit initiative. Thoughout the weekend there will be a plethora of tabletop RPGs on offer for all to play in. Among those will be three, three part tournaments taking place over the three days of the event with final tables to be played on Sunday.

All games will be run on the free, browser-based virtual table top Roll20. This program will allow GMs and players alike to simply click on a link and enter the playing area as opposed to needing to download and install the software to participate.

In addition to the collection of independent RPG playing opportunities and those run by RPG publishers, there will also be Q&As and themed panels as well as speedpainting duels using the free, browser based conferencing program Anymeeting.