Review: Tales From The Loop
I don’t remember when I first learned about Simon Stålenhag‘s work. It might have been the article from The Verge in 2013, or a random blog post I stumbled upon while aimlessly surfing...
July 20, 2017
Stargazer
Plans For After The Pause
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am currently taking a break from GMing. I hung my GM’s mantle on the hanger and for the next few weeks at least I’ll just...
July 19, 2017
[Freebies] 7th Sea Basic Rules
John Wick’s 7th Sea is a pen & paper roleplaying game of swashbuckling and intrigue, exploration and adventure. The 2nd Edition of said game has totally new rules which are very easy, fast,...
July 18, 2017
Player Advice
One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that while there are a lot of posts about how to be a better GM, there are way less about how to be a better...
July 18, 2017
Review: Coriolis–The Third Horizon
It’s no secret that I enjoyed Fria Ligan’s (aka Free League) Mutant: Year Zero. This game came to me as a total surprise and when I finally got my hands on it, I...
July 17, 2017
Games I’m excited about: Genesys
Fantasy Flight Games recently announced a new genre-agnostic roleplaying game powered by the Narrative Dice System, which is of course the system used in their popular Star Wars roleplaying games. I’ve been playing Edge...
July 12, 2017
5 Reasons Why You Should Get The New Star Trek Adventures RPG
A couple of days ago Modiphius released their eagerly-awaited Star Trek roleplaying game. Star Trek Adventures is the latest game in the long line of Star Trek games which have been pretty much...
July 10, 2017
Taking another break
The roleplaying games hobby can be pretty frustrating at times, especially if you’re a game master. One issue I’ve had all my life is that I quickly burn out on the games I...
June 28, 2017
Still alive …
Usually I avoid this kind of posts, but since I haven’t really written anything since May, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to send a few life signs… In May I returned to work...
June 21, 2017
New Traveller Starter Set
Sometimes I don’t know what’s going on in the minds of the people working at Mongoose. Recently they released the digital version of a Starter Set for their 2nd Edition Traveller game –...
May 31, 2017
[Kickstarter] The Veil: Cascade
Cyberpunk is definitely one of my favorite genres. So I am always quite excited when a new cyberpunk game gets released or is being kickstarted. For some reason I totally missed “The Veil”...
May 23, 2017
Interview with Marc Miller
If you are a fan of science fiction roleplaying games, then you probably know of Marc Miller. Back in the late 1970s he designed Traveller, which is without doubt one of the most well-loved...
May 15, 2017
Kickstarter – Archive: Historical People, Places, and Events for RPGs
Recently Tristran Zimmermann got in touch with me and let me know about his awesome new Kickstarter project: “Archive: Historical People, Places, and Events for RPGs”. The book is already written, laid out...
May 2, 2017
Interview: Modiphius
Back when the new Conan RPG by Modiphius was released I contacted Chris Birch and asked him if he was interested in doing another interview with us. Here’s what Chris and Sam Webb,...
April 7, 2017
Video: Why Traveller Leads the Pack of SF RPGs
Today I’ve stumbled upon a YouTube video by the Complex Games Apologist which I wanted to share with you. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxdIPzwcWmE You definitely should also check out his other videos.
April 5, 2017
Interview: Greg Saunders
About a week ago I wrote about Greg Saunders’ Exilium Kickstarter. Since I was interested in learning more about his new game and the man himself, I asked him to answer a couple...
April 4, 2017
Traveller: No Hero’s Journey
During the preparation of my upcoming Traveller campaign I realized something about Traveller: it’s different in one important aspect from most other roleplaying game. Characters don’t get new abilities over time. There’s no...
March 29, 2017