What about the ICONS Character Folio? A review…
I am a confessed ICONS fan, you can see my review and various character write ups (here, here and here), so when new products…
✦ Category: Just my two cents
Other sources of inspiration for RPGs: Comics
It’s easy to list off the inspiration and influences from literature and movies on role playing games. Historically there are lists and appendixes dedicated…
Assassins, and Necromancers, and Hexblades! Oh My!
I was quite excited when I recently read the Critical Hits post titled, “D&D 4e: The New Player’s Option.” In the post written by…
Does the GM Screen deserve to go the way of the Dodo?
I always tell myself I’m not going to buy it. But I always do and I’m consistently underwhelmed or outright disappointed! There was a…
Deconstructing Metaplots
I have a confession to make (another one you say)! As a Game Master I really don’t like pre-published adventures. Don’t get me wrong I…
Every Icon(ic) superhero needs a super villain!
Let it never be said that I am a fickle fan! The superhero fever steamroller plows on unabated… Recently I tried out the ICONS…
What about Champions Universe? A review…
This is a short review about a PDF product we recently received a review copy of, Champions Universe by Hero Games. This is the…
Field Report (part 2): Alien Survivor (via Lady Blackbird)
That is the most convoluted title to any of my posts… But I digress! When we last left out intrepid heroes (i.e. my players)…
What about ICONS? A review…
ICONS RPG is a new superhero role-playing game by Adamant Entertainment. It has been enthusiastically received by the role-playing community, if blog posts and…
Rolling up an Icon(ic) Superhero!
Ever since I began reading the ICONS RPG I’ve been itching to roll up a character. However I wanted to finish readying it before…
Field Report: Lady Blackbird
Just to get some expectations out of the way, this is NOT a review of the Lady Blackbird adventure module by One.Seven Design! There…
Supers, supers everywhere!
With the release yesterday of the new superhero game ICONS from Adamant Entertainment my superhero fever has reached new heights. I’m getting my copy…
I’ve got supers on my mind…
In my years as a Game Master I’ve run a lot of campaigns, fantasy, sci-fi, modern, space opera, but no genre has proven as…
Lovecraft, how do I love thee? Let me count with my tentacles… – My Top 5 Favorite Lovecraftian Stories
I’ve gushed about Lovecraft on my previous post for Stargazer’s World Lovecraftian Week. Through my love for role-playing I discovered one of the masters…
Old McWhateley had a cult… Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn! – My Top 5 Lovecraftian gaming products
In keeping with the theme of Lovecraftian Week here in Stargazer’s World I want to do a series of mythos themed top five lists…
WEG: This is the end
I never thought this would happen, but it seems Eric Gibson, owner of West End Games, will be selling TORG (and probably other properties…
No elves, now free on PDF!
I was fourteen when I first saw that add. It proclaimed no elves in big bold letters and offered a different fantasy game, not…
Maps, maps, maps! A trio of reviews… Part 1 – Flip Mats
As an avid player of D20 games maps have become an integral part of my games. On a previous post I talked about cheap…
Cheap battlemats!
For the longest time I gamed without minis or a battlemat. Despite beginning to play AD&D with 1st edition, I never had a war…
D&D before I even knew what role-playing was!
I may go on an on about how long I’ve been playing but it’s not empty boasting, I actually played D&D before ever picking…