Roleplaying music: An interview with James Semple
When it comes to soundtracks for pen & paper roleplaying games my favorite composer is definitely James Semple. He and his team have created…
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Passing the torch!
Not too long ago Puerto Rico Role Players once again participated on the Central Fan Fest, a local convention dedicated to Anime, Cosplay, Sci-Fi…
Review: All We Have Forgotten
A lot of people – including me – are using video game or movie soundtracks as background music for our roleplaying sessions. Alas these…
Ashen Stars soundtrack: “All We Have Forgotten”
A couple of days ago Pelgrane Press released music for Ashen Stars created by James Semple, Marie-Ann Fischer and Yaiza Varona. The same team…
Free Music for use in your games
Especially in certain genres, music can be an important part of the gaming experience. In horror games the immersion can be extremely deep if…
Ask The Readers: Gaming-related Android apps?
Since I own an iPhone (and later an iPad) I’ve looked for ways to use these devices at the gaming table. Over the last…
Not excited about D&D Next? Then check out these cool alternatives…
This morning I had a conversation on Twitter about the fact that bloggers don’t really seem to be excited about D&D Next anymore and…
#GMwisdom, musings of a Game Master!
This past weekend I began tweeting a couple of reflections on RPG gaming on my Twitter account. I tweeted them with the hashtag #GMwisdom.…
Gaming Etiquette 101
It seems like gaming dry spells are contagious. Well I can identify the reason for mine. Last week Puerto Rico (where I live in…
Stuff for the travelling GM: Bluetooth Audio Cube
Even though I am currently going through a gaming dry spell, it doesn’t mean that I can’t share a few tricks from my GM…
Under the Influence
In his article “The GM’s Influence on Character” in Kobold Quarterly #22, famous actor Monte Cook jumps right on out there and says: Past…
The perfect soundtrack for your Airship Pirates game
Abney Park’s Airship Pirates is a unique roleplaying game that combines elements from Steampunk with a post-apocalyptic setting and is inspired by Abney Park’s…
Mass Transit IV Unpacking!
Some time ago I wrote about a Kickstarter I was backing Mass Transit IV Maps and More. I was really excited following the project,…
Doubly Eliminating Expectations
I have played Magic: The Gathering almost as long as I have been playing RPGs. There have been a few long pauses as time,…
Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There is a Season
Recent events have me thinking about time; time keeping in games, the effects on pacing and the meaning for players. As I turn a…
Preview: Never Unprepared
Whenever someone asks me what system-neutral books I would recommend to any GM I come up with two books: Eureka and Masks, both by…
How your past influences your craft
Greetings everyone! Many of you probably don’t know me. So first off, I guess some introductions are in order. My name is Vince Kingston,…
Review: DMDJ
I often use music in my roleplaying games to help set the tone. As one of my players said recently: “The worst in these…
Savage Worlds, playing The Wild Hunt (and a long winded retrospective…)
I have been intrigued by Savage Worlds ever since I first read about it. A system designed to be “fast, furious and fun”, without…
Inspired by Television
Television programs have long inspired role-playing games; we have adapted concepts from TV into games, like arcs, episodes, etc. Books on scriptwriting have been…