The Dee Sanction – Page 5 – the Dee Sanction

Update

That Is Not Dead

December 21, 2016

Watching Six Wives with Lucy Worsley at the moment (the final of three episodes tonight) has reminded me that I need to focus on getting a playable version of The Dee Sanction out to the wider world next year. Six Wives focusses on the early 16th century, while The Dee … Continue ReadingThat Is Not Dead

Playtesting

The Princess Deviation

August 20, 2016

Building up to some more playtesting of The Dee Sanction, ready or not. As mentioned before, the game will use the same basic mechanic of needing to roll a 7, but I’ll be testing new approaches to improving the chances of success. Characters track their physical and mental condition with … Continue ReadingThe Princess Deviation

Playtesting

Weapons of Magick and Devilry

October 20, 2015August 17, 2016

The Dee Sanction is a game and setting in a steady state of development. It uses a fast-paced, card-based character generation system to get the game up-and-running in moments. Players take on the roles of outsiders, dabblers, and criminals, given a second chance when recruited as investigators into Queen Elizabeth’s … Continue ReadingWeapons of Magick and Devilry

Playtesting

Under Done or Ober Done

May 19, 2015August 17, 2016

We kicked off a new session last night with the intention for a longer game of The Dee Sanction than I have previously run. Until now most adventures have been one-off sessions or convention slots. The adventures have been run to a 3 – 4-hour timeframe. The one game I … Continue ReadingUnder Done or Ober Done

Setting

Garlands of Deceit

April 27, 2015April 20, 2026

I’m having an interesting time reading about John Dee and his role as an intelligence officer within the court of Queen Elizabeth, as referenced in the early sections of The Essential Enochian Grimoire: An Introduction to Angel Magick from Dr John Dee to the Golden Dawn. While I was mainly looking for more … Continue ReadingGarlands of Deceit

Playtesting

Token-less and Dice-free

April 20, 2015August 17, 2016

It’s possible that I’m coming to a turning point with the whole system and approach for The Dee Sanction and the 214 system in general. Running an adventure without using half the system – and finding it works well – might prove worthy food for thought. I ran a new adventure – … Continue ReadingToken-less and Dice-free

Events Playtesting

The Dee Sanction at the Cow

March 16, 2015August 17, 2016

This weekend, I ran two games of The Dee Sanction, at Concrete Cow in Milton Keynes. I suspect I will ruminate and post more than once on the outcome from these sessions. I ran two adventures, both of which I’d run before. ‘The Gongfermor Deception‘ has been run at least … Continue ReadingThe Dee Sanction at the Cow

Essence

Wither Moravia?

December 25, 2014

I have been spending a fair amount of time reading, with the intent that some background will fuel creativity in adventures and setting. Here I speak specifically about The Dee Sanction. At heart, the setting revolves around the travels of Doctor Dee and Edward Kelley in Eastern Europe. The good … Continue ReadingWither Moravia?

Game Mechanics Playtesting

The Me in Team

December 9, 2014

Teamwork. What is it good for? That’s a tough one. In the session of The Dee Sanction I ran at Dragonmeet on Saturday, I found the teamwork dynamic of the group worked quite well. When someone faced a challenge and they rolled outside their success threshold, the team generally jumped … Continue ReadingThe Me in Team

Events Playtesting

Playtesting at Dragonmeet

December 7, 2014

Dragonmeet 2014 at the ILEC Conference Centre saw me running another playtest session of 214. I ran The Dee Sanction setting using a new adventure called “The Holy Wax Infant of Prague“. I had five players and a table in the open gaming area (where I had the opportunity to … Continue ReadingPlaytesting at Dragonmeet