Category Archives: savage worlds

How The Adventure Deck Ruined My Plans (and made for an epic game session)

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Mike Page

I just wanted to share an episode from yesterday’s game involving the adventure deck, something that we started using last year. So there’s a showdown.  On an icy bridge.  With a frost giant (this is actually taken from a Pathfinder … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Pack

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Mike Page

When we first switched from Dragon Warriors to Savage Worlds three years ago, the kids were quite a bit younger (9 years old). I think we played with the Savage Worlds Adventure Deck once and it wasn’t a great success. … Continue reading →

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And then to Glissom

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Mike Page

It’s been a while. We’ve played a couple of times in the meanwhile, but nothing really report-worthy. A virtual TPK with goblins in the Pagan Mountains, the pain on my players’ faces as they were forced to give a powerful … Continue reading →

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Two New Savage Worlds Character Sheets

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mike Page

After a year of playing Savage Worlds and three iterations of my custom character sheet, I feel qualified to publish it for others to use: Character Sheet For historical reasons, here are the sheets that we actually use. When we … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it all Goes Right

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Mike Page

So last Saturday saw us playing the last session of Bitter is the Bark, a three-parter I wrote around the party having to find the material components for a cure for lycanthropy for a minor princess whom they were supposed … Continue reading →

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Bitter is the Bark

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Mike Page

A brand new Savage Tale: Bitter is the Bark. This fantasy adventure for a group of Seasoned or Veteran characters is centred on the party having to obtain the material components for a cure for lycanthropy; wolfsbane from the grave … Continue reading →

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Creating the Illusion of Tension

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Mike Page

We had a mammoth session on Sunday – about 7 hours. And it was also one of the best games in recent memory. Why? Because it was tense. The party had something to lose, and a very real possibility of … Continue reading →

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Encounter Inspiration

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Mike Page

Normally as a GM I avoid random encounters like the plague – I’m too much of a control freak with regard to my adventures, meaning that I’m also a veteran rail-roader (though I’m trying hard not to be). Today though … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready to Get Back to the Table

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Mike Page

So our summer hiatus is nearly over and I’m getting our group ready to get back to the table, back to the story. I’ve reminded the party members where they’d got to (after I reminded myself). It sounds as though … Continue reading →

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Things That Go GULP In The Night!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Mike Page

Yesterday we finally finished my Savage Worlds adaptation of Simon Forster’s Mischievous Monsters, having started two months ago (the problems of busy gamers!). I can link to the author now as my players can’t benefit from reading the original, not … Continue reading →

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