Shymeria Map
Just thought I’d post a pic of the progress on the Shymeria map. I had a false start that lost some time, but I think it’s starting to shape up nicely. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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Champions of Shymeria
When I watched the new She-Ra series, I realized that “Aetheria” was basically the same as “Etheria,” Eternia’s sister planet. A Google also turned up a video game that appears to be current that uses “Aetheria” with the “Ae” spelling. So I decided to change the name, which was a terrible thing because I agonize…
Cinemechanix: Super-Power Rules
I’m trying to work out how to make the rules for powers to work in Guardians of Shymeria. I’ve had several false starts so far. Every time I actually start writing the rules, I find myself lost once again in the Land of Crunch. I don’t want the rules to come from the Land of…
Cinemechanix: I Fixed It! (Twice)
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Re-Thinking Shymeria
For a while now I’ve been working on a game called Guardians of Shymeria, which was going to be the setting for the Sample of Play Theater game in the Cinemechanix rulebook. The basic idea was “He-Man meets Heavy Metal,” with 80s cartoon characters (because I really wanted to steal a rule Josh Burnett had…
Shymeria Research!
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The Skull of Kirlyok
Editor’s Note: This was originally posted to Patreon before I started the C10KD page. The current version can be found here. The game mechanics in the table are from an older version of Cinemechanix. No blog this week due to the holiday, but I do have a new chunk of the City of 10,000 Daggers…
Dumb Table: Random Mash-Ups
It’s Dumb Table kind of week, so here’s a (not-quite) double sized table of random mash-up game ideas. Just roll 2d20-1 for a random game to run. Smokey and the Time Bandits Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Towers The Serpent and the Rainbow Connection The People Under the Stairs Vs. Larry Flynt Hudson Hawk the…
Cinemechanix Playtest Report
We kicked off con season a couple of weeks ago and got to try out the latest version of Cinemechanix with real live con people for the first time. At DieCon, Leighton ran a sword and planet style game and Hobomancer using Cinemechanix, while I ran a game set in the City of 10,000 Daggers…
[City of 10,000 Daggers] Wyrmtongues
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