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06/29- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at an awesome anime series, "Death Note," and how you can use it as inspiration for your own Vathak adventures.
| John Benbo RPG Superstar 2011 Top 8 |
07/09- I'm back from PaizoCon and you can hear about the awesome "Horror in RPG" seminar I attended over at Shadows over Vathak.
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07/13- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at the anime series, Knights of Sidonia, and discuss how you can use it as a basis for a mythic campaign where the PCs are front and center in the battle against the Great Old Ones.
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07/16- I discuss the new Vathak book, "The Colonies- Game Master's Guide," over at Shadows over Vathak.
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07/20- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I drop in at The House of the Devil.
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07/23- Today's update is posted over at Shadows over Vathak where I begin my musings on what an "adventure module" is- a subject I will be exploring over the coming weeks.
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07/27- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss how you can use a neat little RPG called The Last One to spice up your Pathfinder campaign with a very interesting story mechanic.
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07/30- After Sunday's discussion of the RPG, The Last One, and the interesting storytelling mechanics it uses, today over at [url=https://www.facebook.com/Vathak?ref=hl]Shadows over Vathak[/i], I spin that discussion into a talk about incorporating new/alternative game mechanics to tell the story you want to tell.
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08/06- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss dropping some of the extraneous monster mechanics to help let your imagination run wild.
| John Benbo RPG Superstar 2011 Top 8 |
08/13- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I ponder whether adventure modules can provide more than just a session worth of fun but instead carry a deeper meaning.
| John Benbo RPG Superstar 2011 Top 8 |
08/16- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss Thomas Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer and how you can use the stories in that collection to inspire your own horror adventures.
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08/20- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss some of the major themes to be found in Ina'oth- a land plagued by spirits and disease.
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08/24- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss how Black Sabbath's latest album, 13, makes the perfect soundtrack for your favorite pulp writers of the macabre as well as plotting out an adventure set in Vathak.
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08/27- Short status update on some projects over at Shadows over Vathak.
| John Benbo RPG Superstar 2011 Top 8 |
09/07- Today's inspiration blog over at Shadows over Vathak takes a look at the recent possible discovery of the identity of Jack the Ripper and how you can run your own Vathak detective adventure.
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09/10- Excited about today's blog over at Shadows over Vathak- I discuss the success of our recent open call for freelancers plus tease our forthcoming module- Silhouette of a Shadow.
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09/14- We're approaching that Halloween time of the year, so this week over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at 3 different adventures perfect for a Halloween game and, of course, how to port them over into Vathak.
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09/21- Today over at Shadows over Vathak, I take a look at how to turn the Ghostbuster movies into a Vathak campaign.
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09/24- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I tease the 4 new product lines coming out. Luckily, we were able to pick up some great talent in our last freelancing open call.
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09/28- Over at Shadows over Vathak, I discuss the 1992 film, "Dracula," and how to convert it into a Vathak adventure.
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10/01- First Vathak post of October. Come see what's going on in the world of Shadows over Vathak.
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10/21- Been forgetting to cross post here, but today over at Shadows over Vathak, I give a short status update and you can read last Sunday's inspiration blog on a cool product dealing with haunted houses.
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10/26- Just in time for Halloween, I take a look at Thomas Ligotti's amazing collection of short stories, Grimscribe, and how to use them to create your own Shadows over Vathak adventures.
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11/03- This was actually posted yesterday but forgot to update here. Also, my blog posts will now be hosted on the new Fat Goblin Games's website. In yesterday's post, I kick off Classics November with a discussion of Jon Peterson's Playing at the World- a well researched look at the formation of the RPG hobby.
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11/05- Today, I discuss getting the most out of your BBEG over at Fat Goblin Games.