DEATH SCHOOL (Lady Blackbird Hack)
Monday, February 06, 2012
Check out this new, free, Lady Blackbird hack by Jason Morningstar: DEATH SCHOOL. It's 80s action-movie magic with some sweet new rules (redshirts!). While you're there, check out his other LB hack, Bloody Forks of the Ohio, and his other free games.Labels: hack, lady blackbird
OPERATION: BLACKBIRD
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
How about some ultra-mod spy action in a Lady Blackbird hack? Here it is, courtesy of Andy Blanchard:OPERATION: BLACKBIRD... the mission name conceived by the nations of the world to combat the evil machinations of the villainous international organization known as B.E.D.L.A.M.
The world's top secret agents have been gathered together to stop B.E.D.L.A.M.'s latest plot to extort the world for its own nefarious ends. They intend to use their newest secret weapon, which they have dubbed the Ultra-Lazer Cannon, to destroy a world landmark every week until their vile demands are met!
WILL THE WORLD'S BEST SECRET AGENTS BE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE THEIR NATURAL DISTRUST AND DISLIKE OF ONE ANOTHER TO STOP THEM?
WILL THEY DESTROY THE ULTRA-LAZER CANNON?
OR WILL THE EVIL CUNNING OF B.E.D.L.A.M. BE MORE THAN THEY CAN HANDLE?
Check it out here!
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Jedi Blackbird
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Like Lady Blackbird? Love Star Wars? Then you'll want to take John Aegard's JEDI BLACKBIRD for a spin. From the introduction:It is a time of troubles for the Jedi Knights. The peace and prosperity of the Republic have made the Order complacent. The Dark Side is everywhere.
NOW, word has arrived from the distant Outer Rim that the renegade padawan ORDO VALLUS has established a holdfast on the junk world of KONDU. The Jedi Council has hastily dispatched three Jedi aboard the starship BLACKBIRD. Their mission: to bring Vallus back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where he will stand trial.
HOWEVER, as the expedition emerges from hyperspace, it is confronted by the fleet of vile Hutt corsair Bokka the Bold. Bokka broadcasts on all frequencies -- the Jedi are not welcome here!
Awesome.
Also, we just passed the 2nd anniversary of Lady Blackbird. Crazy! Time flies.
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Danger Patrol & Lady Blackbird Podcast
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
I think every game designer, while toiling in their dark oubliette, is buoyed by the pleasant memories of those players who truly get it -- the players who mind-meld with the designer's vision for a game and use it to create something amazing.The excellent gentlemen over at the Yellow Menace podcast are such players. Their episode about Danger Patrol and Lady Blackbird has not just made my day, it has made my year. I am beaming. Beaming! over here.
Thank you, YM crew!
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Lady Blackbird Companion
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tim Adamson has made a very cool "appendix" for Lady Blackbird: The Lady Blackbird Companion. It's a compilation of material from the various LB hacks as well as all new stuff. Here's his description of it from Story Games:What is this?
A setting and rules companion to Lady Blackbird.
Who is this for?
Anyone who enjoys Lady Blackbird or other Tales from the Wild Blue Yonder.
Anyone interested in fantasy steampunk adventure role-play.
Why do you use this?
Extending or augmenting the adventures of Lady Blackbird and associates.
Having other exciting adventures in the Blue.
Writing new chapters of Tales from the Wild Blue Yonder.
Where and when do you use this?
At the table, when you play.
How do you use this?
Find bits of setting detail to add into your game.
As a GM: find ideas for obstacles, questions, and NPCs.
As a player: find ideas for your character, places to go, and things to do.
Ignore what you don't like and---probably---what contradicts what you do like.
Lots of great stuff in there. Highly recommended!
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Lady Blackbird Wins GoldenGeek Award
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Lady Blackbird has been selected as the Best Free RPG of 2010 by RPG Geek.I'm honored to have won! Thanks to the selection committee, and to everyone who nominated LB.
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In the Wild Blue Yonder
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Phonetic Alphabet of the Sky SailorsAnchor
Bell
Chalk
Dagger
Eel
Flame
Ghost
Hammer
Iris
Junk
Kindle
Lamp
Mirror
Never
Ocean
Park
Quiet
Rope
Song
Titan
Union
Veil
Witch
Exile
Yaw
Zenith
Some Slang (from actual play)
Keelside: The bottom of a ship. Also, generally, "below." Slang: Feeling poorly due to excess of drink or difficult circumstances. "After that night at the Silver Eel, I was keelside for a week!"
Shacklin': Vulgarity. "There's a shacklin' hole in the side of the ship!"
Juvven: Vulgarity. "Shut your juvven mouth!" Possibly related to Jove, an ancient diety, whose name is also used as an exclamation.
Grudding: Vulgarity. "The whole grudding fleet will be hunting us."
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Lady Blackbird in Spanish
Monday, August 02, 2010
Check it out! Lady Blackbird in Spanish.Thanks to Francisco Castillo, Hugo González, José Antonio Rodríguez, and Alexandre Pereira.
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Old Mesilla LB Hack
Monday, July 05, 2010
Sage LaTorra's excellent Western-themed Lady Blackbird hack, Old Mesilla, is now available.Check it out. It's really good.
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A Year of Blackbird
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of Lady Blackbird.Thanks for the support, everyone! The official way to celebrate is to play the game. :)
My local group is playing Apocalypse World right now, though, so this is what we're doing tomorrow night:
An operator, driver, and savvyhead are hired to transport a skinner and battlebabe across the wastelands, on the run from some badness at home.
Can they find the freehold of the infamous wasteland bandit, Flint, before Carlowe's boys catch up to them?
Ha!
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Lady Blackbird Hacks
Monday, March 22, 2010
There are several cool hacks of Lady Blackbird out now, so I'm making a post to collect them.Age of Sail
By Richard Lacy. A re-skinning of LB for the age of tall ships and piracy in the Caribbean.
ALIEN SURVIVOR
By Will Hindmarch. A survival-horror sci-fi adventure, using the LB system as the core.
The Bloody Forks of the Ohio
By Jason Morningstar. The kickoff of the French and Indian war.
Darkening Skies
By Chris Sakkas. A true sequel to Lady Blackbird, this is Chapter Two in the Tales from the Wild Blue Yonder.
DEATH SCHOOL
By Jason Morningstar. 80s action-movie madness.
Jedi Blackbird
By John Aegard. Jedi adventures in the Old Republic.
Lady Blackbird Companion
By Tim Adamson. An expansion of the LB universe, plus lots of new Traits, Secrets, and Keys for any LB game.
My Darn Ex Wife
By John Ryan. Rednecks in space!
Old Mesilla
By Sage LaTorra. A Western-themed hack featuring a group of outlaws going after Billy the Kid.
OPERATION: BLACKBIRD
By Andy Blanchard. Ultra-mod spies vs. the forces of B.E.D.L.A.M.!
Post-Apocbird
By Jason Morningstar. A collection of characters for a Twilight 2000 style post-apocalypse game.
I'll update this post as new ones appear.
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All Games Considered: Lady Blackbird
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
The nice folks over at All Games Considered have a post-session talk about their experience playing Lady Blackbird. Suffice it to say, it made my day (week, month).Give it a listen, here:
http://www.agcpodcast.info/2010/03/rpg-buffet-5-second-helping-lady.html
Thanks, Mags!
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Lady Blackbird Play By Post
Friday, May 08, 2009
Some folks are playing Lady Blackbird by post over on RPGnet. Cool things are already happening early on, including the idea of using alternate and foreign words for swearing, Firefly style. "Shacklin'" has been suggested as an all purpose curse, and I heartily approve. "There's a shacklin' hole in the side of the ship!" Yeah, that's going into our games of LB.EDIT: For future reference, the In-Character Thread and the Out-of-Character Thread.
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Lady Blackbird on Here Be Gamers podcast
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Episode 4 of the Here Be Gamers podcast features a lengthy review of Lady Blackbird and some AP notes. Thanks to Nathan and Marty for saying such nice things about the game. The whole show is good, but if you just want to hear the LB part, it starts at 50:24.Labels: lady blackbird
Lady Blackbird Age of Sail Hack
Man, this makes my day (week? month?). Richard Lacy has made a new version of Lady Blackbird set in the Age of Sail. Check it out. It's really, really good.Labels: lady blackbird
Lady Blackbird
Friday, April 24, 2009
I have a new game project, a free steampunk adventure module called Lady Blackbird. It's designed as a quick-start game set, so you can run a fun game with no prep for 2-5 other people. It has rules, situation, setting, and pregen characters all ready to go. You can get the PDF at the game website (or by clicking on the button in the left column over there).
I plan to update the PDF as it gets refined in play over the next few weeks, then lock it into a final form. I also have some plans for selling a printed version of the module, as well as add-on modules with new situations, characters, and rules bits.
Stay tuned for more. And if you play, please head over to Story Games and talk about it.
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