Hi there! I'm "Dragonfly." Let me give you a brief explanation of what this blog is all about. Essentially, this is a virtual space dedicated to my longtime hobby: table-top role-playing games. (If you don't know what those are, go and read up on them on wikipedia.) More specifically, this blog is a way for me to catalog my various RPG campaigns. Below you will find links that direct you to more detailed websites, each of which is dedicated to one of the games that I'm currently running. Enjoy!
ACTIVE CAMPAIGNS
Amazing Friends
System: BASH! Ultimate Edition
Setting: This campaign takes place in a typical "four color" superhero universe. The characters live in Campaign City - a midwestern metropolis in the United States of America. The action takes place in the first decade of the 21st century. The broader universe remains undefined, as we want it to develop during play.
Premise: The campaign takes its inspiration from the 1980s cartoon Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. As such, the characters are all college students attending Campaign City University. They are all friends, share an apartment, attend classes by day, and fight crime by night. They have a shared origin that makes sense of all of this. Click on the link to learn more.
Classic Champions
System: Originally HERO System (5th Edition), Now BASH! UE
Setting: Although we play under the current edition of the rules, Classic Champions is set in the Champions Universe as it existed in the 1980s. The player characters are headquartered in New York City.
Premise: This is a classic superhero campaign. The heroes began as street-level superheroes operating independantly in New York City, but came together to thwart a plot perpetrated by the criminal organization VIPER. The campaign is designed to have the players experience the Champions Universe as it unfolds. Rather than being dropped into a world where Mechanon, Ogre, Firewind and others already exist, the player characters' stories will be woven into the "first appearance" these classic Champions Universe characters.
Monster Hunters
System: Castles and Crusades (1st Edition)
Setting: Monster Hunters is set in the Mystara Universe developed for the Dungeons and Dragons game starting in the 1980s. Specifically, the characters adventure in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos.
Premise: The characters are all members of a special team put together by one of the Archduke's ministers. Their job? To investigate supernatural occurances in the realm and take down monsters when they find them. Inspirations for the campaign include the movies Von Helsing, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, and Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Tales of Blood and Thunder
System: Hollow Earth Expedition (H.E.X.)
Setting: Tales of Blood and Thunder is set in the Hollow Earth Universe as it appears in Hollow Earth Expedition.
Premise: This is a classic pulp adventure game in the vein of Indiana Jones, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and King Kong. The characters were drawn together by a friend who turned out to be descended from ancient Atlantians. Although this plot device often draws the characters into universe specific adventures that deal with Atlantian artifacts, the Earth's core, and the Thule Society, they are also poised to engage a broader spectrum of what the pulp genre offers in terms of adventure opportunities.
