Spheres Journal

Welcome back! Apologies about the title - as I mentioned in the last post, we're starting these after-action reports very much mid-campaign. Maybe I'll come back later to fill y'all in on earlier events. Last night I ran the 12th session of Periphery. Since this is my first full report, let me set the scene a little bit. Currently I have 4 players at the table. Their characters are: N-8: The mining crew's android, here to assist with mining. Particularly in situations with lots of underground gas or other human-unfriendly conditions. They're a strange android - about 7 feet tall, decorative wires sticking out of their head, and strangely obsessed with human culture and mysticism. When we met the Furanan witches, N-8 was the first one to ask "can we use their magic?". N-8 is especially important because, as an android equipped with the Logistics skill, they are the only crew member who has successfully pieced together any proficiency with the local Furanese...

 Welcome to my blog! This is a bit new to me. If you're reading this, I appreciate you showing up and bearing with me. I'll try to make it worth your while. I'm starting this blog for a couple reasons: An excuse to talk to myself. I find the ideas flow better when I write them out, and this will give me a good excuse to write while I reflect on my sessions. As a way to flirt with the idea that others might read my thoughts and peruse my content.  More on the second point: I've long been inspired by the authors of the OSR space (Luka Rejec, Gavin Norman, Luke Gearing, and Patrick Stuart, to name a few). For some years I've thought about attempting to join their ranks. However, as a man with no real writing experience, the idea has always felt like a far-flung fantasy. Some writers I am fortunate to have in my life have repeatedly told me that the best ways to gain writing experience are to write anything and to let others read and comment on   the things I write. Thu...