Ask The Readers: Sex in Gaming
A lot of RPG books contain artwork of lightly clad females, the chainmail biki is a common trope of most fantasy games and especially a lot of game book covers were obviously made...
December 2, 2009
Just my two cents
[Blog Carnival] A look back at my goals for 2009
On January 9th 2009 I wrote a post called “Goals for 2009” as part of that month’s blog carnival. It was about what things I wanted to achieve in 2009, both in gaming,...
December 1, 2009
Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 3rd Edition Trailer
It seems while I was busy offline FFG released a new trailer for the upcoming WHFRP 3E game. While I have to admit that the components (cards, dice, sheets) look very good, I...
November 10, 2009
A social network for gamers done right!
Just a few hours ago I was surprised to find out that Berin Kinsman has withdrawn his offer to take over the RPGBN but created a social network for gamers instead. And I...
October 25, 2009
The RPG Bloggers Network won’t die …
… unless we let it die. The former RPGBN board members have announced today that they step down from their posts after there was some (sometimes very emotional) criticism of how the network...
October 20, 2009
Is there still hope for Open D6?
A long time ago Eric Gibson, current owner of West End Games, announced that he plans to turn the D6 System into an open system. I believe he made that statement in his...
October 1, 2009
Iron Kingdoms RPG source books now available in PDF
When I first read about this, I thought “Hell, it’s about time!”. The Iron Kingdoms campaign setting is still one of my favorite setting, and it was a shame that most books haven’t...
September 24, 2009
Don’t take yourself too seriously!
The ROLPUNK manifesto has – at least in my humble opinion – an underlying message: don’t take yourself to seriously, and remember it’s just a game! Since I have started following RPG blogs...
September 10, 2009
Fantasy Craft
It all started with the Fantasy Craft preview PDF. While I was paging through it, my girlfriend was sitting next to me, and when we reached the section about Drakes, she exclaimed: “We...
September 2, 2009
WHFRP 3rd Edition Seminar by Jay Little
Yesterday I learned about this video seminar and headed over to the FFG site to watch it. It consists of five videos each about 5 mins in length in which Jay Little, Senior...
August 26, 2009
Follow-up on my Warhammer FRP 3rd Edition rant
I have to admit that in my last post about that topic I was really ranting and raving. The original WHFRP was probably the game that influenced me the most in my gaming...
August 18, 2009
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay! WTF?
Fantasy Flight Games will release a new version of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game at GenCon this year. WHFRP was one of the first RPGs I played back in the day (this was...
August 13, 2009
Give Dungeonslayers a 2nd chance
I am pretty sure some of you have already read about Dungeonslayers. In November of last year I first read about the project and wrote a short blog post about it. Then the...
August 10, 2009
To Savage or Not to Savage
When you convert an existing campaign setting or game to the Savage Worlds rules you have “savaged” the setting. But there’s one important question: does it make sense to savage every setting? Savage...
August 7, 2009
“The hobby is far from being dead!”
This time, the quote is by me. If you ask me, all those doomsayers that think the pen & paper roleplaying hobby will vanish in a few years are wrong. At first, we...
August 6, 2009
“Pen & paper games will be forgotten in ten years”
No, that line is not from me, but from game designer Steve Jackson, co-founder of Games Workshop and creator of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. He has said these words in a recent interview...
August 5, 2009
I voted in the ENnies!
I voted in this year’s ENnie Awards! And so should you! You can cast your votes here. The polls close at midnight, August 1st, so you still have some time to decide for...
July 24, 2009