Ropecon 2013

Back from the Ropecon 2013

Hello everyone! Last weekend we were at Ropecon 2013 and we hosted four games during the weekend. Almost all of our games were full and all in all players seemed to like the game. We would like to thank all the players for trying out Mundus RPG!

At Ropecon we game mastered the campaign from our Quickstart. Each of the four parties took a very different approach to the problem at hand. If you are planning to play the Quickstart campaign and you don’t want to spoil yourself, stop reading now (See you next Sunday!).

The basic plot of the campaign is that the players are demon hunters who are tasked to find and kill a Gaki demon on the island of Akusekijima. The campaign guides the player characters to search for a rōnin who presumably works for the gaki. The players are informed that the rōnin has probably used one of the two tea houses in the town. From either of the two tea houses the player characters find information about the rōnins whereabouts and with the “help” of the rōnin they can find the gaki. For more detailed description of the campaign check out the Quickstart’s Game Master chapter.

In one of our games the plot didn’t follow the script at all. The player characters ignored the tips about the tea houses and the rōnin and focused in finding the demon. They followed the rumors about the demon’s attacks against samurai and travelers across the island. One of the characters was a samurai from the local Murakami clan and he used his influence to arrange a small weapons shipment which the player characters then used to lure out the demon.

The trap was a success and the characters managed to capture the rōnin leader Noboru. The players managed to make a deal with him and he revealed the gaki’s hideout. Once the player characters reached the temple of water god Agura they shouted a challenge to the gaki. One of the player characters challenged the gaki into a duel, but he soon discovered that he was no match against he gaki. His not-so-honorable demon hunter friends rushed to help him and defeated the demon after many rounds of combat.

See you next Sunday!