Advice
Review: Traveller Spinward Marches – Excellent Maps for Explorers and Merchants
I don’t think I need to tell you about the importance of maps in roleplaying games. Even the most crudest of maps can still be a very helpful tool in any campaign. A...
Mental Health in Roleplaying Games
Because of my personal and professional experience I know quite a lot about mental health issues. As you may well know I suffer from depression and anxiety disorder myself and since I work...
Sci-Fi Fridays! Part 22 – A review! What about Obsidian Portal?
You might be wondering… Did he miss a week? Yes I did! Sorry dear reader… Personal matters kept me away from the blog last week. Everything is almost back to normal now, so...
Sci-Fi Fridays! Wanderers of the Outlands Part XV
Week 15… I’ve written a lot for my sci-fi Savage Worlds campaign, as these Sci-Fi Fridays! post prove. This time around the information is immediately relevant to the players. This is the rest crew...
First Look: Character Artist 3
Character Artist 3 by ProFantasy Software is their latest Campaign Cartographer addon. It allows you to create impressive character portraits with ease even if you can’t draw if your life depends on it....
The new Obsidian Portal: A first look
A while ago, Obsidian Portal has undergone a massive relaunch. The way the site looks and works has changed tremendously. Earlier this month I have been contacted by the people running Obsidian Portal...
Dust and Mirrors: A soundtrack for Night’s Black Agents
Over the last years Pelgrane Press have become one of my favorite publishers. Their games are written by my favorite game designers, the artwork and production quality is excellent, and they are one...
Real World Gadget, Gaming Possibilities
I recently got a little gadget I was looking forward to, the Google Chromecast. It’s a handy little widget that allows you to stream video and images via WiFi from your computer, Android...
Create your own font!
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could create your own TrueType fonts that you could use to create cool-looking handouts on your computer? I am pretty sure most of us have used handwritten...
Planning ahead
For quite a long time I started new campaign on a whim with an extremely short prep period. This works out well enough if you’re at the top of your game, creative, able...
Same game, new tools!
About two years and a half ago (can’t believe I’ve been blogging here for that long) I wrote a post about the then new game I was playing, Mutants & Masterminds, and I...
Get to know your players! Sci-Fi Questionnaire
Keeping with the theme of Michael’s last post about campaign design, I would like to share a little something I created for my upcoming sci-fi game. As I’m ramping up for my the...
A different approach to campaign design
A while ago two of my friends and I sat together to talk about our upcoming Fate Accelerated game. We all had different ideas about what we’d like to play. Several ideas were...
Space 1889 Soundtrack
In the latest update Angus Abranson mentioned that all backers at the Digital Rulebook Plus or Rulebook Plus levels get a Space 1889: Soundtrack for free (MP3 files) or for £11 if they...
Why is player advice so hard to come by?
Finding advice for GMs in roleplaying blogs or print publications is pretty easy. Almost every blog has posts with tips for the person running the game and almost every roleplaying game book has...
Pulp-O-Mizer
I am pretty sure some of you have already heard of Pulp-O-Mizer, the customizable pulp magazine cover generator. Up until now I haven’t played around with it that much, but for this post...