More details on my new campaign
On the weekend my girlfriend worked on the campaign world for our upcoming Shadow, Sword & Spell game. I am actually very happy with the result so far and aside from a proper...
January 23, 2012
Fluff/Inspiration
It’s beginning to look a look like Geekmas!
If you follow me on Twitter, are my friend in Facebook or have me in your circles in Google+ you probably know Puerto Rico Role Players had a Geekmas party this past weekend....
December 20, 2011
Krampusnacht
Some of you may have heard about Krampus, that mythical creature that somewhat resembles the devil that accompanies St. Nicholas during the Christmas season. While Santa Claus hands out gifts to children who...
December 19, 2011
Advice / Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPG tools
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 that have been forged and the way it has...
December 14, 2011
Advice / Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Improve Your Game / Mutants & Masterminds / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG
Unfinished business
I think as a whole we human beings are completists. We want to complete what we began; we want the whole story. We crave to know the conclusion, and when we don’t get...
December 2, 2011
Tales from the Ancient Scroll: Hunters in the Dark
Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a series of adventure ideas written by Robert Oglodzinski of AncientScroll.pl. If you speak Polish or if you are not afraid of using translation software...
November 30, 2011
Astronauts
I finally had an idea for what I want to work on for NaGa DeMon! Astronauts will be a hard sf roleplaying game set into a near future which focuses on human space...
November 4, 2011
Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds / WR&M
Character Concepts: The old hero…
Just as I am more of a lover than a fighter (and no I’m not giving you any references so you can confirm this, you better take my word for it), I am...
October 19, 2011
Long drives and Podcasts…
Podcasts and me, it’s a relatively new affair. Despite being an avid radio listener (and I listen to AM talk radio so I’m used to the crazies! Mind you AM radio is different...
October 18, 2011
Puerto Rico Role Players GM Workshop
I often write about these things after the fact… maybe I should write about them before and more people will find out about it. Food for thought! This past Sunday Puerto Rico Role...
October 12, 2011
Lazy Friday Video Post: Aurora
A couple of days ago Ken Walton, one of the creators of the upcoming “Abney Park’s Airship Pirates”, posted a link to this short movie on rpg.net. It’s a movie about a captain...
September 9, 2011
Call of Cthulhu / Fluff/Inspiration / Gumshoe System / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds
The Cold War and the Cthulhu Mythos
In December 2008 I first read about Charles Stross’ short story “A Colder War”. Imagine an alternative timeline where the cold war ends in 1984 because the Soviets mistake a joke made by...
August 29, 2011
Starblazer Adventures meets the Mass Effect Universe
Some time ago I wrote about my plans to run a Starblazer Adventures game. As always things didn’t went as planned and I had to reschedule. But at least our RPG pub meeting...
July 26, 2011
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 canvas and fill it with wonders, unleashing their imaginations....
June 28, 2011
Fun with Photofunia
On the German RPG Blog “Cthulhu’s Ruf” I read about Photofunia, a service that allows you to apply all kinds of interesting effects onto your portrait photos. Aside from being a perfect time...
June 15, 2011
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 enough) that it’s not the system; it’s the Game Master that makes the role playing experience enjoyable. As...
June 14, 2011
Crazy Campaign Chronicles: Childhood toys…
Introductory note: I wrote a previous post on this series about those crazy ideas one gets for campaigns and never gets to plays. This is a little different because I got to try...
June 7, 2011