Review: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Player’s Guide
I haven’t been aware of the WHFRP Player’s Guide until I got a coupon code for a review copy in my email inbox. But I have to admit it was a pleasant surprise....
March 29, 2011
News & Reviews
Open Design’s 5th Anniversary Sale
Yesterday Wolfgang Baur’s Open Design celebrated it’s 5th anniversary. To celebrate this there’s a special sale that ends on Thursday March 24th. During this time you get a 50% discount on the following...
March 21, 2011
Japan Disaster Relief at DriveThruRPG
I am pretty sure most of you are aware what has happened in Japan recently. An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the ocean near the eastern coast of Japan on March 11 and caused...
March 21, 2011
Wizards of the Coast, please reconsider your PDF policy!
In April 2009 Wizards of the Coast stopped all sales of PDFs. The reasons are still not 100% clear but there was always some talk about piracy. Almost two years later there are...
March 17, 2011
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Stars Without Number POD Unboxing!
When I first discovered RPG e-books they changed my life! Well that may be a bit of hyperbole, but they definitely changed my gaming experience. Gaming supplements on PDF opened the door to...
March 16, 2011
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition Unboxing
Today was a pretty cool day. I swung by the postoffice after work to pick up the mail and found a box waiting for me. It was my copy of Mutants & Masterminds...
March 9, 2011
[Dungeonslayers] Caera map created with CC3
It’s always amazing what talented people can do with tools like Campaign Cartographer 3. And undoubtedly ProFantasy’s Ralf Schemmann is no amateur when it comes to map making. He recently created this beautiful...
March 9, 2011
Review: Alternity
Alternity, by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker, is a science-fiction role-playing game released in 1998 by TSR (now Wizards of the Coast). It bills itself as “a framework for all kinds of contemporary...
March 8, 2011
Dying Earth is back with a vengeance!
Some time ago Pelgrane Press lost the license to produce the Dying Earth RPG based on Jack Vance’s classic novels. Recently they reacquired the license and to celebrate this, the Complete Dying Earth...
March 4, 2011
Life and times of a RPG industry freelancer
The week I spent at Gen Con 2010 was one of the most exciting weeks in my life. These few days were much like a roller coaster ride for me. It was my...
February 28, 2011
A helping hand for Christchurch!
As many of you probably know a terrible earthquake in New Zealand has caused great devastation in Christchurch. Like they did after the earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan RPGNow and...
February 25, 2011
Classy move…
It’s always sad, often frustrating, to see the things we love increase in price. In the current economic environment increases in price seem inevitable, from foodstuffs and other necessities, to the leisure items...
February 24, 2011
Freebie: Stars Without Number
I’ve known of the existence of this game for quite a while now, but for some reason I just picked it up pretty recently. That’s why I don’t want to call this post...
February 23, 2011
Beyond Ferelden
Back in December 2009 I professed my love for the Dragon Age RPG by Green Ronin. As someone who enjoyed (and still enjoys) the Dragon Age: Origins computer game it was no question...
February 17, 2011
Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century is back with a vengeance
Some of you might remember this game back from the ‘90s. Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century is a SF roleplaying game back from the “Golden Age”. I actually never played it back in...
February 15, 2011
Review: Soldiers of Fortune by Matt James
Yesterday, February 14th was Valentine’s Day, and what would Valentine’s Day be without some love for D&D 4e by 3rd Party Publisher Open Design. Today, I’m here to give my 2 cents about...
February 15, 2011
What about Visions of the Oracle? A review…
After reviewing the previous installments in the Advanced Feats series and having some of my players try out some of the classes in the Advanced Players Guide, this is the one I was...
February 14, 2011
Review: Smallville RPG by Margaret Weis Productions
Today, I bring you a review of The Smallville RPG by Margaret Weis Productions. The folks over at Margaret Weis were generous enough to provide me with a review copy of the game...
February 11, 2011
Zombies!!!
I picked up a copy of Zombies!!! from PAX in Seattle last year. It was a game some of our Alaska friends had talked to us about and said they really enjoyed. When...
February 10, 2011
Dragon Chow Dice Bags
Recently while looking for a geeky gift for my girlfriend I stumbled upon Dragon Chow Dice Bags. We both had leather dice bags for quite some time now, but this time I was...
February 9, 2011