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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Oh peaceful village, oh village of joy…
Today I want to share some thoughts about playing with PCs in a single location. Most fantasy adventures and campaigns are designed as a never-ending journey & quest pursuit. There are only a few...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Roleplaying Sacrifice
This past week was tough with a lot of real work in my real job, not leaving much space for RPGs. Once I told my friend we were born in the wrong time. With few orcs left to hunt, dragons even more...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Maps, Mystery, and A Promise
My friend Bart from the creative collective Lans Macabre spent a lot of time discovering the wonderful world of maps. As you know, maps are a vivid part of many RPG campaigns and adventures. But some...
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Friday Knight News – Gaming Edition: 27-APR-2012
Another week has zipped by… Where does the time go? No gaming this weekend unfortunately, but I gamed last weekend so I really can’t complain much. Every two or three weeks seems to be a good schedule....
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: No Remorse
Hi there folks. I am in a killing mood, so we’re back to talking about “killing” in RPGs… Often players will decide to take the role (class, profession, etc) of a killer (assassin, night blade, etc.)...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Isolation, Desperation, and Cthulhu Avoiding...
Recently I was thinking how to create a story where the PCs feel isolated. You know the kind of story I’m talking about, where the PCs stumble upon a long, forgotten village in the middle of nowhere to...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: The Songstone – a Story Seed from Miroslav...
(Editor’s Note: This week, Robert has shared his space with new Ancient Scroll contributor Miroslav Gavrilov!) The Pledge Mental Floss - Nature's Stone Giants - England: Brimham Rocks The latecomers...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Dear Ladies…
When talking about gaming, I think one of the more difficult issues to discuss is the role of women in RPGs. I think the difficulties arise when discussing the roles female players choose. Why? In the...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: Deceit and the Mutants in the Desert
I love deceiving my players. Playing with their senses – sight and sound, social prejudices… This is a type of adventure with the intent to confuse players. It uses certain stereotypical thought and...
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Ancient Scroll’s Secret Room: A Pair of City Seeds
The City. It appears in many games… It soaks into the alleyways and market squares. It creeps between the walls of tenement houses. It lies in the shadows of narrow passageways. And it can become a...
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