Strands of Fate
Strands of Fate is a heavily modified version of the FATE rules written by Mike McConnell. The idea behind Strands of Fate was to create a streamlined version of FATE which can be...
October 11, 2010
Reviews & First Looks
Review: Kingdom Builder Generator Pack II
In February I previewed Chaotic Shiny Productions’ Kingdom Builder Generator Pack I which I helped to beta test back then. Some time ago Hannah Lipsky finished the new Kingdom Generator Pack II which...
October 4, 2010
What about the Magus? A new Pathfinder RPG playtest…
I don’t know how I missed this… As the resident Pathfinder guy I should have been all over this, work be dammed! How did I miss the new Pathfinder RPG playtest? Well let...
September 29, 2010
PAX Prime 2010 – Day 2
Waking up and pulling myself out of bed I was feeling like I had been at PAX a week already. I could not figure out why I was feeling like this. Maybe it...
September 21, 2010
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PAX Prime 2010 – Day 1
Hannah and I woke up early and eager on Friday so we could attend the PAX keynote address and meet up with our good friend Lyle. The Keynote was taking place at Benaroya...
September 20, 2010
What about Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist? A review…
Let me get this out in the clear first. I love the Pathfinder RPG Advanced Players Guide! (If I like it SO much I should do a proper review of it, but I...
September 13, 2010
Come blog at my table… A review of the Open Game Table Anthology volume 2!
As a relative newcomer to blogging (only since February) I can’t say I kept abreast of the blogosphere. Of course I read some blogs but it was not a conscious effort, but since...
September 9, 2010
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What about the new D&D comic? A review!
Some of you may or may not know that IDW Publishing will soon begin publication of officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons comics. They recently published an issue #0 to promote the new series...
September 8, 2010
Review: MECHA
I love the mecha genre! I remember back in the 80s when we got cable TV I watched Robotech on some British TV station, although I couldn’t understand most of it. It has...
September 7, 2010
Review: Lone Wolf Multiplayer Game Book and Heroes of Magnamund
I still have very fond memories of the Lone Wolf game books I lent from my friend Sven back when we were still in school. The Lone Wolf books focus on the world...
August 31, 2010
Dungeons & Dragons Red Box Review
I received and early copy of the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Red Box Fantasy Roleplaying Game Starter Set last week. It’s the first product to be released from the 4th edition Essentials...
August 30, 2010
Check out these WR&M reviews!
Recently a few more reviews of WR&M have been released. The first has been written by Ina Vegt of the “Tales of the Swampwitch’s Adventures” blog. Some while ago she already reviewed the...
August 27, 2010
D&D Essentials “Red Box” Unboxing
Youseph got his review copy of the new D&D Red Box today and recorded a short unboxing video. He told me that there will be a review coming soon, so stay tuned! In...
August 27, 2010
Eureka!
Some time ago, Martin Ralya of GnomeStew.com and Engine Publishing asked me if I was interested in reviewing Eureka. I’ve read about Eureka before and since I am chronically under-prepared for my games,...
August 25, 2010
Review: The Savage World of Solomon Kane
I can’t deny it, I am an avid Savage Worlds fan. I like the rules-light system and the original settings released for it. I think the first time I heard about Solomon Kane...
August 24, 2010
Dicebook review
Some time ago I had the opportunity to give away a free copy of Dicebook, a PDF reader and dice rolling app for the Apple iPad. But since I haven’t had an iPad...
August 23, 2010
GameScience Dice Review
Last March I wrote a post titled The Importance of Dice where I talked about how important dice are to both players and game masters alike. It seems like everywhere I look every...
August 18, 2010
First Impression: Ion Guard
While some people are out carousing on a far away gaming convention currently taking place (don’t ask I won’t name names), others have to mind the shop and console themselves with picking up...
August 6, 2010
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Review: Kobold Quarterly Issue 14
Currently I play none of the games which are regularly covered by Kobold Quarterly, but so far I’ve enjoyed reading every issue I got my hands on. Aside from a lot of material...
August 3, 2010
Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Reviews & First Looks / RPG
What about the GameMastery Guide? A review…
The Paizo GameMastery Guide is an excellent companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rule Book. The Core Rulebook combines all the rules you used to find in the old D&D 3.5 Player’s Handbook...
August 3, 2010