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…
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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…
Review: Campaign Cartographer 3 and Addons
Campaign Cartographer 3 is definitely one of the RPG tools I wish I had more time to work with. When you design your own…
mashupforge
Have you ever dreamed about creating a Google Maps style map of your campaign world? My friend and fellow RPG blogger Zakharov Sawyer recently…
Learning is good for you! And gaming too…
To say that role-playing games have been good for me is an understatement. Besides the countless hours of fun they’ve provided, the lasting friendships…
WordPress Dice Roller
Recently I was made aware of some pretty cool dice roller widgets created by Awesome Dice for WordPress. There’s a D&D Dice Roller Widget…
Using the Kindle at the game table
Yesterday I finally got my Kindle. For quite a while I have been pondering whether I should buy one or not. Last August I…
NaGa DeMon, NaNoWriMo and Scrivener
No, we’re not talking about demonic snake-like people from Indian mythology here. Nathan Russel, the guy who created the awesome FU RPG among other…
More Google+ Hangout musings
Yesterday I had my second game over Google+ Hangout (check out my post about my first game there) and again, everyone had a blast.…
Almost as good as the real deal: playing RPGs over Google+ Hangout
Yesterday I joined Chris McDowall and a group of three players I didn’t know before that in a game of “Into the Odd” over…
Victorian & Steampunk Name Generator
I am terrible when it comes to coming up names for my characters. So whenever possible I make use of random name generators. As…
Review: City Builder Generator Pack
I love random generators of all kinds. Especially when it comes to coming up with names for NPCs or creating all the small details…
Review: The World’s Greatest Screen
Recently I was looking for another customizable GM screen. While I was quite happy with the “Savage Worlds Customizable GM Screen” for a while,…
Twitter and me!
I was not keen on Twitter at first. Some may say I am not big on change, but let’s just say I did not…
Review: Masks – 1000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game
It was almost a year ago when I had the chance to review Engine Publishing’s debut product: Eureka. Back then I called it “the…
Describing the Indescribable
For many creative people, a blank space is an inspiration, a key to unlock ideas. These people can take an empty page or fresh…
Pathfinder RPG Goodies: Venture Captain
As a confessed Pathfinderite (I don’t see that moniker catching on!) I am always on the lookout for new tools, ideas and goodies for…
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Gamemaster’s Kit Unboxing
This was a great weekend when my wife came home from a trip to the postoffice with my Green Ronin‘s Mutants & Masterminds (M&M)…
Campaign Primer Ideas! Part 2
Now that I’ve started writing about this I can’t stop. Here is the thing, on a previous post I was musing about the “campaign…
Campaign Primer Ideas! Part 1
Fellow poster, and all around nice guy, Shinobicow (who also has a really cool nick, but I digress) wrote an excellent series of posts…