28 March 2021

Savage Worlds Online: Initiative

Until I have a chance to run or play Savage Worlds, the gaming content will be sparse here. In the meantime, I have been thinking about the challenges of running such a component-heavy role-playing game via Zoom, my preferred medium for online gaming. I am particularly interested in trying the initiative system, which looks very promising, but I'm sure it works best when used as intended: with a real deck of playing cards. Deck of Cards is probably the most viable substitute, and I'll report on that once I've tried it. As for other gaming components, I'll address them in the near future.

Save vs. Mercilessness

I just found one of my old (2013) notebooks that contained a note marked "Flash Gordon Saving Throws" followed by: Ray Poison M...