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At this point, I am comfortable with our streaming schedule and the content itself – we have successfully streamed several sessions, including 2 of our Extinction Curse and 1 of our Carrion Crown campaigns. Certainly there are still technical challenges to be had, but the content itself is solid. These are published directly to YouTube, at the following URLs. Both campaigns run bi-weekly on Sundays, from 2 PM to 7 PM EST. We live stream for the duration, and anyone is welcome to join in to watch and participate – though admittedly our chat interaction is limited given the game…
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In my effort to address the audio issues of the last game, I am working on printing a set of low-profile microphone stands. Part of the issue is the need for more microphones – more mics, better sound in general. However, a mic cannot just lay on the table, and the existing tripods I have are small, but not small enough. In place, each microphone stands over the digital table screen and is ugly at least, a distraction at worst. With a little bit of searching, I found this design, which lowers the mic by about 6 inches, and should…
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After a long wait and much preparation, we finally kicked off our new campaign for Pathfinder, to tell the tale of the Carrion Crown. This is something that I have posted about numerous times, and it was the resumption of “normal” gaming in our Covid filled world. As planned, we had our full group of 10 players, which made for a rather crowded game. On the technology side, the stream configuration was acceptable. Graphics and video quality were good, except for two of the side players being out of frame for most of the game. Some of the graphics could…
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We are in the final week, in preparation for the upcoming Carrion Crown campaign. So far, the group has been very responsive on the various requirements and requests – everyone agrees that we need to run the story much more efficiently and their character development is a gain. I keep being impressed by the diversity and creativity in each of the characters, and in the painting of the figures themselves. As a check point, I have been configuring a several player tags for the stream, and posting them as they are each available. As a preview for the campaign, we…
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With the start of the school year, and associated Football and Marching Band commitments, we are altering our existing gaming schedule. The Warhammer RPG campaign is the unfortunate casualty, this campaign was going strong, but is being mothballed for the time being due to no room in the schedule. After November, when the schedule settles, we will re-visit. If we get an open evening in the meantime, all players are interested in continuing with an informal random schedule. The Pathfinder Extinction Curse is moving to bi-weekly on Sundays, starting this weekend on August 1. This long standing campaign has a…
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Scheduled a final technology test, utilizing our Extinction Curse campaign, for this coming Sunday, 2 PM to 7 PM EST. This is an unlisted YouTube live stream, not looking for a larger audience, but I am eager to hear about any feedback both pro and con with the configuration. My bigger concern is really at the streaming level – can my systems provide enough horsepower to handle the load acceptably. Much of the graphics will be different and modified, but the streaming itself will be similar. If you have the chance and interest, stop by and drop in a comment.…
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One of the requirements of our upcoming campaign is for all characters to be represented by an accurate figure, which has been painted. For several of our players, that is a stretch, and not what they are comfortable with. However, art supplies and options being what they are, even inexperienced persons can paint remarkably well. During our last painting session, my son was encouraged to paint Aznak, his Kobold Ranger. This is only his second figure he has ever printed, and he did most of it in Citadel Contrast Paints. He even opted for a bit of dark scale highlight,…
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Part of my gaming room configuration has been the design, building, and deployment of a digital table and table space for the group. For this reason, we purchased an oversized table (approximately 10 foot), to fit our overly large group. Eventually, this will be covered by an overlay, providing space for the players books, papers, and dice, while also doubling as a 3×6 field for our Legion and Armada games. In the center of this, I had planned to build a wooden box to hold a large screen TV, for use with whichever virtual tabletop of choice we had at…
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