Lucky Byte Palace https://luckybytepalace.net The personal website of remotenemesis. Life! RPGs! Wargames! Adventure! Excitement! en-us The Luminious Scroll – Kublacon Prime: Within the Charnel of Dreams https://luckybytepalace.net/blog/the-luminous-scroll/ I'll be running a Mothership 1e game called Within the Charnel of Dreams at Kublacon Prime 2026. Rules-light Mothership mechanically leans into roll-your-own sci-fi horror themes with deadly combat that encourages flight over fight, and a well-wrought panic mechanism that pushes the PCs further down the death-spiral through a cascade of poor life choices – if you like that sort of thing. My game draws on influences from the cassette-futurism of Outland, remixed with a little of Michael Mann's Tangerine Dream scored and smoke-machine drenched horror-war-flick The Keep. Without giving away too much, there's some in-your-face H.R. Giger inspired aesthetics if (or rather when) things go suitably wrong.

I debuted this game to friends at the Dead of Winter Horror Invitational last December, and also ran it at Dundracon earlier this year for a great group that really leaned into the genre. Stop by and say hello if you're at Kubla.

]]> Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:00 -0700 https://luckybytepalace.net/blog/the-luminous-scroll/#kublacon-prime Wednesday Night Ritual – Session Zero https://luckybytepalace.net/rpg/wednesday-night-ritual/ OK, let's do this crazy thing. I used to run DCC at the store in the before times, and had a lot of fun with a great group of regulars and revolving troublemakers. Maybe we can recreate that magic? I'm considering running one of the following vaguely defined paths:

  • Absolutely classic modules with some narrative glue to tie them together
  • Purple Planet (pulpy swords and planets setting)
  • Lankhmar (gritty, urban fantasy without Clerics)
  • Chained Coffin (Appalachian-inspired fantasy)
  • Dying Earth (Jack Vance's sci-fantasy setting)

Come meet for Session Zero. We'll see if we vibe and can figure out our flavor of DCC insanity together. My preference is for some classic modules or go wild with Purple Planet, as there's a vast array of material to play through. I probably can be bribed.

We already have 3 interested players!

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