Review: ACHTUNG! Cthulhu – Three Kings
The possibility of links between the Nazis and the occult have been a topic of speculation for a very long time and eventually became a trope in fiction. Just think of computer games...
November 5, 2012
Stargazer
NaGa DeMon: The first step is always the hardest
Sometimes it’s really hard to come up with a good idea if you need one. For the last few days I’ve tried really hard to think about a cool setting for the game...
November 2, 2012
First Look: Barebones Fantasy Role-playing Game
I think I first read about Barebones Fantasy by DwD Studios a couple of weeks ago when I stumbled upon a post showcasing its cover on Google+. I have to admit that the...
October 30, 2012
Review: All We Have Forgotten
A lot of people – including me – are using video game or movie soundtracks as background music for our roleplaying sessions. Alas these soundtracks are often not a perfect fit. Some tracks...
October 23, 2012
Trick or Treat at DriveThruRPG!
Starting today, DriveThruRPG and it’s sister sites DriveThruComics, DriveThruFiction and WarGameVault will run the Trick-or-Treat promotion. The promotion will end on Halloween (October 31st). In that time you can get many of your...
October 22, 2012
Beware! The NaGaDeMon is right around the corner!
A couple of my friends are currently preparing for the NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you challenge yourself to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November....
October 22, 2012
Ask The Readers: Have you played Arcane Heroes?
In November 2010 I released a 5-paged rules-light RPG called Arcane Heroes. In Arcane Heroes the player characters are members of ancient bloodlines during an industrial revolution. It uses a simple dice pool...
October 22, 2012
Ashen Stars soundtrack: “All We Have Forgotten”
A couple of days ago Pelgrane Press released music for Ashen Stars created by James Semple, Marie-Ann Fischer and Yaiza Varona. The same team has been responsible for the awesome Eternal Lies Suite...
October 18, 2012
WR&M Tactics – beta testers required!
Christopher Brind has written a very interesting supplement for Warrior, Rogue & Mage that adds some extra depth to combats. “Tactics” is inspired by action-point based systems found in games like Space Hulk...
October 15, 2012
Do you remember Trinity?
Back in the late 1990s my favorite roleplaying game was definitely White Wolf’s Trinity. Trinity (which was initially called Aeon) was a game set into the 22nd century. Humanity is slowly recovering from...
October 15, 2012
Unified Rolemaster Playtest
I have to admit I still have fond memories of the long Rolemaster campaign a friend of mine has run back when I was at university. Rolemaster is one of those quite crunchy...
October 11, 2012
Ask The Readers: Gaming-related Android apps?
Since I own an iPhone (and later an iPad) I’ve looked for ways to use these devices at the gaming table. Over the last years a lot of gaming-related apps have been released...
October 11, 2012
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Not excited about D&D Next? Then check out these cool alternatives…
This morning I had a conversation on Twitter about the fact that bloggers don’t really seem to be excited about D&D Next anymore and what alternatives to D&D I would recommend. Since 140...
October 10, 2012
Kickstarter: Nova Praxis
You probably remember Nova Praxis, the transhuman sci-fi tabletop roleplaying game I previewed a couple of days ago. A Kickstarter project has now been started to fund the release of that fine game....
October 2, 2012
Interview: Let’s Talk about Iron Kingdoms with Jason Soles
Back in 2001 a small company called Privateer Press released “The Witchfire Trilogy Book 1: The Longest Night” for D&D 3rd Edition. Today Privateer Press is probably best known for its tabletop miniature...
September 27, 2012
Kickstarter: “Dungeonlands: Tomb of the Lich Queen”
Savage Mojo’s Tommy Brownell contacted me a while ago and informed me about a Kickstarter they are running. They are raising money over Kickstarter in order to be able to create two books,...
September 24, 2012