THEY are out there!
I was a skeptic, a non-believer until I bought Monte Cook’s latest book “The Skeptic’s Guide To Conspiracies”. At first I was enraged to see that they sold me an obviously used book....
September 29, 2009
News & Reviews
A Time of War – Beta release
If you are interested in the Battletech roleplaying game “A Time of War”, Catalyst Game Labs has a special offer for you. They have released the upcoming game as a beta release for...
September 28, 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
Swords & Wizardry Reference Sheets now available at RPGNow
I am one of the people who got infected by the “old-school” bug by Michael Shorten’s Swords & Wizardry Quick Start. Today his latest product, the 29-paged “Swords & Wizardry Reference Sheets” PDF...
September 23, 2009
First Look: The SKETCH System
Imagine the following situation: it’s your weekly roleplaying session, everyone has gathered at the game table but one player. Alas this player’s character will be crucial for the next session, so you decide...
September 22, 2009
Home-made GM screens @ System matters
The German RPG blog/podcast System matters has posted photos of some home-made GM screens. If you ever thought about creating your own custom GM screen instead of buying one, check out what other...
September 17, 2009
RPG Bloggers Network Forums are back
Some of you may have noticed that the RPG Bloggers Network forums had some technical issues yesterday. Obviously the forum has been hacked over the weekend and Graham Poole and I worked all...
September 15, 2009
Being Berin Kinsman
Yesterday I decided to have a look at Berin Kinsman’s autobiographic roleplaying game “Being Berin Kinsman”. The 45th anniversary edition is available at Lulu as Paperback and PDF. On 26 pages you not...
September 11, 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
Thrilling Noir Stories needs some more love
Some weeks ago I posted about “Thrilling Noir Stories”, my roleplaying game inspired by the film noir genre. The latest playtest version codenamed “Bogart” is already pretty good, but still needs more testing....
September 9, 2009
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, man!
UncleBear, father figure of RPG Bloggers has started a new movement: ROLPUNK! So, what’s this all about? Let the man speak for himself: Rolpunk (one L, no E) is about pure, stripped down,...
September 9, 2009
RPG Circus Episode 6
The latest episode of RPG Circus has been released a few days ago, but I just now managed to listen to it. As always I enjoyed it very much and a highlight of...
September 7, 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
Guide to retro-clone roleplaying games
It’s probably pretty obvious that I recently discovered the world of old-school gaming for me. In a way this new passion started with Dungeonslayers (which is actually not old-school at all) and later...
August 31, 2009
Interview with David Bezio
It’s great to read reviews and explore the stuff that someone has written but I always found it even more interesting to get to know the persons behind the games. That’s why I...
August 27, 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
Open Game Table now available as PDF
Yesterday Jonathan Jacobs, editor of “Open Game Table: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Vol. 1”, and co-founder of Nevermet Press has let us know that the OGT is now finally available as...
August 25, 2009