Five Great Blogs About Role-Playing Games @ GeekDad
Robert Sandlan has posted an article on WIRED GeekDad that will hopefully spawn an entire series: There is a world of endless information out there on the net but when it comes to...
June 18, 2009
Stargazer
RPG Bloggers are fans of Weird Al Yankovic
There was some talk on Twitter about whether RPG Bloggers are fans of Weird Al or not. I know that I always enjoyed listening to his songs and watching his awesome music videos....
June 16, 2009
OpenD6 logo revealed
Recently the web developer who is working for Eric Gibson to create the OpenD6 website revealed not only the OpenD6 logo but also posted an early screenshot of the OpenD6 website. The logo...
June 16, 2009
Get a discount at 6d6 Fireball!
Thanks for your help testing the 6d6 Fireball Affiliate System! I just got word from Chris Tregenza that the test was a success. To show their gratitude, the guys from 6d6 Fireball are...
June 16, 2009
When your campaign has jumped the shark
Sometimes I get the feeling that my love for epic stories has got the best of me. And usually when I push my roleplaying campaigns to epic extremes I shortly thereafter notice that...
June 16, 2009
Help the guys from 6d6 Fireball test their Affiliate system!
The nice guys from 6d6 Fireball need your help. They are currently testing their Affilitate systems. What can you do to help? Helping as a blogger/site owner: Let them know via twitter (send...
June 15, 2009
Crimefighters!
Did you know that TSR released a 22-page pulp RPG in Dragon magazine #42 back in 1981? Back in 1981 I didn’t even know what TSR was and I think I read my...
June 15, 2009
Good advice for all RPG bloggers
Yesterday fellow blogger Trask posted an article with advice for aspiring RPG bloggers over at Living Dice. Even if you are already a RPG blogger you should check out this post. It’s an...
June 15, 2009
Ad Astra: And so it begins… (Part 2)
The first part of my first Ad Astra adventure started a bit slow but that will soon change. The adventurers, new recruits of the Twilight Star, were ordered to investigate an archeological dig...
June 11, 2009
Dungeons & Dragons Online goes free to play
Ok, in my first post I told everyone that this blog is about pen & paper RPGs and not MMORPGs or even LARP. But sometime you just have to break your own rules...
June 10, 2009
Earthdawn Third Edition
After FASA closed its doors, I lost track of what has happened to the Earthdawn franchise. So I was pretty surprised that the current license holder, RedBrick Ltd., is actually releasing a 3rd...
June 8, 2009
Which fantasy writer am I?
Today when I was bored, I took the “Which fantasy writer are you?” quiz on HelloQuizzy.com and the result was: Ursula K Le Guin (b. 1929) 9 High-Brow, -13 Violent, -19 Experimental and...
June 4, 2009
Ad Astra: And so it begins…
On last Saturday we started our Ad Astra campaign. My group consist of three players. Character #1 is a Gaian war hero and fighter pilot who disobeyed an order to save many lives....
June 4, 2009
My idea for a magipunk setting
Recently I had a chat with fellow blogger pinakidion over Twitter about my Asecia setting that I usually call “steamfantasy”. He came up with the name “magipunk” that more closely described how he saw...
June 4, 2009
When the World of Darkness died …
A couple of years back I played in a lot of World of Darkness games. Everything started with “Vampire – The Masquerade”. The game was pretty new (at least to us) and in...
June 3, 2009
What happened to the Doctor Who RPG?
Some time ago Cubicle 7 Entertainment relaunched their website and while their other product lines (SLA Industries, Victoriana, Starblazer Adventures and Qin) make their appaerance at the new site, the Doctor Who RPG...
June 2, 2009
Ad Astra character sheet
Yesterday we finally started my Ad Astra campaign. In order to make things easier for my players and me, I created a couple of record sheets for characters and space ships. Today I...
May 31, 2009