Penny Arcade: “For the Vin”
Vin Diesel is one of the few celebreties who has openly talked about his love for D&D. Our fellow RPG bloggers have already posted about this and today Penny Arcade has a new D&D-themed...
April 20, 2009
Stargazer
MyBrute
Recently the German RPG blog “Sven’s Wortschmiede” has posted a tutorial of the game MyBrute. I have to admit that I was totally oblivious to the existence of this browser “game” before that...
April 20, 2009
Ask The Readers: Magic in PDQ?
Initially I planned to use FUDGE for the solo game with my girlfriend but in the end we decided to use Chad Underkoffler’s PDQ system (the core rules are freely available on the...
April 20, 2009
Ad Astra: The SpaceCorp Corporate State
As promised I will now share some information on the only corporate state in the Omega Centaury cluster: The SpaceCorp Corporate State (Quick Facts) Main World: Kobe, 4th planet of the Kansai System...
April 17, 2009
Minions in D&D 4th Edition: Hit or Miss?
Generally I like the new rules for minions in D&D 4th Edition. They are several reasons why minions are fun: you can throw dozens of enemies at the players without killing them off...
April 16, 2009
Star Wars – MacGyver-Style
This video is too awesome not to share: Enjoy! Via: GeeksAreSexy
April 16, 2009
Dungeonslayers: GM shield
There’s now an official Dungeonslayers gamemaster screen called a GM shield (I think there are not enough rules for a proper screen). Here’s the blurb from the official site: Behold the Dungeonslayers gamemaster...
April 16, 2009
OGT will finally go retail!
Good news, everyone! Jonathan Jacobs officially announced today that he entered a contract with Studio 2 Publishing: I am very pleased to announce that as of today, I have entered into a contract...
April 15, 2009
Ad Astra: The Tovenaar Empire
Any good SF or Space Opera setting features an evil empire. The scourge of the Star Ocean is definitely the Tovenaar Empire, a expansionistic, militaristic and faschistic nation ruled by the iron fist...
April 15, 2009
Solo Game with Fudge and Horror
Some time ago I have told you about my plans to try out a solo game with my girlfriend. We pondered over the several types of game we could try and finally settled...
April 15, 2009
Basic Roleplaying Quickstart PDF
One of the oldest RPG systems in existence is Chaosium‘s Basic Roleplaying System that powered games like Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest or Stormbringer. Last year Chaosium finally released a generic BRP rulebook that...
April 14, 2009
Ad Astra: The Gaian Republic
Welcome to the next installment in my “Ad Astra” series. Today I provide you with some details on the Gaian Republic: The Gaian Republic (Quick Facts) Main World: Gaia, 2nd planet of the...
April 12, 2009
Ad Astra: Major Factions of the Omega Centauri Cluster
Last time, you learned how thing came to pass, now I want to give you some details on one the major factions of the Omega Centauri cluster. THE STAR OCEAN OF OMEGA CENTAURI...
April 11, 2009
Another take on magic items
In most campaign settings magic items are made on purpose. There’s some blacksmith that forges a sword with great skill that is then infused with magic by a wizard. Sometimes they are created...
April 10, 2009
I have to watch this show!
“Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire” is a new comedy series from Comedy Central and it looks sweet. Obviously the pilot will be on the air tonight. Krod Mandoon Thursdays 10p /...
April 9, 2009
Open D6 update!
Over at the WEG Fan Forums Eric Gibson, the owner of West End Games, has posted an update on OpenD6. For your convenience, I want to quote his post here: OpenD6 OGL Moving...
April 9, 2009
Dave, you’ll be missed!
I have to admit I have been struggling with this post for quite some time now. Sometimes it is hard to find the right words. Especially when you don’t want it to sound...
April 9, 2009