Genteel Magistrate

Sorry to all and sundry that I’ve been AWOL, it’s been a rough couple of months at the Genteel Magistrate’s abode, with some deaths in our friends-family circle. To make up for lost time, I’ll point you to a nifty set of private railroad cars, circa 19...

The following isn’t comprehensive, but is based on issues players of the Victorious RPG have brought to my attention. If you’ve noticed any such rules issues that aren’t listed here, please feel free to send them my way or post in the comment...

Much like the fiction that inspired it, different Victorious chronicles have different backgrounds for the “Event” that caused SuperMankind to emerge. Like all GMs, I’ve got my own and it involves ancient gods and magicks stored to defend Earth against a...

One of the inevitabilities of Victorious (and most other RPGs) is that of player knowledge of the results of tasks. For example, if a hero knows he has a 12+ success rate for a check or save, rolls 17, he knows he made it. Conversely, if he rolled a 3 he knows...

It’s probably the historian in me, but one issue I’ve had with running a long-term Victorious chronicle is that of time moving onward. I suppose it’s a problem to any historical RPG, be it Godlike’s World War II, Call of Cthulhu’s 1920s, or Colonial ...

One of the more interesting ideas that is (or should be) a part of a Victorious chronicle is that of the influence SuperMankind can have on the history of a world. For those chronicles that emphasize the late 19th century, their influence could be quite profou...

Greetings everyone, I don’t normally plug other blogs (except when I feel like it)….but this one is pretty sweet: https://swordsandstitchery.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-war-of-worlds-godzilla-1898-troll.html Eric’s blog has lots of good info anyway,...

I’ve a confession to make, though I’m sure its hardly news to anyone who’s read the Victorious RPG. I love alternative history. “Counterfactuals”, as historians call them, I find endlessly fascinating and inspirations for gaming. If you have a electr...

Doesn’t this feel like 2020? Greetings all, Sorry for the 2 month+ delay in posting, its been a hell of a couple of months. Classes, seminars, visiting family, getting back and finding out one of the family had CV19, going into quarantine ourselves, Fall...