Karohemd's World

I thought I would revive this blog with the odd post on gaming.
One of my recent acquisitions has been Pugmire by Eddy Web, published by Onyx Path Publishing.
Pugmire is essentially Dungeons and Dragons with dogs. It uses a variant of the 5th edition rules, somewhat simplified and less voluminous with different names for the character features. The PCs are “uplifted” dogs, anthropomorphic dogs that walk upright and have evolved to use tools and language in a world a long time after the Age of Man has ended. There are classes called Callings (spellcasters, thieves, fighters etc.) and Breeds, rough groups of dog breeds like Companions (pugs, chihuahas), Runners (greyhounds, lurchers) and so on.
The world centres around the city of Pugmire, a typical medieval town, inhabited not only by dogs but also other uplifted animals like cats and rats. Further out, badgers (usually bandits) and lizards (travelling merchants from across the sea) can be found. There are mountains in the North, a huge forest in the East (beyond which is the land of the cats, the Monarchies of Mau), and a sea beyond Waterdog Port on the Southern coast. Most of the setting information in the book is about the city of Pugmire while the rest of the world has not been fleshed out in detail. For the crafty GM (or in the case of Pugmire, the Guide) this is a perfect opportunity to put their own stamp on the setting.
A separate complete game called Monarchies of Mau on cats is forthcoming. It has already been funded on Kickstarter, is currently being written and should be out in about a year or so.
I absolutely love the setting and have already run a few one-shots locally. I also started a proper campaign online using roll20.
You can buy Pugmire as PDF via DriveThruRPG. The physical book is available in the US via Studio 2 (and Indie Press Revolution soon), I've not seen it on the Esdevium Games releases list but Eddy says they should be able to order it from Studio 2.
Which brings me to an offer: I am looking for another player or two so if you're interested, comment below. We don't have a regular schedule but Sunday afternoons (UK time) are usually the preferred option.

Sorry for the incomplete post, the wireless network died halfway through our session

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I collated all the seperate posts into one document, proofread it again, cleaned it up a bit and added a character list.
You can download it as a PDF here (Nicolas' name now fixed in the Dramatis Personae) or read it online here (now finally complete, the file was corrupted somehow during upload).
At over 37,000 words, just over 1,000 words per session, that's the longest piece of original writing I've done, spread over two and a half years. It would be long enough to be published as a novella but my writing isn't good enough for that. If you decide you have time enough to read it, please go ahead and I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially if it makes sense for people outside the group.

Not going to write a diary for Cyberpunk but a sort of twitter style liveblog might be an idea...

Previously

( in which we investigate things and find something unexpected at a farm )
Edited and cleaned up a bit. Late night typing when it's still to hot to think isn't my strong point.

Previously

( In which we are rudely awoken at night )

OOC: A question: I quite often find myself switching back and forth between past and present tense which is highly annoying. Especially when describing fights or action sequences, I tend to use the present tense and in descriptions of facts the past tense.
To those of you who write this sort of thing or fiction in general frequently, does this happen to you as well or is this just something that happens to my untrained brain? Thanks.

Previously

After defeating the evil reverend of Plattsburgh and sending the wicked creature back to the hell it came from it was time to relax. Or was it?

( in which we find odd things, flee to Canada and encounter yet another archaeologist )

Look at this:

Is this the first tabletop wargame ever (made in 1812)? The inscription on the chest translates as "Tactical Wargame". The captions are in German but I think the pictures speak for themselves, it had terrain tiles, miniatures, counters, dice (it had a conflict resolution system not unlike that of modern wargames) and pretty much everything else you'd expect. Full article (in German). It was actually used as training tool for the Prussian military. Most remarkable is this bit: "Their legacy was a concept of playing games in fictitious worlds, using dice, paper and miniatures. This only became a hobby in the 20th century when authors created the first fantasy worlds."
Our hobby isn't as young as you might think! And for once, it wasn't the Chinese but the Germans who thought of it first. Take that, D&D! ;oP

ETA: English article on boardgamegeek
It turns out I'm actually ignorant and this is old news, you can even buy it in a modern version.
Still impressive, though.

Speaking of classic RPGs, "Das Schwarze Auge", the main (but not first) orginal German RPG, is 25.