Podcast #164: Carbon Grey with Mike Olson
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Mike Olson to talk about Carbon Grey: The Role-Playing Game and Omnibus. In the news, influential RPG designer Steve Perrin passed away, 2021 ENNIE Award...
View ArticleThis Week's "Killer DM" Trifecta
This post isn't intended to brag. Trust me. Of the three games I have run this week, all met with a somewhat disappointing ending. 1) TPK in 5e 2) MacGuffin devoured by cursed item, really derailing...
View ArticleSo You've Decided to Run a "Western" Game. What Kind?
You're not sure how it happened. Maybe you read one Louie L'Amour novel too many. Maybe you shotgunned the entire Westworld series last weekend, or maybe you are one of the three people who thought...
View ArticleNews Digest for the Week of August 20
Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! ENnie Award voting is now live, new release for Shadowrun, the Dune RPG gets a new sourcebook already, a Magic: The Gathering deck has been...
View ArticleWhat is your biggest RPG heartbreak?
My biggest rpg heartbreak happened with Star Frontiers. I was really into the d100 system and the primary plus secondary skill builds. I hand drew many new equipments, robot models, ships. Bought...
View ArticleGoblin Slayer: Controversial anime to get a tabletop RPG
Goblin Slayer: Controversial anime to get a tabletop RPG The game engine needs 2d6, which are called Fate dice, and recommends 4 to 5 players, including the GM. www.geeknative.com I really hope they...
View ArticleGame Design Masterclass: Emberwind
Conventions are great places to find gems you might not have seen in the sweeping ocean that is the internet. Emberwind was one of those for me and since picking up a copy a few years ago the line has...
View ArticleMaking Adventures/Campaigns About Stuff (Themes in Games)
On its surface, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) was just about some dude who wanted to exact revenge on Captain Kirk for marooning him on a doomed planet. But if that's all the story had to...
View ArticleKickstarter musings
I've backed 49 Kickstarters. I'm no Superbacker, but I've backed my share. I've also created 26 Kickstarters. With that in mind, here are some of my personal observations. Your mileage may - and almost...
View ArticleYes, You Can Turn Your Campaign Into a Novel
Anyone who has ever attended a panel on writing novels has likely heard a frequently asked question: Can I turn my role-playing game into a novel? In the past, Dragonlance was frequently cited as an...
View ArticleDo You Want A Tricorder Boxed Set?
Of course you do! And luckily, Modiphius has announced a boxed set version of Star Trek Adventures which they're billing as "the world's first wearable roleplaying game", because the box is shaped like...
View ArticleIntroducing the Sentient Plant PC (Gamma World)
What follows is my hacked-together idea for sentient plant PCs for d20 Gamma World. Please note that this is *unfinished*, very much a work in progress...just thought I'd throw it out there for some...
View ArticleOSR: d8 Battle Axe or d8 Broad Sword?
A question from my continuing OSR saga: what's the difference between a battle axe that does d8 damage and a sword that does d8 damage? Both are one-handed, both are too heavy to continuously wield....
View ArticleGame in Many Settings with the Elemental Core Rules
Elemental (PDF on sale 8/24) (58 page free preview with pre-gens and adventure) is a rules light universal roleplaying game with free adventure (many including pre-generated PCs) and rule support on...
View ArticleWarhammer Fantasy Roleplay vs Warhammer Age of Sigmar Roleplay
Hello, am I reading correctly, is there two TTRPG based on Warhammer Fantasy ? Or the Age of Sigmar one is just for minis? If there's two settings, which one is closer to Total War Warhammers ? Thanks!
View ArticleHelp With Dwarven Vault
My players will be venturing into a Dwarven vault in the future. (about 6 sessions or so) and I am starting work on designing some of the stuff there so I can foreshadow and reveal some of the info...
View ArticleConstellation of Complications
This has been a recurring conversation with myself and others: "What constrains GM complications (in various games)?" One game that has come up a lot as of recent is Blades in the Dark (due to some...
View ArticleDo you remember your first RPG purchase?
Though I had played for a couple of years I was very poor and couldn't afford to buy any RPG stuff. ( I did create some of my own games and even made some cardboard d8's!) Then in 1982 I had some...
View ArticleRPG Crowdfunding News – Delta Green, Tome of Heroes, Mausritter, and more
This week’s article looks are RPG crowdfunding projects that end between August 24th to September 12th. As always, it’s not an exhaustive list of the RPG campaigns available Kickstarter, IndieGoGo,...
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