Recommendation: Kestrel Investigates
I guess Monday is a good day for off-topic posts. But what I am about to share with you, is just too awesome. I recently stumbled upon a web series called “Kestrel Investigates”...
May 6, 2019
Stargazer
Let’s talk Minecraft
Yes, I know. This is a tabletop roleplaying game blog, not a computer game one. But it’s also still my personal blog, so I guess a small detour from our regular content is...
May 6, 2019
Alien RPG coming from Free League
It’s no secret that I love everything Free League Publishing (aka Fria Ligan) has released so far. Mutant: Year Zero (see my review here) is definitely my favorite game at the monent (including...
April 29, 2019
Kickstarter: Odyssey of the Dragonlords
Modiphius is more active than ever. I just heard from their PR assistant Panny that they just recently started another Kickstarter project which has been funded in its first 24 hours. They are...
April 17, 2019
James Albert Smith Jr (1968–2019)
On April 10th James Smith known for his OSR blog Dreams of Mythic Fantasy passed away. I didn’t really know him, but I’ve read his blog from time to time. Regardless it always...
April 17, 2019
John Carter of Mars Live Play
I don’t actually remember when I first learned about Edgar Rice Burrough’s series of books about a civil war veteran from Virginia who suddenly finds himself on Mars, but I immediately fell in...
April 16, 2019
I think I finally “get” Fudge
Since I first discovered it many years ago I have been struggling with Fudge. There are aspects I love like it’s skill system and dice mechanic, but other parts of the game totally...
April 11, 2019
Kickstarter: RPG Smith
This is just a quick update to let you folks know that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the RPGSmith (check out my article about it) GM features is now live. They need about...
March 25, 2019
Advice / Call of Cthulhu / FATE / Freebies / Other Systems / Pathfinder / RPG / RPG tools / Savage Worlds
RPGSmith
A couple of days ago, David Sumner, co-founder of RPGSmith got in touch with me and told me about his free web application. RPGSmith is – in a nutshell – an interactive character...
March 19, 2019
All good things come in Threes…
If you have followed my blog for a while you surely must have noticed that there’s a certain white whale I am hunting for years now: an old-school D&D sandbox campaign. I’ve made...
March 15, 2019
Podcast Recommendation: The Dungeon Master’s Handbook
This is a quick follow-up to my last post. I got in touch with Michael Shorten aka ChicagoWiz and asked him for advice on how to run old-school sandbox games. He pointed me...
March 14, 2019
From my reading list: ChicagoWiz’s RPG Blog
I really, really want to run a new game for my friends, but I am still not sure if I am a) ready for it and b) what I should pick. You know,...
March 14, 2019
More Modiphius News: Grimmerspace
It seems the folks at Modiphius are on a roll right now. Recently I shared news about their upcoming Fallout RPG and the new Achtung! Cthulhu edition for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition....
March 13, 2019
F*ck the ENnies
Please excuse the click-baity nature of the title, but I thought it was the best way to get your attention. So what is the issue I am having with the ENnies? First let...
March 13, 2019
Critical Role KS Criticism
I have to admit I haven’t really followed the discussions surrounding the Critical Role Kickstarter project. Heck, I haven’t even checked out the project itself until recently. So what is all the fuzz...
March 12, 2019
Colonial Gothic: Grim & Perilous RPG
If you have been following this blog for a while you might already know that I love the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Game from Games Workshop. It was basically the first RPG I...
March 12, 2019
Achtung! Cthulhu for 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
A few days ago I was surprised to find emails from DriveThruRPG in my inbox with links to free copies of three new products. As it turned out Mödiphiüs had just released an...
March 12, 2019