Author Archives: NightLife

Amateur or Pro?

Are you an Amateur or a Pro? Many games of Shadowrun consist of activities and behaviors that would make most Pros vomit on the ground if they had to stand by and watch what’s going on. Now you may tell yourself, well my character’s a pro. He’s survived a lot of jobs and has really [...]

Dealing with the ‘parasite’ or unwelcome Player

As any gamemaster for a serious length of time can tell you sometime you get a player who isn’t welcome and just doesn’t get the message. Meaning that somehow either the player is a significant other, a fly by night player or someone who just doesn’t want to be polite and then after a while [...]

Depth of cardboard..

In the many games I’ve played in or gm’d there is at least one or more persons who have characters who are as deep as cardboard. A statement that I’m quite fond of saying. What this means, is that their characters have absolutely no personality or emotional content. They are as one dimensional as well, [...]

“My Guns are bigger than yours!”

It’s been a long time since I’ve put anything together, in fact too long. This is due to a couple of reasons. One: I’ve had my head buried deep under the sand between work, school and keeping my girlfriend happy; and, Two: I haven’t been able to think of anything new and exciting. I was [...]

Are you ready to GM?

Many players want to step into the role of gamemaster so they can have a turn at creating an exciting and eventful fantasy world for their other players to venture through. This article is dedicated to those who wish to make the leap from mere player to the vaunted role of gamemaster. It’s not a [...]