grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Next month, I travel down to Christchurch to run the Den of Wolves megagame for SAGA. $5 is an amazingly low price for a megagame experience. 134
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Feedback from my run of the Colossus of Atlantis megagame at Convergence on 18 September. texarkana23.wordpress.com/2026/09/27/c...texarkana23.wordpress.comColossus of Atlantis At ConvergenceOn 13 September 2026, we ran Colossus of Atlantis at the Convergence convention in Hamilton. Convergence is hosted by the Waikato Roleplaying Guild, and is mainly focused on tabletop roleplaying ga… 021
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 06/08/2026So nice to take a day off work and just spend it on designing a game. This is a map I am working on for the Colossus of Atlantis megagame at Convergence in September. So the corners will get filled with reference info, game trackers, and holding boxes. Probably A0 size when printed. 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026WOTC releasing a vampire character class for 5E means you will soon be able to play three vampire kobolds in a trench coat. 020
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 06/06/2026What I did at Wellycon this year.texarkana23.wordpress.comWellyconI had two main commitments at Wellycon this year, running an introductory Megagame, “The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire, and running a Runequest scenario, “Stealing the EyeR… 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 29/05/2026All packed up to run an introductory megagame at Wellycon tomorrow, about the Decline and Fall of a Galactic Empire. 151
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 12/04/2026AAR from the third run of Watch the Stars last month: texarkana23.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/w... 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Last chance to get tickets before we do the first pass at casting roles on Monday night. events.humanitix.com/watch-the-st...events.humanitix.comWatch the StarsA megagame for 20-60 players, inspired by the Mass Effect video games and the original Watch the Skies megagame. 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Once again I must feed the algorithm with self promotion for my megagame in Auckland on 21 March: events.humanitix.com/watch-the-st...events.humanitix.comWatch the StarsA megagame for 20-60 players, inspired by the Mass Effect video games and the original Watch the Skies megagame. 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Ticket sales for the Watch the Stars megagame in Auckland on Saturday 21 march are now live: events.humanitix.com/watch-the-st...events.humanitix.comWatch the StarsA megagame for 20-60 players, inspired by the Mass Effect video games and the original Watch the Skies megagame. 043
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Finally got around to doing a write up of my megagame last November. Hoping to run it again in Auckland in March. texarkana23.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/w... 000
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Doing a second run of the Watch the Stars megagame in Wellington on Saturday 29 November. We have already sold the minimum number of tickets for the event to go ahead. events.humanitix.com/watch-the-st...events.humanitix.comWatch the Stars MegagameA six hour science fiction megagame for 20 or more players, inspired by the Mass Effect computer games and the original Watch the Skies megagame. 135
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Megagame after action report.texarkana23.wordpress.comWatch the StarsOn Saturday 16 August, we ran Watch the Stars, an adaptation of Jim Wallman’s classic Watch the Skies megagame, with inspiration from the Mass Effect video games, and the Andre Norton novels … 020
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I am running a megagame inspired by the Mass Effect video games and the Watch the Skies megagame in Hamilton on Saturday 16 August. The game is sponsored by the Waikato Roleplaying Guild. Tickets are $10 from here: wrpg-megagame-2025.lilregie.com/booking/atte...wrpg-megagame-2025.lilregie.comWRPG Megagame 2025 044
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I ran a megagame earlier this month and helped raise some money for the Cancer Society. texarkana23.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/d...texarkana23.wordpress.comDread KingdomOn Saturday 10 May we ran the Dread Kingdom megagame at the Cancer Society Games Fair in Auckland. This game was a spiritual successor to Dread Crusade, and explored the situation of what follows t… 030
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Ran a good megagame on Saturday, had about 40 people taking part, and helped raise a bit of cash for the Cancer Society. 020
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The best trap I have made for a dungeon crawler is a room that contains two boxes. Each time a box is opened, two new boxes appear in the room. The boxes mostly contained junk items, but could contain a useful item or trap. When my players had this encounter, they spent two hours opening 36 boxes. 010
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Misread neo-corporate as necro-corporate when reading the Cyberpunk RED rules, and now I have a new campaign twist. 020
grand-vizier.bsky.social @grand-vizier.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I have finally sent out an email to people with some Aotearoa New Zealand megagame info for 2025. For those not on the list the main points are (1) I will be running a sequel to Dread Crusade, called Dread Kingdom, at the Auckland Cancer Society Games Fair on 10 May. 130
