A Merry Christmas!
I just came back from the Christmas Eve dinner at my parents and decided it was the perfect time to wish you all a merry Christmas! As you’ve probably noticed I am taking...
December 24, 2009
Stargazer
Dungeonslayers: Tomb of the Witchking
Some days ago the 2nd “Dungeon-2-Go” for the Dungeonslayers RPG has been released. While the German version had been available for some time now, Andreas Bösche, Sana D. and Moritz Mehlem finished the...
December 22, 2009
Am I getting old or just lazy?
In the last years I have developed an aversion against games that are very rules-heavy. Although Pathfinder looks very sweet, I just can’t see myself any game based on the d20 System anymore...
December 16, 2009
Chill Quickstart Rules
This may be old news to some of my readers, but I just learned about the Quickstart Rules for Chill 3rd Edition. I’ve played Chill a few years back (I think it was...
December 16, 2009
Why I love the Dragon Age RPG
Some days ago Green Ronin finally made the Dragon Age RPG Set 1 available for preorder and offered it as PDF download, too. On top of that everyone one who preorders the boxed...
December 15, 2009
Freebie: Free FATE
Today I stumbled upon a rather interesting document: Free FATE. Free FATE is a cut down and condensed version of the FATE system by Evil Hat Productions. From what I’ve seen so far,...
December 14, 2009
Dragon Age RPG Set 1 is available for preorder
I think I have mentioned several times already that the Dragon Age RPG from Green Ronin is one of the games I am very much interested in. Since yesterday the Dragon Age RPG...
December 11, 2009
Mad Ramblings of a Crazy GM
My good friend Michael Garcia has finally started blogging. Ok, I made him do it, because I thought it might help him overcome his writer’s block. Until now he has posted two posts...
December 9, 2009
Freebie: Mini Six
In the last months I have posted several times about West End Games’ D6 System and the OpenD6 project. A few months ago, Eric Gibson, owner of WEG released the cinematic RPG from...
December 8, 2009
Review: Shambles by Duane O’Brien
Last week, Duane O’Brien, blogger and owner of the RPG Bloggers Network, provided me with a free copy of Shambles, his Zombie RPG. But it’s no ordinary Zombies RPG. This time you don’t...
December 7, 2009
Ask The Readers: Netbook at the gaming table
Recently I have been thinking about whether I should buy a netbook or not. As you probably all know I love all kinds of technical toys and I am still missing a netbook...
December 7, 2009
Open Game Table Vol. 2 is coming!
Wahoo! This is great news! Jonathan Jacobs has decided that he wants to go forward with OGT Vol. 2 for Summer 2010. This time, the OGT will be released simultaneously as an ebook...
December 7, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: Game Geeks #124 Fantasy Craft
Sorry for posting another Game Geeks video, but I had good reasons for doing so: a) the video is a review of the awesome d20 based Fantasy Craft game and b) the video...
December 4, 2009
RPG News for December 4th 2009
I found a few newsworthy items I want to share with you guys: Diaspora discount Perhaps you remember my post about Diaspora, the FATE-powered Hard-SF game. Fred Hicks now posted on his blog...
December 4, 2009
Ask The Readers: Sex in Gaming
A lot of RPG books contain artwork of lightly clad females, the chainmail biki is a common trope of most fantasy games and especially a lot of game book covers were obviously made...
December 2, 2009