There and Back Again!

You know how sometimes you lose track of time? Like, when you're carefully crafting an email to someone at work and you forget to join your scheduled conference call until 5 minutes into it (and you feel like a total jerk)?

Or, in another example, when you pick up Fallout 4 and you lose track of the entire month of November?

"Hey everybody, did the news get around
About a guy named Butcher Pete..."

Yeah, so, you get the idea.

But now I'm back, and the twice-a-week updates are also back, baby!

Trick or Treat - Vorpal Maidens Quizblast!

Earlier this year the Vorpal Chainsword got the opportunity to interview the Dungeon Bastard about all things nerdy, and had an especially killer time with him in the Quizblast. Of course, as it was just a podcast, only the audio was released at the time. Well, the West Coast division of the Vorpal Chainsword has taken it upon themselves to pull the video of that interview from the VC archives and post the Quizblast portion up on Youtube.

I hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Vorpal Chainsword Podcast!

Happy Halloween!

PS: Just in case you don't remember the Quizblast portion of that interview, here's a Youtube link to it, or you can check out the full Dungeon Bastard interview page!

Back to the Future RPG - Teaser pics for GameholeCon2015

After three straight weeks of painting, here's the album of most of the miniatures and time-period sets for my upcoming 5e convention game Back to the Future RPG: Outatime that I'll be running at GameholeCon2015 in a few weeks.

This isn't quite all time periods/minis to prevent plot spoilers for the players, but it is a few of the possible time-periods they could end up. My goal is to not railroad this convention game entirely, so I made extra time-periods to have ready in case the players get a little off-track. Also I have some NPCs they can meet (Deckard, Time Cop, etc.) that could become PCs if a character dies.

You can check them out below, or  check 'em out in imgur if you prefer.

VCP: Schaffer the Darklord

In this spooky October episode of the Vorpal Chainsword Podcast we barely survive an encounter with the hiphop Supervillain:

SCHAFFER THE DARKLORD

Schaffer T. Darklord is the shadowy antihero of Nerdcore who's eventual conquest of New York City is all but assured. Regardless of whether he's dropping dark rhymes about massive font battles to the death, revealing his unsettling fascination with exsanguination, or just engaging in everyday Supervillainy, STD leaves no survivors in his wake. Between raps, Schaffer hosts and performs at touring Burlesque shows, particularly those themed to David Lynch films or other nerdy but titillating subject matter.  He also co-hosts and produces the Epic Piecast, a hilarious monthly podcast featuring snarky commentary about Comic Books and general Pop Culture esotera. Recently, The Darklord emerged from his lair in NYC to tour dive bars and sci-fi conventions around the Midwest, in what has become known in shuddered whispers as the Heartland Horrorshow. Rumors also abound of an upcoming EP from STD: Sex Rhymes!

Check it out ...if you dare!

WIP Painting Time (-Travelers)!

So its that Season again. No, I'm not talking about Football season, I'm talking about Mini painting Season. Though you can totally combine them and paint minis while watching Football if you want. I know I do.

But more specifically its painting season because Gamehole Con 2015 is coming up, and this year I'm running a Back the Future RPG with a lot of special guest cameos. And while I've playtested this game without minis and it went fine, I believe every game is always more fun with representative minis. Especially when it means you get to paint up a Marty McFly.

So I just wanted to stop in to show off a quick work-in-progress of some favorite Time-Travelers I started on last night:

But there's still plenty more Chrono-warriors to go. So better get back to it.

Paint on!

VCP: Jen Page

Today on the Vorpal Chainsword Podcast, we speak with the Gamer Queen of the Unseelie Court:

JEN PAGE!

Jen Page is a Dungeon Master, Actor, Model, Artist and Writer who loves all things fantastic and weird. A life-long fan of Role-Playing Games, Jen is often recognized by die-rollers everywhere for her acting roles in Gamers: Dorkness Rising and Gamers: Hands of Fate. Jen's other recent acting projects include the dystopian Mecha-punk adventure Project London, as well as the Kung-Fu action comedy series Chop Socky Boom! Besides acting, Jen is also known for her captivating fantasy artwork and photography projects, which feature unique costume designs and awe-inspiring settings. Even with all this going on Jen still finds the time to run the occasional Call of Cthulhu game, and hang out at awesome conventions with her fellow gamers.

 Check it out!

'Dark Heresy - Root out the Rot' at Gamehole Con!

Friend of the Chainsword and High Priest of the Legendary Brandonomicon, Brando, will be running a Dark Heresy game at Gamehole Con this year. Dark Heresy is set in the gothic darkness of the grim Warhammer 40K universe, so if you're into demon-hunting space Inquisitors with plasma pistols and flying robot babies as sidekicks, then you definitely won't want to miss it!

Here's a description of the game by the Brando himself:

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Dark Heresy: Root Out The Rot (4 hrs) - Friday, November 6th (8am-Noon)

Role Playing Game  |DARK HERESY|

The Emperor Protects

Well, he protects the important people. You? Not so much. It’s your job to prove your worth in His eyes, not for him to give you things. You’re on a mega-hive-city on the Imperial planet of Malfi, when you’ve been commanded volunteered by a dreaded Inquisitor to report for duty. Well, it was actually a lowly clerk who was acting on his behalf. Anyway, you’ve gotta do what you’re told. It’s important. It says so right on the label.

That’s pretty much it. Somewhere in the hive there’s some heresy going on and you’re going to find it and destroy that which offends the Emperor. Oh, what’s that? You don’t know if your patron Inquisitor is part of the Ordos Xenos (alien hunters), Ordo Malleus (daemon hunters), or Ordos Hereticus (literally everything else)? Nobody cares. Do your job, or you’ll be turned into a servitor.

Doing a job well done means that you get the supreme satisfaction of knowing that your actions have pleased Him. And you get to live until your next mission. So you’ve got that going for you… which is nice.

If that sounds like your cup of recaff, then light up a lho-stick and sign up for Brando’s “Root Out The Rot” game at the upcoming GameHoleCon. Be there or be a Tzzench-loving, Tau-faced, Hrud sniffin’, son of a Unsanctioned Psycher.

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Gamehole Con registration opens September 5th, so pull out your percentile dice, load up your Heavy Stubber, and get ready to purge some cultist scum. For the Emperor!