Is SWN The Better Traveller?
Yes, the title is a bit clickbait-y, but this is actually a pretty good question. In my recent Traveller post I was looking at the various Traveller editions available and I gave my...
November 2, 2016
Legacy D&D
Falling in Love with White Box
I never thought I might say this, but I have fallen in love with White Box D&D or more precisely with the retro-clones inspired by what people call D&D 0e. One reason why...
October 26, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: A Few Thoughts
This week I will run the third session of our Buck Rogers XXVc campaign and I think it’s time to share a few thoughts. Overall things have been running smoothly with a few...
October 25, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: Gear Quality
Before I even knew that pen & paper RPGs existed I was a fan of computer RPGs like SSI’s Gold Box Series. My two favorite games from that series were actually the games...
October 2, 2016
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century – Character Sheet
After playing a couple of one-shots and my players yearned for a longer campaign, so I retreated into my GM cave and thought long and hard what I really wanted to run. In...
October 1, 2016
Caves of Qud
Yes, this is first and foremost a pen & paper roleplaying games blog, but sometimes I just need to sneak in a post about related topics. Today I want to talk about Caves...
September 27, 2016
More White Box Shenanigans
This Saturday we had to cancel or regular Titansgrave game, because three of the players couldn’t make it, so I pulled out White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game, and we quickly rolled up...
September 18, 2016
Through the Moongate
Yesterday evening I had the chance to run my first White Box game set into the world of the Ultima series, Britannia (or Sosaria as it was known before). Overall I have to...
September 16, 2016
Ultima & White Box
What I want to write about today is something which started as a very small side project which eventually got a bit out of hand. Or you could say it’s still in the...
September 15, 2016
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Survey Says!
The RPG Rule System Preference Survey Results (a non-scientific study) Twenty days ago I was having a conversation with friends over game complexity. The specifics of the conversation are unimportant, but the arguments...
September 2, 2016
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RPG a Day 2016: Quadruple Threat! Days 21, 22, 23 & 24
Sorry for the absence gals and guys! After all the boasting of not giving up on #RPGaDay 2016 my three day absence probably had you thinking I had done just that. What can...
August 24, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: Welcome to the world of tables and footnotes! – Day 20
I’ll tell you a little secret; some Saturday posts get written on Friday so the blogger has less to do on the weekend. Sorry for breaking the magic and showing you the cogs...
August 20, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: And the most influential player award goes to… – Day 11
Welcome back reader. This year’s #RPGaDay 2016 is going by so quickly. It is amazing the amount of posts, videos, responses out there on the Internet. It is amazing to see how the...
August 11, 2016
RPG a Day 2016: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! – Day 10
Dear reader, let’s start out with two apologies… First I’m sorry to be posting this later than our usual hour; real life catches up with you in all sorts of funny ways. In...
August 10, 2016
RPG a Day 2016 Impressive, most impressive! Day 4
Allow me to quote the Dark Lord of the Sith… August 4: What is the most impressive thing that you can remember another player’s character doing in a session? There have been many impressive...
August 4, 2016
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Interview with Jeff Dee of Monkey House Games
Writing for this blog (and through it and our efforts with Puerto Rico Role Players) has allowed me to interact with the greater RPG community in ways I did not think possible. There...
October 5, 2015
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RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 30
The next to last post for #RPGaDay2015, I’m already sad it’s ending; hopefully we can do this again in 2016. Here’s the final Sunday post… Day 30 – Favorite RPG playing celebrity Celebrity...
August 30, 2015