tag: Black Hack

This ends a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. I’m actually writing this in 2025, but leaving it dated when the campaign finished. I finally got burnt out running this campaign, and the players and I decided we’d stop. We had a closing session and discussed what the characters would go on to do: Joshua wants to operate the island and travel onward Emmett wants to improve relations between the PPs and Lime Nomads, and the last serai criminal gang He says he’s a pragmatist Joshua would resurrect Lateria too if possible Lessons learned This campaign became more about trading favours not actual goods or gold. The players weren’t too fussed about finding good trade routes, or combat particularly. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are exploring a brand new mystery island in the Cirle Sea. They’ve landed with Spiral and his servant, and are in an abandoned village. Strange and wondrous things exist here, but the only person is Tim, who thinks they’re the other side of the Circle Sea. He’s also reporting being chased by mysterious creatures. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are exploring a brand new mystery island in the Cirle Sea. They’ve landed with Spiral and his servant, and are in an abandoned village. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua want to sail away to a mystery new island in the Circle Sea. They’re going to see if a friend will take them. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are back in Violet City and looking for excitement. Or a boat, at least. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are seeking ancient truth in the scrolls of the Lime Nomads, in a pink Routemaster autogolem. Joshua wants to cross the Final Barrier and be able to raise the dead. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are seeking ancient truth in the scrolls of the Lime Nomads, in a pink Routemaster autogolem. Joshua wants to cross the Final Barrier and be able to raise the dead. Currently they’re transporting a sacred relic to the holy Village of the Lavender Cliffs in the Nomad Steppes. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are seeking ancient truth in the scrolls of the Lime Nomads, in a pink Routemaster autogolem. Joshua wants to cross the Final Barrier and be able to raise the dead. And they’ve found the Pine Clan and saved it from a megavome. ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are seeking ancient truth in the scrolls of the Lime Nomads, in a pink Routemaster autogolem. Joshua wants to cross the Final Barrier and be able to raise the dead. If only they could find the Pine Clan? ...

This continues a long-form campaign, Zen and the Art of Caravan Maintenance. Emmett & Joshua are seeking ancient truth in the scrolls of the Lime Nomads, in a pink Routemaster autogolem. Joshua wants to cross the Final Barrier and be able to raise the dead. While they’re doing that, they’re also making some money being a tour-guide for Spiral 8-body. We left the party around a campfire, having tried to defuse an encounter with some pointy horses. But now it’s time for something Completely Different1… The UVG game we’re playing is written by Luka Rejec, and another of his projects is called Zoa of the Vastlands2. It is a zine for expeditions, safaris, and research trips looking at the flora and fauna of the UVG world. This emphasises one of Luka’s ideas in UVG, which is that the party can gain XP from seeing new animals and new places, as well as the traditional options. One of its ideas is to have the party sit around a campfire, discussing what they saw that day. So, that’s what happened. We spent some time first going through in more detail the setting up of the camp and the view of the sunset and the night sky over the steppes. Then described some things the party had seen. This doesn’t require a GM, it’s pure co-operative story-telling, so I took the role of Spiral, the NPC. ...