RPG Circus Halloween episode is out!
This time the RPG Circus hosts talk about two of my favorite topics: Horror RPGs and Mood Music in RPGs. Episode 10 also features Phil Ménard aka the ChattyDM as guest again. So,...
October 30, 2009
News & Reviews
Surfing on the Wave
Google Wave is a cool new collaboration/communication platform/protocol by Google. When you haven’t been living under a rock for quite some time, you have probably read about it. Some gamers have recently looked...
October 29, 2009
Morality
It’s the 28th of October, so I still have a chance to take part in this month’s blog carnival hosted by Games of State. The topic this month is morality, in-game and in...
October 28, 2009
Upcoming games I am excited about (Revisited)
In August I wrote a post about the upcoming games I was excited about. Some of the games that I listed back then have been released in the meantime, so I thought and...
October 26, 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Just a few hours ago I was surprised to find out that Berin Kinsman has withdrawn his offer to take over the RPGBN but created a social network for gamers instead.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
Necessary Evil
The Savage Worlds game is not only known for its fast, furious and fun game play but also for the unique settings. Some of those settings may look quite ordinary on the first...
October 22, 2009
GeekDo
You probably already have heard about BoardGameGeek a website, that was founded somewhere in 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Soldo as a resource for the board game geek community. The site not...
October 21, 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
Champions
Recently I started playing the MMO Champion Online. Champions Online is based on Champions, Hero Games‘ award winning superhero roleplaying game. Although I enjoy the MMO very much so far, I don’t know...
October 20, 2009
Dungeonslayers 3.5 released
Quite some time ago, Christian Kennig has updated his “”old-fashioned roleplaying game” Dungeonslayers to version 3.5. Aside from a new character sheet, the latest version of DS contains some bugfixes and minor updates....
October 19, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: Game Geeks #122
It has really been a busy week and as you may have noticed I haven’t posted as regularly as usual. This lazy friday video post is featuring the latest episode of Game Geeks....
October 16, 2009
10 RPG geeks you should follow on Twitter
The main problem when you start with Twitter is that you often don’t know who to follow. Aside from millions of spammers, internet marketers and people who just tweet about what they had...
October 14, 2009
Under the Dark Sun
This morning I noticed a post by Moritz Mehlem on his blog “Von der Seifenkiste herab”. In his latest blog post he writes about Matt Seplin’s project of bringing Dark Sun to Spellcraft...
October 9, 2009
RPG Blog II says “Thank You” to its readers
Fellow RPG Blogger Zach of RPG Blog II wants to say thank you to his readers and so he has lined up a few deal exclusive to RPG Blog II readers! If you...
October 8, 2009
The Fantasy Trip
D&D is not the only roleplaying game that evolved from miniature combat games. Steve Jackson’s GURPS actually is based on “The Fantasy Trip”, a roleplaying game that itself evolved from Metagaming’s Melee and...
October 6, 2009
Ask The Readers: Web comics for gamers?
I’ve been a fan of “Penny Arcade” pretty much from day one, and I was overjoyed when my favorite comics from the Dragon magazine “Nodwick” and “What’s New With Phil And Dixie” made...
October 5, 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