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Doctor Who – Adventures in Time and Space – Games of Chance

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The 10th Doctor had been travelling with Mickey Smith, Sgt. Major Phillip Wingate of UNIT, and a scientist who called himself Dr. Magus Johnson from the 21st Century for several days. Then they got an alert and found themselves in Las Vegas in the 1960s. Something was terribly wrong with the timestream.

At CaesarCon 2013, my friend Matt ran a game of Doctor Who – Adventures in Time and Space. I was actually able to play The Doctor, which was a LOT of fun. The game was played on March 24, 2013. The other players were Adam, Steve, and Trevor.

Role Playing Journal:

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1832-Doctor-Who-Adventures-in-Time-and-Space-Games-of-Chance

The scenario, available online, is here: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5069296/Games%20of%20Chance.pdf

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D20 Modern – Blackhawk Down (Walking Dead)

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A month after the zombie apocalypse started, some of us found ourselves fleeing Michigan for Ohio. Then it really got hairy.

My name was Frank Strazynski, though people who knew me called me Sarge. I worked with the DEA before as part of a secret squad that dealt with drug problems in a straightforward way: with a gun. When my partner, Sam “God” Everready had wanted to get back to Michigan to be with his family, I went with him. I had nothing to lose. We ended up at Hopesville, Mich., just before it hit the fan there. The two other members of our squad were a couple of Michigan National Guardsmen: Nate Parker, who’s nickname was, for some reason “Flamboyant Hat” and a medic that went only by the name “Doc.”

At CaesarCon 2014, a friend of mine (Steve) ran a D20 Modern game based on the Walking Dead television series. This game was played on March 28, 2014 and continues the adventures of Sgt. Strazynski. Other players included Chris, Xavier, and Matt.

The Role Playing Journal of the game can be found here: http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1850-Blackhawk-Down

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D20 Modern – Walker: Texas Danger (Walking Dead)

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Some terrible things happened just as the zombie apocalypse was starting. This is one of those stories.

Before the zombie apocalypse that essentially ended civilization, I had been a cop, essentially. My name was Frank Strazynski, though people who knew me called me Sarge. I worked with the DEA as part of a secret squad that dealt with drug problems in a straightforward way: with a gun. My fellow squad-members were Chester Brickhouse, our heavy weapons guy; Sam “God” Everready, a sniper; and Jed Caliber, our medic.

At CaesarCon 2013, a friend of mine (Steve) ran a D20 Modern game based on the Walking Dead television series. This game was played on March 23, 2013 and was a prequel to The Walking Dead, actually. Other players included Adam, Chris, and Kevin.

Role Playing Journal of the session is here:

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1795-Walker-Texas-Danger

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D20 Modern – The Walking Dead

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The end of the world has come: the dead walk the earth and seek to take the living down into hell with them.

I was known as Shaggy McGuire in those end days, a washed out comic and pothead. I rode with a few others in our struggle for survival. There was Joey Lawrence, a former pawn shop owner, who rode with me. In the other car were Maize, a college co-ed; and Todd Schlachter, x-military. Finally, riding on a motorcycle (of all things) were Sam Jones, a factory worker; and Frank Edwards, who had been a cop.

At CaesarCon 2012, a friend of mine (Steve) ran a D20 Modern game based on The Walking Dead television series. This game was playing on March 17, 2012. Others playing the game included Scott, Angi, D.J., Rick, and Neal.

Role Playing Journal entries of the session can be found here:

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1703-quot-Walking-Dead-quot-D20-Modern-2012-03-17-CaesarCon

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Tabloid! – Faux Pas

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“Editorial meeting! In my office, everybody – now!” bellowed the editor as he strode through the reporter’s bullpen. He didn’t wait to see if anyone followed, but barged right through and planted himself at his desk.

The editorial offices of the World Tattler-Tribune were in one of the squat skyscrapers in the greatest city in the world: Akron, Ohio.

Howard Combine was an ace tabloid reporter. He had an athletic build, blue eyes, a soul patch, and a nice tan. He was a bush pilot and was into voodoo. He was also a smug liberal and could talk down a conservative Republican like no one else. From Quahog, R.I., and graduated from James Woods High.

Mark Farcas was a good-looking though thin and pasty man with thinning brown hair. He was nervous-looking and always watchful. He covered Bigfoot and dead rock stars (like Elvis Presley). He had graduated from Tudbull High School in Scranton, Penn.

Horace Shrugg had long, greasy hair and squinty eyes. He was shifty-looking with a gold tooth prominent in the front of his mouth. He usually wore jeans and a t-shirt. He was a photographer who’d graduated from Eunice Harper Higgins High School in San Antonio, Texas.

George Schmidlap was a tall, thin Dwight-Shrute-ish looking man who wore his hair parted down the center. He wore thick-framed bifocals and had a thick, black beard and mustache. He didn’t have a penny to his name and lived in basement somewhere. He was shifty and always watchful.

Ralph Fisher had dark hair and was handsome but his face was scarred and slightly burned. He wore a fine suit that fit his tall frame perfectly. He also wore thick glasses which his fellow reporters knew were fake (ala Clark Kent). After graduating from Benedict Arnold Senior High School in Muncie, Ind., he went to college for a while.

On March 22, 2013, I ran a game of Tabloid at CaesarCon 2013, playing the scenario Faux Pas from the game book. Players were Josh, Buddy, Jeff, Adam, and Steve.

Role Playing Journal entries of the session can be found here:

http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1788-Tabloid!-Faux-Pas-Part-1
http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/entry.php/1787-Tabloid!-Faux-Pas-Part-2

The playlist of the video recordings of the game session can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonZ7fuFAFDqmvrzxn3_57LfPER802EX-

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