Category Archives: Gaming

Characters In The Serenity RPG

Posted on Oct 17, 2016 by NFB

Any RPG player or GM will tell you that your standard RPG party needs to have certain things, whether you are invading the dungeon of the feared Demogorgon (reference!) or robbing a space ship casino. The Firefly/Serenity RPG system is … Continue reading →

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Even More Tales From The Serenity RPG

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 by NFB

When the time came for me to run my second campaign, two years after my first (I had run a successful Buffyverse campaign in-between), I knew I would have to do a few things differently. I set to work writing … Continue reading →

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NFB’s Firefly RPG: “Freedom’s Glory” (Adventure #1)

Posted on Oct 8, 2015 by NFB

It’s been a while since I ran an RPG campaign, a proper one, but while writing up a once off game for an upcoming convention, I found myself bitten with the bug again. The temptation to get the Cortex System … Continue reading →

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Gears Of War: The Board Game (War Altar)

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 by NFB

Yes, it is a board game now. A co-operative one to be precise, for up to four players, playing time around 30-90 minutes depending on numbers and difficulty settings. Myself, Aido, John and Padriac were down in Maynooth’s Gamers Hub … Continue reading →

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Politics: A Play By Posting Game

Posted on Dec 14, 2010 by NFB

Over on the NUIM Gamessoc forums, I’ve started GM ing a play-by-posting RPG which I urge all my gaming-minded readers to check out. It’s just called “Politics” because that’s what it is. Players are cabinet ministers in the government of a slightly altered … Continue reading →

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RedvsBlue: Revelation

Posted on Sep 23, 2010 by NFB

I’ve been a fairly big RvB fan for quite a while now, having watched it regularly since near the beginning of its run. Excellent premise, the forefront of the machinima movement. Rooster Teeth came up with something big and they haven’t looked back. The … Continue reading →

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The Name

Posted on Aug 11, 2010 by NFB

Someone asked me about the name of the blog recently and I was torn as to what I should say. Part of me wanted to say it was an answer to a question I’m posed in various forms: Why do … Continue reading →

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On The Steppe, Part Three

Posted on Aug 4, 2010 by NFB

Authors Note: This follws a section written by someone else, wherein Eddington and co. steal some Imperium supplies from a Logistics group. Marcus Eddington was getting an education, that was damn sure. “You alright Ed?” queried Jant, sitting in the … Continue reading →

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Firefly: The Mark

Posted on Jul 22, 2010 by NFB

Here it is, my Brocon RPG scenario: Firefly: The Mark I know pdf’s are the usual format for these kinds of things, but, you work with what you have. Rather then give full character stats for NPCs I choose to simply include the … Continue reading →

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