Soapbox Games Reviews
Moritz Mehlem, a German old-school advocate who is pretty well known for his blog “Von der Seifenkiste herab” and his involvement in the Labyrinth Lord community, has recently started releasing his works on...
July 8, 2010
Stargazer
Review: End Time
Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere’s End Time is a dark vision of the future, a world where the stars where right and humanity had to abandon Earth. The book itself also had a quite...
July 7, 2010
RPGNow/DriveThruRPG discounts for July
Like last months readers of blogs participating in One Book Shelf’s blog support program get a 20% discount on a large number of PDF products! This time the coupon is good for the...
July 7, 2010
Review: Cthulhu Rising
Usually Call of Cthulhu games are set into the 1920s, the Victorian age or modern times. But there are some exceptions. This week I want to have a look at two books that...
July 6, 2010
Review: Hounds of G.O.D.
Hounds of G.O.D. by Adam J. Weber Games is a 40-paged roleplaying game which is crammed full of awesomeness. Hounds of G.O.D. is set into a dystopian future. A minority of the population...
July 5, 2010
Ulisses Spiele GmbH now owns TORG
According to a post on the West End Game fan forums, WEG’s Eric Gibson sold the rights to TORG to the German company Ulisses Spiele GmbH, which is known as the publisher of...
July 5, 2010
Open Game Table now available at Sphärenmeisters Spiele
This will probably interest my German readers: The Open Game Table Vol. 1 is now available for 19.95€ at Sphärenmeisters Spiele, my favorite online game shop. According to fellow blogger Moritz Mehlem, Roland...
July 5, 2010
Realms of Cthulhu Giveaway Contest
UPDATE: The contest is now closed. The winner will announced next week! I promised you another giveaway contest and here it is! I still have one PDF copy of Reality Blurs’ excellent “Realms...
July 1, 2010
June Solstice Giveaway: The lucky winners
On Saturday morning I created a list of the 29 valid contest entries and then used the random number service provided by random.org to generate three random numbers. The lucky winners of the...
June 28, 2010
Deathwatch: In-Depth Preview Video
This game sounds more intriguing every time I learn something new about it. And the new concept of “Squad Mode” vs. “Solo Mode” that’s explained in the video sounds like a very cool...
June 24, 2010
Review: The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume I
Recently a lot of RPG blogs have posted reviews of the third volume of the Kobold Guide, so it seems I am a bit late to the party. In the long run I...
June 23, 2010
Deathwatch: Final Sanction
Fantasy Flight Games’ preview adventure to the upcoming Deathwatch roleplaying game is finally available for download at RPGNow. Deatchwatch is another RPG set into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. This time players adopt the...
June 22, 2010
June Solstice Giveaway contest
To celebrate the first day of summer (or winter if you are living on the southern hemisphere) we’re giving away more RPG PDFs in collaboration with the nice guys at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG! This time...
June 21, 2010
Ask The Readers: What’s your take on Exalted?
White Wolf’s Exalted is one of the games that immediately piqued my interest when it came out. I’ve enjoyed several White Wolf games before and I was excited to see White Wolf’s version...
June 21, 2010
Dungeonslayers is now on Facebook
Dungeonslayers, the old-fashioned roleplaying game, is now out to conquer the world using the popular social network Facebook. If you are a fan of Christian Kennig’s rules-light fantasy game, join us on the...
June 18, 2010
Fantasy Craft giveaway: The lucky winner!
This weekend Roberto and I talked about who should get the free PDF copy of Fantasy Craft. In the end we picked Thomas C. Why? We like the fact that he wants to...
June 14, 2010
Lazy Friday Video Post: Roleplaying
Enjoy some “Roleplaying” Family Guy style! It’s pretty Safe For Work, so don’t worry and have fun!
June 11, 2010