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Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The fellowship: Dryden of Conwall the Collector/Hunter, Averiela the Elf/Elven Elite, Lucia the Brave the Heir/Halfling Sheriff, Edna Crusher-Harcourt the Ogre/Knight
Last time, the Fellowship traveled through time to solve the final magical riddle.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The fellowship: Edna Crusher-Harcourt the Ogre/Knight, Vestri the Dwarf, Yuri the Outlander/Apex
Last time, the Fellowship caught up with the forgers that they promised to capture for Lady Evelynn. Edna ran into her older sister, and it didn’t go well. Ejected from a village that thinks it’s the last bastion of civilization, the Fellowship travels west.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The party: Buckle the Beast/Heart of Earth, Stella the Halfling/Hunter
Last time, the Fellowship learned of a terrible threat: Vampires from Port Fennrick plan to capture the Hidden Library!
By the power of editing, a film can move from place to place or time to time instantly. Establishing shots tell the audience what they are seeing and when. Let’s see how they are used in Tarantula, a creature feature from 1955. This is a long post with many images.
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Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The fellowship: Edna Crusher-Harcourt the Ogre/Knight, Vestri the Dwarf, Yuri the Outlander/Apex
Last time, the party realized they took Lady Evelynn’s help to recover Vestri’s stolen dagger, but didn’t do any of the things they promised to do: bring the forgers and the real weapon they claimed to sell back to Lady Evelynn. They returned to the Oolite Mine, where they last saw Tomay and Soday, the forgers.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The party: Buckle the Beast/Heart of Earth, Stella the Halfling/Hunter
Last time, Buckle hatched another egg that wasn’t his, not even his species. Lst time it was a gragon. This time it was a Phoenix.
Most of Zabriskie Point is shot with 70s-style telephoto zoom lens, just pointing the camera at whoever is speaking. Nothing spectacular.
Then the movie goes out to the desert and this shot really made me lean forward and pay attention.
The airplane appears in the background while Daria fixes her car. Closing the hood reveals the airplane again. It even appears in the thin slit of sky between the door and roof! That’s so hard to do!
Speaking of precisely positioning the airplane, here’s a terrifying stunt. Respect to the stunt performers!
That’s no stunt performer! They put the lead actress in that car and aimed an airplane at her.
Later they cut to a close-up to emphasize a line of dialog, but the camera is on the wrong side! I never know what to expect with this movie.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The fellowship: Dryden of Conwall the Collector/Hunter, Averiela the Elf/Elven Elite, Lucia the Brave the Heir/Halfling Sheriff, Edna Crusher-Harcourt the Ogre/Knight
Last time, the Fellowship entered the second of three doors and solved another magical puzzle. Only one door remains, and the second puzzle gave them a key.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The party: Buckle the Beast/Heart of Earth, Stella the Halfling/Hunter
Last time, the party introduced two groups of Rain to each other, got some fire-proof suits, and returned to their damaged boat.
Chasing the Sunset is a West Marches-style exploration game using Fellowship 2nd Edition‘s Horizon rules.
The fellowship: Edna Crusher-Harcourt the Ogre/Knight, Vestri the Dwarf, Yuri the Outlander/Apex
Last time, the Fellowship finally found Vestri’s stolen Redrock Dagger in a ghost town deep in a forest. Unableto nagivate through the forest, Edna used Infinite WIndows to send Yuri and Vestri to Bogden, while she stayed with her other friends.