tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111532312024-03-23T13:03:40.871-05:00Design NotesChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comBlogger1208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-37375403130067792462017-09-15T10:56:00.001-05:002017-09-15T10:56:14.462-05:00Night Ride Part 1Night Ride Part 1
“Look, Pa, it’s my turn. Also, Nana is having one of her spells again and she has no idea who I am when she gets this way.”
Saw sighed and heaved his bad leg off the foot stool. He’d broken it in the first days of the outbreak and it never had a chance to heal right. Now it was more of a club than a leg. Ached like hell.
“Alright, Gus, you win. I’ve got the bike loaded up.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-11555090120141990512017-03-27T22:54:00.001-05:002017-03-27T22:54:31.155-05:00New Adventure for AZ on the WaySo, Adventure Locale #1: White Star Trailer Park is coming soon! It's a location based adventure for my zombie apocalypse game, AZ: After Zombies. When it's available I'll have more news. Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-16671103572428444172017-03-27T22:49:00.000-05:002017-03-27T22:49:12.247-05:00Things I like: Perfume (the J-pop band)So we're back, after only an absence of three months this time. Progress.
No wait, I got this... Progress?
Better.
So, if you have no idea who or what Perfume is, which is probably a lot of the few who still come here, let's start there.
So I could send you to wikipedia, but that's dumb. First, if you're here you probably know how the internet works, find wikipedia your fucking self. Second, Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-88707497748142124262016-12-14T00:13:00.001-05:002016-12-15T14:57:37.196-05:00Grade FGrade F
Grade F is copyright 2016 Charles Rice.
Ever want to be a time traveler? Ever wonder what it's like to almost be a time traveler and wash out? Of course you haven't. Welcome to Grade F.
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Tanya grinncd, "Look, read whoever the fuck you want. What do I care? All I'm saying is, he is most certainly not the greatest writer who ever lived. You like him because you are lookingChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-723464516004288732016-01-16T17:26:00.000-05:002016-01-16T17:26:02.990-05:00First Official Adventure for AZ Under Way.
Jon Gibbons' map is done. I am now deep into writing the first official adventure for AZ: Siege at West Lake Middle School. Answer the call. Save some trapped children. It's the right thing to do.
Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-28152314001758394752016-01-09T15:50:00.002-05:002016-01-09T15:50:42.099-05:00Gemma Clarkson, 1 month survivor
Gemma Clarkson (Demolitions Expert, Retired; Currently unemployed)
Combat Ability (CA): 57 Hit Points (HT+ST): 74
Health (HT): 45 Mental Toughness (IN+LD): 61
Insight (IN): 35 Action Points (QK/10): 5
Intellect (IT): 48 Unity (Special):
Leadership (LD): 26 Background: Military
Luck (LK): 29 Primary Attribute: IT
Quickness (QK): 52 Secondary Attribute: QK
Strength (ST): 29 Weak Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-6588404819048695642016-01-09T15:43:00.001-05:002016-01-09T15:43:14.183-05:00Gemma Clarkson, Day 1 Survivor
Gemma Clarkson (Demolitions Expert, Retired; Currently unemployed)
Combat Ability (CA): 57 Hit Points (HT+ST): 74
Health (HT): 45 Mental Toughness (IN+LD): 61
Insight (IN): 35 Action Points (QK/10): 5
Intellect (IT): 48Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-75511640832683052632016-01-09T15:13:00.002-05:002016-01-09T15:52:36.456-05:00Avery Ahearn, 6 month survivor
Avery Ahearn (Leader, Roughnecks)
Combat Ability (CA): 44 Hit Points (HT+ST): 122
Health (HT): 58 Mental Toughness (IN+LD): 111
Insight (IN): 37 Action Points (QK/10): 3
Intellect (IT): 19 Unity (Special):
Leadership (LD): 74 Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-69428375803026084462016-01-07T02:19:00.002-05:002016-01-09T15:53:06.255-05:00Avery Ahearn, 1 month survivor
Avery Ahearn (Sergeant, Malltown Militia)
Combat Ability (CA): 44 Hit Points (HT+ST): 122
Health (HT): 58 Mental Toughness (IN+LD): 82
Insight (IN): 37 Action Points (QK/10): 3
Intellect (IT): 19 Unity (Special):
Leadership (LD): 45 Background: Blue Collar
Luck (LK): Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-9382066411108591922016-01-07T01:53:00.001-05:002016-01-07T02:17:15.544-05:00
Avery Ahearn (Day Laborer at Labor Today) 1 Day Survivor
Combat Ability (CA): 44 Hit Points (HT+ST): 122
Health (HT): 58 Mental Toughness (IN+LD): 74
Insight (IN): 37 Action Points (QK/10): 3
Intellect (IT): 19 Unity (Special):
Leadership (LD): 37Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-18554843259397575112015-12-22T16:12:00.000-05:002015-12-22T16:12:09.602-05:00AZ: After Zombies released!I announced the game more than two years ago, worked on writing and playtesting it about three years. Hope everyone enjoys it. Go see it here!
Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-9516903361750073482014-09-17T17:29:00.001-05:002014-09-17T17:29:37.726-05:00Secret Project X-13 Revealed! AZ: After ZombiesSo, I've been dark for awhile. Things go like that when you're working a full time job and designing a new RPG system from the ground up in your spare time.
But things have progressed and I am now very proud to pull the curtain back and reveal what I've been working on, along with the first bit of art from the game. The game is called AZ: After Zombies. Human history has entered a new phase, notChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-29527083245060499912014-02-09T17:32:00.003-05:002014-02-09T17:34:59.825-05:00Secret Project X-13In which Chuck falls off the wagon. No, not that wagon, he was never on that one, the other wagon.
Ahem.
So, I have been writing a RPG for a few weeks now. As always, the name of any RPG in development is Secret Project X-13. The usual suspects have already seen it and have provided some great input.
But now it is time to broaden the field. If you'd like a look, drop me a line and Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-24202031796315711712013-05-23T00:08:00.003-05:002013-05-23T00:09:38.802-05:00Star Trek Into Darkness thoughts: It's about parallel worldsI am a huge fan of Fringe, which is similar in many ways to STID, and is a show created and created by the same creative minds (Abrams, Orci, and Kurzman).My favorite Trek is DS9, but I am very much enjoying the latest film franchise. Following are some thoughts that contain spoilers for both Fringe and STID.Fringe is a show about (among other things) two alternate Earths coming into Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-35246758250466582512013-02-15T20:44:00.002-05:002013-02-15T20:44:48.471-05:00Hey! We're back!"So, how did you fare going through the asteroid belt?"
"Jeepers! Don't remind me!"
Joel and the Mads, MST3K
So, been quiet here for a long time. Well, blogwise anyway.
So, how are you? What's new?
Me?
Well, in addition to working at Mayfair Games and making myself a hallowed, revered figure at my local watering hole, I've been running a FASA star trek campaign.
You can read about it here.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-14628042175726699352012-07-24T04:01:00.001-05:002012-07-24T04:01:59.597-05:00Star Trek- The Toys Are Awesome (Play With The Toys)So I seem to be in the minority on this- but I am SO STOKED to hear that Gary Mitchell will be the villain in the next Abrams Star Trek movie. Many (most?) seem to want him to leave the toys in the toybox, so they can stay collector's items.I say bah to that. He brought the toybox out of the basement for a reason. Most thought he couldn't do it, and he did. So now, he should play with ALL the Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-20836935454655815112012-02-13T10:27:00.000-05:002012-02-13T10:27:14.326-05:00Batman is AntiquatedI think this is one of the problems comic books have that isn't often discussed, and uttering the phrase I used for this post title in a room full of nerds is apt to get some nice explosions of disbelief out of folks.
But the idea that billionaires can lead truly private lives is super, super old fashioned. It requires an era where reporters didn't delve into people's personal affairs and even Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-62791880404450244622012-01-11T16:47:00.000-05:002012-01-11T16:47:07.321-05:00We can still be friends D&DOf all the myriad reactions and responses to D&D 5th edition, this Grognardia post is easily my favorite.
If you're excited for 5e, then you only went to the old school because you were a lover jilted by 4e and playing old school games was strictly your "rebound fling".
James doesn't come right out and say it, but I guess unless you're completely disinterested and dismissive, I Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-8926161947568702752011-10-21T15:38:00.001-05:002011-10-21T15:38:08.091-05:00Truth"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
HOWEVER, reading Ayn Rand gave us 2112.
So,Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-14431076275649365962011-09-27T16:26:00.000-05:002011-09-27T16:28:03.199-05:00The Old Ways
My homebrew AD&D campaign set on the world of Arkara is about to kick into full swing again I think.
When last we visited the world, Illanyra, high priest of Atos (the Holiest of Holies) had had kingship thrust upon him, bringing church and state together.
As you might imagine, this is not going well for church or state.
Especially since it seems like Atos might be going mad, Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-35038146994055774302011-09-04T15:45:00.003-05:002011-09-04T15:52:51.998-05:00Silent RunningIt's been pointed out to me by some folks that I've been quiet of late.
Well, I recently sold Vigilance Press, which I talked about. I also recently got a day job and moved, which I haven't talked about.
It wasn't planned, not that it matters. Sometimes life happens and we get to hang on, and during those times blogging winds up not happening.
Several months ago I interviewed at Mayfair Games.Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-59198165271108520442011-08-10T07:49:00.003-05:002011-08-10T07:52:50.439-05:00Vigilance Press blog is now liveWe've started a new blog specifically for the new Vigilance Press.
Please mosey on over and read my thoughts about the very beginnings of Vigilance, as well as the future.
I imagine the new boss (not the same as the old boss) will be along as well.
You can still keep up with me here, as well, but for now, check out the new place!
http://vigilancepress.blogspot.com/
Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-87054869751111775352011-08-04T10:40:00.002-05:002011-08-04T10:42:34.990-05:00Savage Afterworld reviews Books of the Wastes!Books of the Wastes is a little Mutant Future book I did, introducing some wasteland tomes that survived the Great Fire as well as a system for characters learning from books they find in the wasteland.Find out what the Savage Afterworld thought of this terrifying tome they found amidst the rubble!Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-6794391783547632612011-08-01T08:39:00.002-05:002011-08-01T09:01:08.680-05:00The tropes have itFor those continuing to predict the death of the superhero movie bubble- here is why that has now become impossible:Superhero tropes are now officially everywhere.Hanna Montana has a secret identity.Don Draper has a secret identity.Further- 9 of the highest grossing movies (adjusted for inflation) have plots or characters involving super-science or magic, or both. The number is 10 if you want to Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-2144542260100183942011-08-01T06:58:00.002-05:002011-08-01T07:04:56.793-05:00Game Masters are entertainersFor those playing the home game since our last post (yes, that is the royal we), I am now no longer sort of drunk. I am now full blown drunk.Anyway.I often hear game masters called failed novelists, or wannabe novelists, or aspiring novelists, as though this is some sort of insult.As TS Eliot once said, "they damn editors by saying they're failed writers- most writers are failed writers too".I amChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.com1