Samuel Penn

10th March 2019

Eclipse Phase 2 : Building an Ego

Eclipse Phase is a science fiction RPG by Posthuman Studios about playing agents in a secret organisation (called Firewall) trying to save the remnants of humanity from destruction after the fall of Earth (due to rogue AIs known as TITANs). Humans have colonised the solar system, and through the use of alien gates also started exploring other worlds. In this...

Gaming/Reviews

6th March 2019

Special Agent Susan Fields

Born Poppy Susan Fields in 1986, in Gravesend England, she had her name changed to Susan Fields before attending Oxford University where she studied languages and psychology. She immigrated to the US in 2013 and joined the FBI National Security Branch (NSB) as a field agent, her fluency in Arabic, Russian and Chinese being seen as a considerable benefit at...

Gaming

5th March 2019

Dreams of the Yellow King – Part 17

Diary of Costian Raduva, Part 17 – The Isle of Arenway The day passed uneventfully on the Sellen Starling as we sailed down to the Isle of Arenway, a refuge of the Green Faith. Our captain noted that there were fewer trading ships here than usual, but the docks were heaving with people in either tattered well worn robes, or...

Chronicles/Gaming

3rd March 2019

Space Hermits

The next stage of Worldgen is to flesh out the framework for generating settlements in a Traveller-like game setting. I’m starting with some simple options – low population settlements with relatively simple economic structures. Broadly, these are classed as Hermits – colonists who have sought out a quiet place where they can be alone, or at least left alone by...

Gaming

2nd March 2019

DELTA GREEN // AZURE PENNANT (Part 3)

//AZURE PENNANT// Authored By: Special Agent Susan Fields Our next place of call is Willi’s Meeting House, a two story road house bar which the various biker gangs use as a watering hole and a place to let off steam. Apart from a beautifully painted Harley mounted on the wall above the bar, the place is a dive, with broken...

Chronicles/Gaming

28th February 2019

The Expanse Season 3: Fight or Flight

The Expanse Season 3: Fight or Flight We were halfway through watching season 2 of the X-Files when season 3 of The Expanse was finally released, so it’s taken us a few weeks to get to the point where we can finally start watching this. This is not a review, and there’s not really much in the way of spoilers, I just...

Science Fiction

26th February 2019

Dreams of the Yellow King – Part 16

Diary of Costian Raduva, Part 16 – The Tricorn Hat As we sailed down the Sellen River aboard the Sellen Starling, we pass by the town of Bellis on the border of Andoran, the birthplace of freedom. Captain Skywin Frelling Our next acquisition is the Tricorn Hat of a captain, specifically Captain Vadrak of the Bloodwind, an unholy pirate vessel...

Chronicles/Gaming

24th February 2019

Serpent’s Skull – Part 54

Fighting Serpents within the Serpent Tabansi’s Journal, Part 54 After being driven out (on the holy wings of a Word of Recall) of the serpent folk citadel (built to look like a huge 100ft tall coiled serpent) at the centre of the subterranean city of Ilmurea, we planned a return in order to continue our search for the Pathfinder Eando Kline. Ek’Tura...

Chronicles/Gaming

24th February 2019

DELTA GREEN // AZURE PENNANT (Part 2)

RESTRICTED TOP SECRET//ORCON//SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED-DELTA GREEN-AZURE PENNANT Authored by: Special Agent Susan Fields Reading carefully through the coroner’s report for Darryl Oberman, the coroner seems to have taken great pains to not mention anything unusual, which makes our cover up operation that much simpler. Amongst the details listed, the coroner found evidence of extreme blunt force trauma to the head,...

Chronicles/Gaming

21st February 2019

Investigating The Spires of Xin-Shalast

I’m currently prepping for the last instalment of our Rise Of The Runelords campaign, which means writing up my own notes on the adventure rather than just blindly following what’s written in the adventure path book. It’s not just that I want to add a bit more detail to the adventure as written, but I find my thought processes work...

Gaming/GM Notes

Gaming Chronicles

Author: Samuel Penn

Eclipse Phase 2 : Building an Ego

Special Agent Susan Fields

Dreams of the Yellow King – Part 17

Space Hermits

DELTA GREEN // AZURE PENNANT (Part 3)

The Expanse Season 3: Fight or Flight

Dreams of the Yellow King – Part 16

Serpent’s Skull – Part 54

DELTA GREEN // AZURE PENNANT (Part 2)

Investigating The Spires of Xin-Shalast