Game Directory

All Games

1. 

   Return of the Valkyries

   The Dusk War is upon us.

   Read More...

   The Dusk War is upon us.
   • D&D 4e
   • Ironblaze
2. 

   Playthings of the Gods

   Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

   
   "Life is but a game and we are the playthings of the gods." (original author unknown)

    

   "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport." (Shakespeare)

    

   "Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs." (Terry Pratchett)

    

    

   Read More...

   Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
   • D&D 4e
   • Datura ferox
3. 

   Two Suns Rising

   Read More...

   Two Suns Rising is a Legend of the Five Rings game set during Iweko I's reign. Tensions are broiling across the whole of Rokugan as rumors of succession spread like wildfire through the courts. Strife reigns as the influx of gaijin culture and ascent of the Spider Clan seek to test the mettle of Rokugani values, set since the days of the Kami themselves. The players will assume the role of samurai caught in the middle of a brewing civil war between the supporters of Iweko Seiken and Iweko Shibatsu. To alleviate the tensions within the Colonies, the Powers That Be have declared an impromptu festival in honor of the Imperial Family, also reminding their citizens that in such a time of conflict with our neighbors, it is good to remember Sudaro, the Fortune of Perserverance.
   • Legend of the Five Rings 4e
   • Stygian
4. 

   Godsfall: New Gods on the Block

   Read More...
   • D&D 5e
   • spyrosbaldr
5. 

   Faux's Testing Area

   Read More...
   • 13th Age
   • Faux Flag
6. 

   SerakHawk's Corner

   Read More...

   This is SerakHawk's Corner. It will contain Ducj related musings, post formats, game planning in works and light rule sets converted to Forum style play. Maybe hints and tips, but that might be pushing it
   • Personal Creative Hub
   • SerakHawk
7. 

   City of Mist: Foglifter

   Welcome to an experimental game of City of Mist, a Powered by the Apocalypse game set in a Mist-enshrouded City that could only have existed in the age of the Silver Screen and told in a scripted format much like a screenplay. It's the stuff that dreams are made of, Schweetheart. And visitors are quite welcome. :-)

   Read More...

   Welcome to an experimental game of City of Mist, a Powered by the Apocalypse game set in a Mist-enshrouded City that could only have existed in the age of the Silver Screen and told in a scripted format much like a screenplay. It's the stuff that dreams are made of, Schweetheart. And visitors are quite welcome. :-)
   • Powered by the Apocalypse
   • kookalouris
8. 

   Arcticus's Alcove

   This is a repository for all of my stuff regarding games, settings, characters, templates, etc.

   Read More...

   This is a repository for all of my stuff regarding games, settings, characters, templates, etc.
   • Personal Creative Hub
   • Arcticus
9. 

   The Meek Shall Inherit

   Adventure game using Hackmaster 5th edition rules. Set in the world of Glorantha.

   Read More...

   Adventure game using Hackmaster 5th edition rules. Set in the world of Glorantha.
   • D&D 2e (AD&D)
   • Blick
10. 

    Ironsworn: Requiem for Rome

    Read More...

    A solo game loosely based on Requiem for Rome. Best viewed in the dark, with the Night Theme.
    • Ironsworn
    • Vladim
11. 

    Quickly Testing Some Functionality

    Read More...
    • Warrior, Rogue, & Mage
    • Whisper
12. 

    Terran Command

    This system uses a modified mash-up of Twilight: 2000 Version 1 and Version 2 rife with house rules.
    Plus a whole bunch of house-ruled stuff to accommodate the stuff you find in this Stargate Reality.

    This Stargate Reality is different from standard, as any half-competent party of PCs would eat the default Stargate Reality for lunch.

    Part of this setting comes from a standard setting I built for Twilight: 2000 along with the house rules. The extraterrestrial stuff is specific to this setting.

     

    Expect a post every four to seven days.

    Read More...

    Ever wonder what Stargate would have looked like with the Cold War going on, some Tom Clancy writing, and no screenwriter stupidity? Well, now add the oddness of Player Decisions, and you have it RIGHT HERE!
    • Miscellaneous
    • Prestar
13. 

    So Say We All, Dong Ma?

    Read More...

    Battlestar Galactica with PCs running around and Players voting on what the Characters in Charge do. What could go wrong?
    • Serenity
    • Prestar
14. 

    Glory Seeking Goblins

    Four miniature verdant heroes discover height and prior reputation mean nothing as they battle to beat preconceptions on the Sword Coast.

    Read More...

    Four miniature verdant heroes discover height and prior reputation mean nothing as they battle to beat preconceptions on the Sword Coast.
    • D&D 5e
    • Oorah
15. 

    The Long Way Back

    A Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition "Rogue-like" Campaign

    Read More...

    A Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition "Rogue-like" Campaign
    • D&D 5e
    • Witchslasher
16. 

    Fight for Redemption

     

    Elevator Pitch

    An ancient war between humanity and the rebelled bioweapons they created -the Jaretul- isn’t quite done. An unsuspecting planet is being attacked by the Jaretul. Players are activated as special force super soldiers by remnants of the original star nation to help combat the new threat.
    
    Interested? Read on for details!

    
    
     

    Flavor

    Pre-Campaign History

    Zannqu, sole planet of the Gudrunn system, and one of the former border worlds of the Core Republic four hundred years ago. The collapse of the Republic during a war of extinction with the Jaretul, a gene-engineered race of their own making, has sparse documentation but ended with an abrupt communication blackout across the Republic. Rumors of additional genetic tweaking to combat the threat, new super weapons, and more fantastical claims like distribution of super soldier nanites across space are now the stuff of legend and myth. The last communications documented and barely preserved from that period were a call for all Republic military vessels to return for a unified assault. 
    
    Zannqu was one of the breadbasket worlds for the star nation, and more records were lost when the supply of spare parts for server farms ran dry without a manufacturing base to support it. The planet is now a world of arts, from paint to music, stage to screen, only recently marred by some religious quarrels between two sects of the planet's predominant religion. Secondary to the arts but still viewed as important is scientific rediscovery, as scientists attempt to rediscover lost technologies that are but a distant memory by this time. 
    
    Chemical rocket shuttles are clawing their way out of the atmosphere again to construct new space stations, and telescopes have finally located an ancient refueling station in orbit around the gas giant Kaw on the outside of the system. Near that station orbit what may be ships, potentially a frontier fleet relegated to legend, but until longer ranged shuttles are built or a new probe sent for that specific mission it is impossible to confirm.
    
    In the past couple days however, an older probe outbound from the system caught what look to be more ships of a design unfamiliar to historians...

    

    Current Events

    A Jaretul remnant fleet has entered the system, and a long dormant Core Republic Perimeter Fleet has awoken in response. An ancient, unauthorized genetic nanotech project that seeded worlds has activated and dumped Operative training and memories into the minds of the many citizens of the planet.
    
    Core Republic Ship Acacia has assumed strategic ground command of these new, conscripted forces and given preliminary objectives, before the Jaretul fleet arrived in orbit and removed communication satellites being used for transmission to the new Operatives. 
    
    Orbital bombardment has taken out what the Jaretul consider strategic targets, and fleet ships are now on the ground while drop pods with more enemy forces descend. While the Core Republic ships maneuver in system to reach the planet, a supply drop arrived in advance for the outnumbered groundside troops.

     

     

     

    About the Game

    Fight for Redemption is a homebrew setting I created...far longer back than I would care to contemplate, following the remnants of a corrupt, expansionist empire undone by weapons of their own making. In cryosleep for several hundred years, believing the gene-engineered weapons of the Core Republic, the Jaretul, were not fully defeated. These scraps rejected the orders to return to the central planets, instead entering a long watch over the frontier planets they guarded.
    
    Previously this was run in D20 Future, because back in 2007 that was the system that seemed best suited. Now it's been converted to Stars Without Number, which meshes with it far better and helps capture a bit more of the grittiness of a war-oriented campaign.
    
    This will be a military campaign, with players as natives of the planet that is about to get hit by a Jaretul remnant fleet. The Jaretul are intent on gathering the resources to begin to rebuild their forces using the planet’s inorganic and organic resources. Players will be, through circumstances, operating as a special operations squad. There will be larger battles that take place, but the party will not be a frontline unit. Actions by the party, whether a mission success or failure, will have an impact on the greater strategic situation.
    
    Players should expect a more lethal game, with the very real possibility of needing to make a new character. There will be some "horrors of war" elements, but within reason. This is Myth Weavers, and it will be in line with the site content rules.

     

    Who are the Characters?

    Characters are born and raised on Zannqu, and live and work currently in New Ry-ur, one of the largest metropolises on the planet. Home to one of the main spaceports and the second largest "Cities of Art," it is filled with artists and scientists on top of all the usual sorts to be expected from a large city. Unknown to the population, back when the Jaretul/Core Republic War took place, the planet was subjected to one of the rogue science experiments meant to help the populace against the Jaretul. Characters will wind up incorporated into military forces very quickly in the campaign but are not expected to be military or law enforcement, more average Joes/Janes.
    
    Recently news leaked of an outbound probe catching images of ships not recognized by any historians slowly entering the system periphery, and since the leak it has been headline news for several days. When the characters look at the images it causes a fair amount of discomfort and headaches, like they almost recognize them, even if everyone around them seems fine when viewing the same.
    
    A Jaretul remnant fleet has awoken, and found a new planet to harvest...
    
    Questions and die rolls can go in the Character Creation thread.
    Please make a character application thread in the Applications Folder.

     

    About the GM

    I'm Colin, longtime GM both at the table and via Play-by-Post. I tend towards primarily sci-fi settings, and may have a bit of a reputation for allowing the dice to kill characters. I do not have the view that players are the enemy, I just let the dice lie where they fall and believe it leads to great roleplaying potential.

     

    About the Co-GM

    On Ducj (SerakHawk) - well I'm Ducj. I do Ducj things and tell Ducj tales. My preferences tend toward storytelling first mentality, with mild horror / puzzle solving angles cropping in up in most of my own games. I'm editor in chief and rubber ducj supreme to ensure he doesn't commit terrible crimes against plot continuity.

     

    Relevant Details

    • Post rate: 1/week minimum (faster depends on player activity and my schedule)
    • Discord: This has been a fantastic tool that’s proven useful in previous games. It will be used for almost all OOC, and is thus a requirement if you are interested in playing. If accepted a server invite will be sent.
    • 1 (possibly 2) player wanted
    • The application period closes on 28OCT2022 at 12 PM EDT
    • Need the rules? They’re available free on DriveThruRPG!

    Read More...

    Sci-fi warfare against an enemy humanity created!
    • Stars Without Number Revised
    • SerakHawk
    • Colin
17. 

    Legacies of a Lost Era

    This game of Pathfinder Second Edition takes place in a quiet corner of the world. It is an immersive game beginning in a small fishing town that lies in the shadow of fallen kingdoms. Ruins and remains litter the fields to the north. Dangerous things inhabit the vast forest to the south. West, along the river, lie trackways steadily falling into disrepair, threatened by bandits and worse things. Eastward, the countryside steadily marches past field and forest to meet the mountains, which form an impassable barrier to the experience of most in Sunrise. Beyond the mountain-wall lie lands where rumors and myth are just as "real" as the truth itself...at least, to the people in this one little town.

     

    What exists outside the immediate area is yours to discover. The remnants of half-forgotten legends lie within dungeons, cairns, veiled woods, and stranger places. The opportunity for challenge and reward beyond measure awaits in the wilds. Danger also lurks in the monster-haunted ruins. Heroes must rise to face it.

    Theme: Legacies of Magic

    Rising from humble beginnings to become an epic adventure with the very balance of the world at stake, this story centers on legacy. Sunrise sits within the remnants of two ancient kingdoms that collapsed more than a thousand years ago. Life is quiet, but mysteries lie slumbering in the green hills and the haunted forests, awaiting the turning of the cycle to rise again. Your characters are part of that cycle, and unknown to them, bear the legacies of wars fought and lives lived an age or more ago.

     

    Perhaps now is the time for one cycle to end and another to begin. In the shadow of what was lost an age ago, now the sunrise illuminates...

     

    Legacies of a Lost Era

    Read More...

    Sunrise glitters upon the surface of the river, dazzling gold upon white-flecked waves. Bird cries fill the morning breeze. The nearby forest comes alive with a cacophony of chirps and hoots, grunts and growls, cracking tree branches, rustling leaves. Grass rolls in emerald waves in the fields across the river. A sleepy town wakes up and sets about the morning fishing on the river, harvesting in the woods, and crafting a new day's fortune. They work blissfully unaware of destiny lying buried amid the green-stained ruins, sunken in the lakes, hidden in the potential of its people. Greet the sunrise. Breathe in the breath of the wild. Adventure awaits.
    • Pathfinder 2e
    • Blue Firebird