Category Archives: Actual Play

Undying and the Regiment at Go Play Northwest

Last weekend was a big weekend for both Undying and the Regiment at Go Play Northwest, a cozy roleplaying convention in Seattle, Washington. I ran Undying twice and had a blast! A friend of mine ran the Regiment: Colonial Marines … Continue reading

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Undying Update and Hot Playtest Action!

A couple of playtest groups posted their Undying hangouts! These games are great! Aaron and Brendan really know what they’re doing. Aaron Friesen’s Playtest Good examples of the meddle move in action at 54 minutes and 1:48. Brendan Conway’s Playtest — … Continue reading

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[Undying] Meddle – a Quarrel among Predators

These are excerpts from our playtest sessions. John is the GM, I’m playing Miklos, and Shannon’s playing Danira. PC Meddles with a NPC Danira catches sight of Ilya, a predator belonging to Mikhail’s pack, a rival. Ilya turns tail and … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Rhys’ Descent into Madness

Rhys’ Breakdown – Fiction and Mechanics John Harper asked on Google+ So, +Paul Riddle, question: Was Rhys’s breakdown a result of the revised push yourself move? Can you talk about how you handled that? Sounds like there was a stress … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Operation Market Garden (Session 7)

Session 7 – Arnhem Sector, British 1st Airborne Division Last session, 2nd Platoon made a heroic charge across open ground in the face of armed enemy opposition. Rhys killed in cold blood and so did Wickersham. Kingsley saw good men … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Operation Market Garden (Session 6)

Session 6 – Eindhoven Sector, British 1st Airborne Division Last session, we introduced new characters for the Arnhem story arc. We have 1st Lt. Kingsley, the officer; Cpl. Rhys, the soldier; and L/Cpl. Wickersham, the medic. Their battalion, 2nd PARA, landed … Continue reading

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Session 5 – Arnhem Sector, British 1st Airborne Division

Last session, we concluded the tale of the US 101st Airborne Division in Eindhoven Sector. The campaign is moving along the historical timeline there, so that means a long fight ahead for the British 1st Airborne Division in Arnhem, which … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Operation Market Garden (Session 4)

Session 4 – Eindhoven Sector, 101st Airborne Division Happy Independence Day! Quick re-cap from last session – Franklin was killed in a heroic attempt to save Amherst’s life, by jumping on a grenade. Amherst warned command that a German attack … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Operation Market Garden (Session 3)

Session 3 – Eindhoven Sector, 101st Airborne Division Quick re-cap from last session – the characters we’re all banged up; but, they managed to defeat the bridge defenders, culminating in the capture of their battalion objective, Best Bridge, intact. Amherst … Continue reading

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[The Regiment AP] Operation Market Garden (Session 2)

Session 2 – Eindhoven Sector, 101st Airborne Division Quick re-cap from last session – the characters jump out of a perfectly bad airplane several miles south of their landing zone. They re-group and head north to their primary objective: the … Continue reading

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