The sword is mightier than the laser gun – or is it?
Putting my (hypothetical) money where my mouth is!
It’s an old adage (and yes I do love that word, I’ve used it often…
Follow up Castles & Crusades Unboxing (Now with Moving Pictures!)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgyh6I35rE] The above video and this post are a follow up to a…
“Spanish, Spanish, Spanish saving throw, Spanish”: Role-Playing in different languages
Recently I had a tweet exchange with Shaun and Michael about which language we role-played…
My thoughts on PDF pricing and print + PDF bundles
In Youseph’s recent unboxing post the subject of PDF pricing came up again. He criticized…
Ask The Readers: What is your favorite “noir” RPG?
Last weekend I have played L.A. Noire the latest video game created by Rockstar Games…
How we buy games… A retrospective!
This week I purchased some digital RPG supplements in PDF, pre-ordered a book, and I…
Being a better Game Master: Credit where credit is due!
Being a Dungeon Master, Game Master, Storyteller, Referee, call it what you may, is not…
Ask The Readers: Who ya gonna call?
Recently I have rewatched one of my favorite films: Ghostbusters! Even though the movie is…
Ask the readers: Does not play well with others…
Over in the Paizo Blog I’ve been reading with some interest their proposed changes to the Pathfinder…
Minigames in roleplaying games
Recently I have started playing Sid Meier’s Pirates! again. Pirates! is a single-player, open world…
Ask the readers: Filing off the serial numbers
If you follow me on twitter (@sunglar) or read my recent posts about Breaking the…
Breaking the d20 Paradigm
“Dear d20 System, we’ve had a good run you and me… No, no relax, this…
Lazy Friday Video Post: “She don’t like Firefly!”
It has been quite some time since the last “Lazy Friday Video Post”, but I…
Crazy Campaign Chronicles: Defenders of the Earth Redux or a Very Pulpy Future!
Introductory note: As Game Master I constantly get ideas for new campaigns. I take notes…
Fighting the good fight…
I’ve written about Puerto Rico Role Players before, many times, and probably will some more.…
Would a near-future science-based space exploration roleplaying game work?
Yesterday I stumbled upon this post at the famous BoingBoing blog which featured two pieces…