World in Progress
Yesterday I picked up a copy of Wonderdraft, a really easy-to-use fantasy map creation tool, and started playing around with it. Why did I buy Wonderdraft instead of just using Campaign Cartographer, which...
January 13, 2022
RPG tools
Cepheus Subsector Generator
About two and a half years ago I wrote a simple Python script which generates subsectors for me in the Cepheus Engine format. Why? Because I find rolling up a full subsector by...
November 22, 2019
Kickstarter: RPG Smith
This is just a quick update to let you folks know that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the RPGSmith (check out my article about it) GM features is now live. They need about...
March 25, 2019
Advice / Call of Cthulhu / FATE / Freebies / Other Systems / Pathfinder / RPG / RPG tools / Savage Worlds
RPGSmith
A couple of days ago, David Sumner, co-founder of RPGSmith got in touch with me and told me about his free web application. RPGSmith is – in a nutshell – an interactive character...
March 19, 2019
Quietly beavering away
Today’s RPGaDay2018 question is something like “Which non-dice systems appeal to you?” This made me think of a strange little RPG called ABS 12. I will say right from the start that I...
August 22, 2018
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Distress Call, a Starfinder adventure on Kickstarter, an interview with the author.
A couple of weeks ago I found about a new product in Kickstarter. With the success of Starfinder there are a slew of new third-party products available. Many push the system in new...
January 15, 2018
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What about Starfinder? A review….
In early 2010 one of my first posts on this blog was a review of Pathfinder. It is only fitting that seven years and a few months later I review Paizo’s newest hit...
October 21, 2017
#RPGaDay2017 Day 27: “Just the basics ma’am.”
Better late than never… again! And this is the last Sunday post for #RPGaDay2017. This is the home stretch, 4 days to go! It is still day 27 in my time zone, so...
August 28, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 26: Wonderful toys!
Hello and welcome to the last Saturday post for #RPGaDay2017. We’re almost done. This month has flown by far too fast! Just like yesterday, I Was unsure about what to write today. Once...
August 26, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 24: No such thing as a free supplement
This week of #RPGaDay2017is just flying by… Today’s question is about freebies: August 24: Share a Pay-What-You-Want publisher who should be charging more. This is a tricky subject. Pay-What-You-Want products are a wonderful...
August 24, 2017
Sunglar’s Savage House Rules, Part 2!
Hello dear reader! This is a follow up to a previous post where I shared a Savage Worlds House Rules document I was working on. You can read the reasons why this came...
March 1, 2017
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RPG Blog Carnival: Technology in my Games
Greetings dear readers! Michael recently wrote about our efforts to revitalize the blog, and I think we’re off to a good start. He invited our readers to discuss the types of posts and...
September 20, 2016
More Prep–More Props
I am a terribly lazy GM. If possible I try not to do any prep at all and usually rely on my improvisational skills to run my games. But this had led to...
September 15, 2016