We had a fantastic weekend at LongCon this year. I just wanted to mark the Tales from the Lone Lands game we played with a few photos.
The core of the game was fully supported by the ‘Tales from the Lone Lands’ adventure book and of course the excellent ‘The One Ring 2nd Edition’ from Free league. As the game’s Loremaster I had all the material I could need to provide an exciting and strongly emblematic set of five sessions over the weekend. We played out the majority of scenarios 2-6 in our time together, paced to ensure a suitable climax that drew a satisfactory conclusion, tieing some of the threads together that had been hinted throughout. It was the quality of the core game and adventure book that persuaded me to offer to GM on this occasion, perhaps backed by my long adoration of Tolkien’s work.
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| A long preparation |
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| Figures, Lore and Custom Dice Trays |
The game also re-ignited my figure painting, picking up a series of excellent figures from Renown Gaming. Alex and Kari painted the heroes and 3D printed some amazing dice trays that really lifted the table presentation! I painted some of the orcs and other foes. Carmel painted a brilliant dragon, and Neil helped by providing a range of other figures that featured prominently in play.
Our session zero was conducted on Role.
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| An introduction and session zero on Role |
I lost two players on the way to the event, which was a great shame, but that left a company of four to tackle the growing shadow in Eriadior.
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| Play at the table |
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| The Heroes |
We built a company for a while, to shape the weekend for each of us and play a good game. Although I was tired, I managed the format pretty well, which has encouraged me to offer again another year. It’s good to know that I still have the weekend marathon GMing in me! The weekend and game was made by the excellent play from each of us.