Setting Yourself Up For Failure
Over the 20+ years of my gaming career I noticed something which has led to the premature demise of many campaigns. It usually starts with me getting the impression that my players are...
February 20, 2018
Stargazer
Relativity!
Today I finished reading “Time for the Stars”, a classic young-adult science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. You might be asking yourselves now why I am reading old young-adult novels and what it...
February 19, 2018
Bundle of Holding: Traveller New Era
If you are into science fiction and space opera roleplaying games the latest Bundle of Holding may be of interest to you. For about $15 you get everything you need to run a...
February 14, 2018
Games I am excited about: 2018 Edition
Yes, I am easily excited. There are a lot of gamers who are wary of new things, who stick to their old and well-tread ways, but I am not one of those. I...
January 16, 2018
Happy New Year
While I am still enjoying a few days off from work (and blogging) I thought it would be nice to wish you all a happy new year. I hope you had pleasant and...
January 4, 2018
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition available as PDF
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition was the first roleplaying game I’ve played for an extended period of time, and it’s to this day one of my favorites. Recently there was a Warhammer Fantasy...
December 7, 2017
Fate Accelerated And Fallout
Last weekend I wanted to give Fate another chance. Even though I have given up on Fate several times before, I wasn’t happy with that decision. In theory I love what Fate Core...
December 6, 2017
A Look At Awaken
A while back Zoltan Lečei from The Games Collective, a Croatian game developer, contacted me and told me about their game Awaken which had been successfully funded by Kickstarter in 2015. Awaken is...
December 5, 2017
Advice / Ask The Readers / Legacy D&D / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
Ending The Break–Or How To Deal With GM Anxiety
Back in June I decided to take a break from running roleplaying games. I have been wearing the GM’s mantle for many, many years now, and I just needed to step back from...
November 28, 2017
Feature / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / Reviews & First Looks / RPG / Shadow of the Demon Lord
A Look At Shadow of the Demon Lord
This morning, when I thought about writing about Shadow of the Demon Lord, I was totally amazed that I haven’t actually mentioned it on the blog at all. Robert Schwalb’s Shadow of the...
November 6, 2017
Contagious Excitement
I have to admit that I am easily excitable. When someone comes up with a roleplaying game which tries to tread new ground, makes things a little different, or just has inspiring artwork,...
October 27, 2017
More Thoughts On The Index Card RPG
Last Saturday I finally had the chance to give the Index Card RPG by Runehammer Games a try. My players were interested in a space opera/space fantasy game, so I thought Warp Shell...
October 26, 2017
Thoughts on the Index Card RPG
I don’t actually remember how I stumbled upon the Index Card RPG CORE by Runehammer Games. It could be someone mentioned it in a chat, or I just saw it on sale at...
October 17, 2017
Preview: FrontierSpace Referee’s Handbook
As I stated in my recent review of the FrontierSpace PHB, FrontierSpace is one of the most exciting releases this year. Even though I have played and even written fantasy roleplaying games before,...
October 16, 2017
Fria Ligan Interview with Tomas Härenstam
Fria Ligan (or Free League Publishing) has quickly become one of my favorite game publishers/design teams. But even though I totally love what they are doing I actually don’t know that much about...
October 6, 2017
Ravenloft and Retro Clones
Halloween is definitely not as popular over here as it is in the US, but I just had the thought running a horror-themed roleplaying game in the days around the end of October...
October 2, 2017
Review: FrontierSpace Player’s Handbook
It’s a great time for fans of science-fiction roleplaying games. Kevin Crawford has just successfully kickstarted a revised edition of Stars Without Number, Green Ronin recently accounced a roleplaying game based on the...
October 1, 2017
Kickstarter: Forbidden Lands
I am taking a short break from my vacation to talk about something I am very excited about. Fria Ligan, creators of games like Mutant: Year Zero, Tales From The Loop, and Coriolis...
September 25, 2017
Hacking WR&M–A Play Report by Malcolm Coull
A while back Malcolm Coull got in touch with me asking me about the source files for the WR&M character sheets. He had created his own homebrew version of “my little game” and...
September 15, 2017