Latest Articles and Activities of Game Designer Jim Davenport
Time for a quick status report on what Dragonlaird Gaming has been up to. Jim’s column in the Knights of the Dinner Table magazine is going strong. He submitted columns on Johnny Mnemonic and the 13th Warrior recently. The column on Burn Notice is still pending publication and he’s polishing up one on The Wild […]
Summer is coming to a close and I’m ready for some football weather. Here are the recent developments at Dragonlaird Gaming… New Series of Serenity Articles – I’ve got a nine-part series of Serenity articles in development that should start being posted in early September. Gaming the Movies – I just turned in my latest […]
Someone asked me about my Reach for the Sky play-by-post game. In particular, they were interested in its origins during the Unification War. I thought it would make a good opportunity to lay out the concept. If it someday becomes a full-fledged adventure module, all the better. So, the name. Reach for the Sky has […]
Fifty miles north of the teeming city of Eavesdown sits the plantation known as Hobbville. Established by Cletus Hobb with special backing of the Governor of Persephone, the plantation lies on two thousand lush acres of farm land. They grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables to supply the tables of the rich and […]
(Originally published on www.dragonlairdgaming.com on August 1st, 2008) General Description Gathering the finest minds in the ‘Verse in the areas of botany, zoology, and many other scientific disciplines, the Society is a fraternal organization dedicated to exploring the ‘Verse and its many natural mysteries. They seek to establish the truth of scientific matters by direct […]
(Originally published on www.dragonlairdgaming.com on July 29, 2008) This suggestion provides an enhancement or twist to the Long Reach organization I posted earlier. Read that post first and then this one. Common View There is currently no common view of the Zodiacal Light. They are a very secret organization. Alliance View Dedicated members of the […]
(Originally published on December 20, 2007) The Pilgrim’s Campaign This suggestion provides the Gamemaster with a campaign concept that might give them a nice variation on your typical Serenity campaign. Although the following campaign model originally came to me in terms of a fantasy campaign, I think it can work just as well in a […]
(originally published on www.dragonlairdgaming.com on February 12, 2007) The Dressler Report This suggestion provides the Gamemaster with a “big secret” of similar scope to “Miranda” to set behind their campaign. It should be laced behind a large arc, a season or two worth. The exodus from Earth was an achievement on a scale unheard-of in […]
(Originally published on www.dragonlairdgaming.com on October 7, 2006) In the August 17, 2006 issue of TV Guide (large format), there was an article by Billy Campbell (actor, The 4400) who spent 13 months sailing on a square-rigged tall ship (The Picton Castle) as a crew member. His briefing recounting of what he found fascinating about […]
(Originally published on www.dragonlairdgaming.com on October 6, 2006) There is a group in the ‘Verse that changes whole worlds but never gets any screen time. I felt it appropriate to document the ‘world-builders’ in some way and express their role in the current ‘Verse. Enjoy! The Terraforming Consortium Before the War, before even the Alliance, […]