The Magic Burner

It turns out the Secret Summer Surprise from the Burning Wheel crew is the Magic Burner. I really could have used it in the last Burning Wheel campaign I ran! I ordered it and the very cool limited edition t-shirt. Both will not arrive until the middle of August — which, oddly enough, is perfect. It will give me time to start my new FATE campaign without being distracted and read D&D...

this week in gaming

Today was pre-order day for the Burning Wheel Secret Summer Surprise . An hour of hell trying to order (apparently we crashed the server) and I finally completed the transaction. I really wanted to set shit on fire throughout the process. The t-shirt better be worth it. ;) indie_insurgent posted sweet cover art that is gracing Misspent Youth. bar_sinister posted the pdf of ...

Breakthroughs, continued

This post has to do with Pirates as a product and as a physical or electronic entity. Careful readers may remember that I was thinking about including multiple settings in Pirates . I'm going to include three: one where humanity has constructed O'Neill cylinder colonies around dozens or hundreds of near-earth-objects; one, based on the old campaign, that's crazy-go-nuts (well, not too ...

Episode 008: Brennan Taylor on Mortal Coil

[Independent Insurgency] Episode 008: Brennan Taylor on Mortal Coil In this episode, I speak with Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games about his game, Mortal Coil . As Brennan is also a co-owner of Indie Press Revolution , we also discuss a bit about how that business works and what implications there are for him as a client and owner of IPR.   This episode is 78.2 MB big and 56:55 long.  ...

Burning Wheel: The Mokumakani Adventurers: Session 0

I'm starting a new Burning Wheel game - Jonas, Matt, & I burned up a couple of characters over the weekend.  The setting is nominally the same one I used for Tageshafen, but set out in the middle of the ocean on the other side of the world! Having just watched Ged Senki , we're going for a quasi-Earthsea feel - so i expect this game will have a lot more magic & 'monsters' out and about than i'm...

when gamers knit

For those not in the know, eruditus and I are fans of the role-playing game The Burning Wheel . As any good role-playing game should, the Burning Wheel has a logo. In this case it's a wagon wheel with five spokes. [If you click on the link the initial art you see is loaded with the image.] Couple that fandom with my knitting obsession and you get The BW Dice Bag project. I've ...

I have a feeling this post on the Burning Wheel forums has a lot to say about the heart of the game! heh heh heh...