World Building Part 4 – Campaign Setting Genre
Last week, I took a short break from this series because of travel and the holidays, but I am back this week to talk…
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World Building Part 3 – Getting Started with World Tone
Last time, we talked about making sure to keep it at least a little bit “old school” when it comes to world building by…
World Building Part 2 – First Things First
So, you have officially decided that you are no longer satisfied with the many worlds that exist for role-playing and that you want to…
And then she said, “Wait, Professor Jones can help us with this one!”
Have you said that in a game? For the longest time that was taboo in my games, but these days I’m willing to consider…
World Building Pt.1 – Addiction and Acceptance
Let’s say that game prepping for games is an addiction. In my mind there are stages to that addiction. The first stage is getting…
Roleplaying in the world of … Warcraft?!
Since D&D 4th Edition was released people have claimed it was WoW on paper. And while it’s probably true that D&D 4th Edition’s designers…
What about Advanced Feats: The Summoner’s Circle? A review…
On earlier posts I have reviewed the two previous installments of the Advanced Feats series by Siegfried Trent, Secrets of the Alchemist and The…
Freebie: Arcane Heroes
Yesterday I finished my first play-through of Fable III, the latest game by Lionhead Studios. For some reason this game inspired me to create…
Gears is not dead yet
Some of you may still remember that I was working on another RPG project earlier this year, called Gears. In June I decided to…
Designs from the Mind – product development part 2
Welcome back for part 2 of my blog posts on RPG product development, for those who may have missed part 1 and would like…
WR&M in the pub
Yesterday we had our monthly RPG pub meeting in the Villa Konthor in Limburg. This time I introduced our regulars to WR&M, my rules-light…
Designs from the Mind – product development part 1
So you’ve thought about it for ages, you have this great idea to turn the game world that you have been lovingly creating with…
Free Stuff Friday: Synapse
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Synapse Synapse is a new RPG written…
My Motivation for Writing an Adventure
I recently announced that I was writing a Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition adventure. Progress on this project has been steady. Anytime I have…
Coming Soon: Resolute, Adventurer & Genius
After the flurry of work to get Warrior, Rogue & Mage ready, I had time to think about how the Wyrm system might be…
25 years later… 24 years later!
The nonsensical title to this posts is actually a reference to my first ever attempt at designing a game. From that attempt I learned…
From The Imperial Forges released @ DriveThruRPG
The first supplement for WR&M has been released earlier today. Colin Chapman, known for his post-apocalyptic roleplaying game Atomic Highway, has created more than…
Warrior, Rogue & Mage is “Free Product of the Week” at DriveThruRPG and other updates
Wow, it has been just a few days since release but it seem I’ve hit a nerve with my free fantasy game “Warrior, Rogue…
Warrior, Rogue & Mage Revised Edition finally available at DriveThruRPG
Just a few minutes ago I uploaded the revised Edition of WR&M to DriveThruRPG. There you can download it for free! I will make…
Preview: Warrior, Rogue & Mage Revised Edition Part 2
Today I want to tease you a bit more with updates from the upcoming revised edition of the Warrior, Rogue & Mage roleplaying game.…