Staying in the “Sweet Spot”
In the latest episode of RPG Circus Jeff, Mark and Zach talked about low, mid and high level play in games like D&D. For…
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ESTRANGE: frEe STuff fRiday AcroNym Generator
This is Youseph’s usual stomping grounds, but I couldn’t resist writing a post about this as soon as I discovered it today. Acronyms are…
Death & Traps
As a Dungeon Master (DM) I have a confession to make. I want to kill a player character at my table. Just one. Not…
Free Stuff Friday: DinoPirates of Ninja Island
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: DinoPirates of Ninja Island Need a game?…
Infinities
Roleplaying game settings based on an existing book, movie or computer game franchise can be either a boon or a curse. On the one…
Free Stuff Friday: Mad Irishman Productions
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Mad Irishman Productions – Character Sheets Good…
Free Stuff Fridays: Javascript Character Generators
This is usually Youseph’s territory but I’m trying my hand at writing a Free Stuff Friday post because it’s a topic I’ve recently become…
Gaming fiction weal or woe?
Role playing games are so entrenched in their literary roots, from Beowulf to El Cantar del Mio Cid, from Howard’s Conan, to Tolkien’s Middle…
“A rose by any other name…” Poetry and Role Playing Games
The much quoted line in this post’s title is from a play you might have heard about, Romeo and Juliet, written by a Billy…
RPG books on the iPad
One of the reasons I was interested in getting an iPad was to be able to use it as a PDF viewer since I…
Review: Kingdom Builder Generator Pack II
In February I previewed Chaotic Shiny Productions’ Kingdom Builder Generator Pack I which I helped to beta test back then. Some time ago Hannah…
Free Stuff Friday: A Death Certificate
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: A Death Certificate I think we can…
Telling the story my way…
As a long time Game Master I like to try different ways of telling a story. My latest session serves as an example. The…
Market Research for RPG Product Development
Stemming from my last post on fantasy product design a reader asked me to go into a little more depth with regards to market…
Free Stuff Friday: Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Character Sheets
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Character Sheets!!! Wizards…
Free Stuff Friday: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen The Dungeon Masters’…
Don’t Be A Dick
Please note that this post first appeared as a guest post on RPG Blog 2. As some of you probably know “Don’t Be A…
Free Stuff Friday: Incompetech Graph Paper
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff Is: Incompetech Graph paper Need some kind of…
You Don’t Always Need A Home Run
Hi there! This is Zachary Houghton from RPG Blog 2, stepping in for my buddy Michael and his pals at Stargazer’s World. This seems…
Free Stuff Friday: Synapse
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Synapse Synapse is a new RPG written…