Welcome to part five of my Against The Wind solo adventure where we follow Arinvar on his journey across the world of Isthmus. I cannot recommend this game enough. Even though I have to admit, that the game intents a more “cheerful” experience than the story I came up with… or at least I have the impression.
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Isthmus #4 – The tale of Dhygohr
Welcome to the fourth continued fight against the wind, the cold and the hostile world of Isthmus! One thing I have to add regarding a note I made one or two posts ago: The story itself is exclusively generated with the tables from the Against The Wind rulebook, I used Mythic to flesh out the deities only.
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Welcome to part three of my Isthmus solo adventure of Against The Wind. I really love this game and I can only recommend buying it. Judging be how the book is layouted and illustrated, I think that the intended atmosphere is quite different from what I made of it. Even though I love the illustrations and the overall feeling they transport, I always drift to something sinister, weird and dark. Sorry… I guess?! lol
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This is part two of my Against The Wind session summary. I changed a little bit in my setup while playing this second session… in addition to the random tables in the main rulebook, I made use of the amazing “The Weird” book by Monte Cook Games, because I think that those two books correspond quite well.
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I recently discovered Against The Wind by Cezar Capacle on my NAS. I wasn’t even sure whether me or my wife bought it in a shopping frenzy. This is one of the biggest problems when you are a hoarder… most the gems remain unread.
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This is part 8 of the Islands in the Rift adventure where Captain Johtar Milcoat and his crew are tasked with transferring the stranded Imperial vessel Perfect Stranger to the Zuflucht system.
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Hallo and welcome to part seven of Islands in the Rift, the first Great Rift Adventure by Mongoose Publishing. Captain Milcoat and his small crew are on Herzenslust and reached Drop Point Hotel to collect the backup data cores.
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This is part six of the Islands in the Rift adventure for the Traveller RPG and the Perfect Stranger is on its way to the Herzenslust system in the Reft Sector.
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This is part 5 of the Islands in the Rift adventure from the official Traveller series Great Rift Adventures. The crew of the Perfect Stranger gets dragged around the Island Cluster by local authorities like there is no tomorrow. One thing is clear… this job is underpaid. Oh?! There is payment for this?
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Hallo and welcome back to part 4 of Islands in the Rift, my traveller solo roleplaying adventure based on the Great Rift Adventure 1 of the same name.
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