#RPGaDay2018 – Day 2: What is the first thing you look for in an RPG?
Welcome to Day 2 #RPGaDay2018, lets get this show on the road. The question for today is: What is the first thing you look…
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#RPGaDay2018 – Day 1: What do you love about RPGs?
Here we go again! By now you know the drill… I disappear from the blog for a couple of months and the come August…
Special Super- Duper Must Have Cover! Coming soon…
I have mixed feelings about the D&D Core Rules Gift Set announced by Wizards of the Coast. True, a gift set with the core…
Setting Yourself Up For Failure
Over the 20+ years of my gaming career I noticed something which has led to the premature demise of many campaigns. It usually starts…
Sunglar’s Year in Review!
Hello one and all, and welcome to my look back at 2017, and a look at what may be in store for 2018. I…
Fate Accelerated And Fallout
Last weekend I wanted to give Fate another chance. Even though I have given up on Fate several times before, I wasn’t happy with…
Ending The Break–Or How To Deal With GM Anxiety
Back in June I decided to take a break from running roleplaying games. I have been wearing the GM’s mantle for many, many years…
ZEBULON’S GUIDE TO THE FRONTIER ALIENS CONVERSION
Here is a follow up to yesterday’s post. This time around I try adapting the alien species introduced to the Star Frontier’s game in…
D20 FUTURE HEROIC ALIEN SPECIES CONVERSION
Hello readers! Here is hoping you had a fun Halloween and are enjoying November. For those that have reached out over social media, thank…
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…
Devil’s Staircase Wrapping up the Jokers
I have used Jokers several times if different aspects of Devil’s Staircase so I thought a post to bring all of them together may…
Devil’s Staircase Aces High
This time I want to get some ideas out about character progression. I am certainly not a fan of games that use levels and…
Orctober 2017 – Days 7 to 12
Welcome back to my second post for October 2017. Like on my previous post, This is a collection of my posts on social media…
That’s kinda fancy gun work you got there Mister!
Before we start shooting guns out of the bad guy’s hand or put a bullet through a silver dollar tossed into the air I…
Devil’s Staircase Wild West Role Playing
I finally get to talk about my proposed combat system! First off, I have been trying to think of a decent working title for…
Skill Resolution or playing the hand you are dealt
Someone used a phrase the other day and I quite like it. The phrase was “Going tactical”. In most RPGs if your character wants…
Ravenloft and Retro Clones
Halloween is definitely not as popular over here as it is in the US, but I just had the thought running a horror-themed roleplaying…
Character Creation, Poker Style
So I have been thinking about this wild west RPG based around a pack of playing cards. Characteristics I like the idea of five…
Dice or Cards?
I have had a bit of a fascination with card deck vs dice based rpgs for the last year. There is a rather strange…
Patreonage?
I have been thinking about Patreon recently. One of the questions in this years #RPGaDAY was about the kickstarters that you have supported and…