Makers of the Open Action System: Fractured Kingdom Glass Shadows & Metahumans Rising

Posts by Dave Silva

Tainted Souls 4: The Slumber

Oct 10, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Tainted Souls explores the unspoken costs of Lucidity. The physical or mental changes brought on by becoming Lucid and how that may impact their lives and the people around them. While those marked by the Dark, Grave, or even the Verdant often see their gifts as a curse those blessed by the Slumber have had their dreams made manifest. There a [...]
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Fractured Kingdom Kickstarter

Oct 06, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Fractured Kingdom was the first game developed using the Open Action System, the core rule set for Glass Shadows. The Kickstarter has launched and we looking this take on a world of mysticism and conspiracy to the game table. Players take on the roles of Lucid, average people that have been forever changed by one of Four Outer Realms. Able to [...]
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Nothing Wasted 4: Window Dressing

Oct 03, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. There is a tendency to treat the story around the PCs as the center of the universe, and like most people, what happens in their daily lives is the most important thing to them. However, there are always more [...]
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Land Of Confusion 3: The PPB Channels

Sep 26, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Land of Confusion explores what it’s like to live on Earth 2202. Media is cheap. It was even before the Great War. Anyone off the streets with a recorder and a PINT (Personal Interface and Networking Terminal) can turn themselves into a reporter. This fact was critically useful during the Purge as traditional media outlets were targeted [...]
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Fractured Kingdom Kickstarter

Sep 20, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Here we go! The Fractured Kingdom Kickstarter has officially launched! I want to thank everyone that’s helped us get even this far and look forward to seeing how the world grows. Check in at the Kickstarter Page for updates.
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Chatham House 3: Flynn

Sep 19, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
The Chatham House articles discuss people that may be inserted into campaigns as ready made NPCs to add flavor or detail to your world. The character’s discussed in the Chatham House often have ties to various organizations, Baronies, Corporations, Governments, but operate outside the normal protocols. While Gabrielle Flynn had dreams o [...]
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Under The Hood 2: The Network

Sep 15, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Before we talk about the Player Network lets look at the idea of contacts for a moment. The idea of trusted allies and contacts is nothing new to role playing or fiction in general. In fiction, contacts don’t sit around just waiting to be called. They have their own lives and stories. These peripheral characters often play much larger [...]
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Tainted Souls 3: The Grave

Sep 12, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Tainted Souls explores the unspoken costs of Lucidity. The physical or mental changes brought on by becoming Lucid and how that may impact their lives and the people around them. Dead but not gone, well maybe. The question that most epitomizes the Grave Lucid is this, are they dead, alive, or something in between? Grave Elucidations vary grea [...]
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Nothing Wasted 3: Skills, Background...

Sep 05, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. Before we start this weeks Nothing Wasted I should say that when I say perception that we’re not talking about the Perception Skill but how our Characters perceive the world around them. More on that lat [...]
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Dragon*Con Wrap-Up

Sep 04, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
While we’re still recovering I just wanted to pop in to say what an amazing convention. Thank you to everyone who attended one of our games. We had some amazing games this year with some particularly creative players. One of the things I always find most interesting at the conventions is how different players intemperate the same charac [...]
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