Two Post-Apocalyptic Plot Settings - Part 1

This is the second of my two post-apocalyptic setting ideas. Rather then unusal transport, this is a take on the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Last, Best Hope

This idea actually came from a two ideas I’ve been toying with: a Watchmen-style campaign and episodic Truth & Justice in a dark and gritty version of the Golden [...]

Two Post-Apocalyptic Plot Settings - Part 1

I’ve had a flu-y bug for the last few days, which has resulted in me a spending considerable portions of my time enjoying the dystopian futures of Fallout 3 and Halo 3 (as well as a bit of Oblivion – which is neither futuristic or dystopian). These have reminded me of a plot hook for [...]

The Most Embarrassing Player Death…

This is the story of how I (almost) died in session three of the on-going Rogue Trader campaign I’m playing in. It was, at least, a glorious near-death experience. The only reason I wasn’t rolling up a new character there and then, was use of the fate point mechanic and a Teleportarium.

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It was [...]

My New Favourite Dice Tin

I’ve been looking for a dice carrying container that was compact, hardwaring and attractive for quite some time now. Finally, such a tin is mine, and it didn’t even cost me a penny.

The two tins in the accompanying photos are miniature whisky tins. They are compact, small enough to fit in a coat pocket and pretty solid. [...]

The Year in Awesome 2009

I have been a bit remiss with Games of State of late. My post-graduate course is leaving me with little time for socialising away from books, let alone sitting down to blog regularly. Hopefully 2010 will see my post rate pick up again, but with the taught part of my course not ending until the [...]