The team over at the Breakfast in the Ruins podcast are organising a mini roleplaying convention to be held at the function room of the Ginger Goose bar in Bradford. The con’s dates are the 6th & 20th of June and will be hosting good old fashioned Moorcock-flavoured roleplaying for systems old and new.
Player registration will be handled via Warhorn and a convention website and Discord channel is coming soon!
“Everything may exist for a while – even justice. But the true state of the universe is anarchy. It is the mortal’s tragedy that he can never accept this.”
― Michael Moorcock, The Knight of the Swords
You might not realise it, but this site has been using the same WordPress template since the mid-2010s. Sure, I’ve tinkered with the design (that header image has changed more times than I care to remember) and the style sheets, but the underlying code has barely changed1. That said, I love this old style, and it’s gonna take a lot of time and effort to move away from it.
In the meantime, I’ve started the process of cleaning up behind the scenes and plan to move hosting services later in the year. That all means that things might start to look a little strange at some point (as I squeeze in a few code changes in the evenings and weekends), so, if you do see something not working or discover a dead link, do feel free to reach out to me via our contact page (or my site email address).
And although we’ve lost the most recent publisher of Eternal Champion goodness (so long Département des Sombres Projets), here’s to many more years of supporting the games of the Eternal Champion.
Blood and Souls for Arioch!
The following continues the summary of the Dorian Hawkmoon Saga (as provided in Mongoose Publishing’s Hawkmoon roleplaying game), covering the subsequent trilogy known as The Chronicles of Castle Brass.
Please note: Rather than rewriting Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan’s excellent overview it is presented here with only minor changes.
For a fuller accounting of these deeds, the reader should consult the four books collectively known as The History of the Runestaff: The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God’s Amulet, The Sword of the Dawn and The Runestaff, as well as The Chronicles of Castle Brass: Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm and The Quest for Tanalorn. Optionally, the tale of The White Wolf ’s Son is partially set in an alternate version of Hawkmoon’s world, although much of that tale is taken up with the deeds of Elric of Melnibone during his thousand-year dream. It is also illuminating and entertaining – though by no means necessary – to read all the books making up the Eternal Champion Cycle. For most adventures in Hawkmoon’s world, only the History of the Runestaff is relevant, as the later books concern events cosmic and otherworldly.
A Scenario for the Corum setting by Michael Baumann & Matthew Hartley
An adventure designed for three to six beginning Corum characters. Taking place in Caercurrough, a seaside barony in the land of Lywm-an-esh, it begins as the party shelters from a thunderstorm in the ruins of an ancient manor house. Written by Michael Baumann and Matthew Hartley (the authors of Sands of Time and Shadows of the Past), it was the only publication released for the core Corum rulebook.
Please note – this scenario originally appeared on the Darcsyde website as a free introduction scenario and has been uploaded here for archival purposes.
A one-shot scenario for the Elric! Edition ruleset by Jim Abbott.
A Shadow Falls Over the City of Spires!
Dhakos, the capital of Jharkor, a city whose splendor is whispered to rival even the ethereal beauty of Imryyr, the Dreaming City, is teetering on the brink of chaos. A sinister plot is unfolding within its walls.
There is discord amongst the city’s influential merchant houses, fanning the flames of rivalry and suspicion. Whispers of betrayal and sabotage fill the air, and tensions are escalating rapidly. Unless brave individuals can uncover the source of this growing conflict and quell the rising tide of animosity, the magnificent streets of Dhakos will run with the blood of the innocent.
A one-shot or convention scenario, Death in Dhakos, sees our heroes facing off against Makor Tanyen, and his worshippers of Chardros and Hionhurn. Drawn to the magnificent City of Spires, Dhakos, the adventure unfolds as the nefarious plots arise and fierce rivalries are exposed, disasters even the mightiest of champions might not overcome!
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