Interview with Chad Underkoffler
With the release of “Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies” (get it at RPGNow or IPR) a few days ago, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to ask Chad Underkoffler, if he...
April 23, 2009
News & Reviews
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies now available over RPGNow
If you are interested in swashbuckling fantasy RPGs you probably have heard of Chad Underkoffler’s latest work “Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies“. The hardcover version has been available for some time now at...
April 22, 2009
Two Worlds RPG for free
Two Worlds is an action RPG for PC and Xbox 360. In 2007 RPGObjects created a pen&paper roleplaying game based on that game that was included in the Collector’s Edition of the game....
April 20, 2009
MyBrute
Recently the German RPG blog “Sven’s Wortschmiede” has posted a tutorial of the game MyBrute. I have to admit that I was totally oblivious to the existence of this browser “game” before that...
April 20, 2009
Minions in D&D 4th Edition: Hit or Miss?
Generally I like the new rules for minions in D&D 4th Edition. They are several reasons why minions are fun: you can throw dozens of enemies at the players without killing them off...
April 16, 2009
Dungeonslayers: GM shield
There’s now an official Dungeonslayers gamemaster screen called a GM shield (I think there are not enough rules for a proper screen). Here’s the blurb from the official site: Behold the Dungeonslayers gamemaster...
April 16, 2009
OGT will finally go retail!
Good news, everyone! Jonathan Jacobs officially announced today that he entered a contract with Studio 2 Publishing: I am very pleased to announce that as of today, I have entered into a contract...
April 15, 2009
Basic Roleplaying Quickstart PDF
One of the oldest RPG systems in existence is Chaosium‘s Basic Roleplaying System that powered games like Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest or Stormbringer. Last year Chaosium finally released a generic BRP rulebook that...
April 14, 2009
Open D6 update!
Over at the WEG Fan Forums Eric Gibson, the owner of West End Games, has posted an update on OpenD6. For your convenience, I want to quote his post here: OpenD6 OGL Moving...
April 9, 2009
Dave, you’ll be missed!
I have to admit I have been struggling with this post for quite some time now. Sometimes it is hard to find the right words. Especially when you don’t want it to sound...
April 9, 2009
I usually don’t agree with RPGPundit …
… but this time, he’s right. His comment on the current situation with Wizards of the Coast pulling the plug on all of their PDFs is spot on. And if you check out...
April 8, 2009
Wizards of the Coast stops all PDF sales
Yesterday RPGNow announced that WotC has notified them that they no longer are allowed to sell or distribute WotC’s PDF products. That means even if you have purchased WotC PDF products over RPGNow...
April 7, 2009
Review: Open Game Table
When I today crawled out of bed I found my copy of “Open Game Table – The Anthology Of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1” in my mailbox. And I have to admit it...
April 6, 2009
Official RPG Bloggers Network Community Forums launched!
Today fellow blogger Questing GM and I have discussed about an RPG Bloggers forum over Twitter. And since I usually have the patience of an 8-year old on the day before christmas I...
April 3, 2009
Legend of Zork
Yesterday Activision launched “Legend of Zork“, a casual persistant adventure game based on the Zork series. Zork was actually one of the first interactive fiction computer games and created in the ’70s. “Legend...
April 2, 2009
Solo Games
My experience with solo games is almost zero. I first encountered solo games when I was playing Vampire at a friend’s house (That was actually when I first met my current girlfriend, but...
April 2, 2009
Le jeu de rôle à l’ancienne and Wikislayers
The work on Dungeonslayers never stops: Today Christian Kennig announced that a french translation of Dungeonslayers will be released as soon as the work on the layout is completed. In the meantime Michael...
March 30, 2009