Category Archives: Dungeon Master Adventures

#2 – Fists of Glory

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Jack McNamee

As the sky glows a strange red, the PC’s discover a tiny forest hidden in a valley. In the center of the forest is a ramshackle house. It’s sole inhabitant is Skips, a scruffy old man who’ll yell out to … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on June 9, 2012.
Posted in Dungeon Master Adventures, Vance Adventures | 13 Comments

Vance Adventure #1: Heathen Wheel

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Jack McNamee

I’m planning to write a series of Jack Vance DnD Adventures, inspired by Eyes of the Overworld and Cugel’s Saga. I may explain further later, but nutshell: The Players need to get from one place to the other, and there’s … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on June 9, 2012.
Posted in Dungeon Master Adventures, Vance Adventures | 10 Comments

Mystery Teens is now a Tabletop RPG

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Jack McNamee

Confession time. I’ve realised I don’t actually like games: only equipment lists, character sheets and maps. I’m forced to endure games to indulge these sick fetishes. To that end,  I’m making a Tabletop RPG about teenagers solving mysteries. It’s late, … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on February 28, 2012.
Posted in Actually making something, Dungeon Master Adventures, Mystery Teens | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

MEGADUNGEON

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jack McNamee

A hand-drawn map of Dark Souls from memory. Thought I’d post this here after I submitted it to Mapstalgia. I tell ya, it does the heart good to play a game with a map like this. I’m considering just straight it off … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on February 10, 2012.
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Pulp World Lives!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jack McNamee

I have completed Pulp World – my ridiculous globe-spanning Call of Cthulhu sandbox based on heroic pulpy adventures in a world where the monsters have won.  Not only that, but I’ve uploaded it in its entirety here, for your edification. … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on November 3, 2011.
Posted in Actually making something, Dungeon Master Adventures | 15 Comments

No, listen, I can totally do this

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Jack McNamee

4 days into the Cthulhu sandbox expedition. Morale and Cheetos are running low. I’ve hit a second snag; Call of Cthulhu’s level up system. Specifically, there isn’t one. If you do particularly well at some skill in Call of Cthulhu, the … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on October 16, 2011.
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Turns out I’m insane

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jack McNamee

The more I research turning the entire globe into a sandbox, the more I realize that turning the entire globe into a sandbox is fucking nuts. Anyone who was considering it can have that testimony; Fucking Nuts. The world is … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on October 14, 2011.
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Everyone should be a Dungeon Master once

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Jack McNamee

It’s the third session of a Call of Cthulu game, and the third time I’ve ever tried being a Dungeon Master. The party enters a tangled sewer complex. On the right, Doctor Marlene and famed actor “Kit” Kerrington; on the … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack McNamee on October 10, 2011.
Posted in Dungeon Master Adventures | Tagged , , | 3 Comments