Free Stuff Friday: Risus
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This weeks Free Stuff is: Risus Looking for a quick and easy rules light RPG to play? Look no further than...
July 9, 2010
Other Systems
Is the OSR mainly driven by nostalgia?
I am not sure what got me thinking but recently I asked myself why all the retro clones have to look like they were produced back in the day? In most cases, the...
July 8, 2010
Soapbox Games Reviews
Moritz Mehlem, a German old-school advocate who is pretty well known for his blog “Von der Seifenkiste herab” and his involvement in the Labyrinth Lord community, has recently started releasing his works on...
July 8, 2010
Review: End Time
Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere’s End Time is a dark vision of the future, a world where the stars where right and humanity had to abandon Earth. The book itself also had a quite...
July 7, 2010
Review: Cthulhu Rising
Usually Call of Cthulhu games are set into the 1920s, the Victorian age or modern times. But there are some exceptions. This week I want to have a look at two books that...
July 6, 2010
Other sources of inspiration for RPGs: Comics
It’s easy to list off the inspiration and influences from literature and movies on role playing games. Historically there are lists and appendixes dedicated just to this. The newly released (and excellent by...
July 6, 2010
Review: Hounds of G.O.D.
Hounds of G.O.D. by Adam J. Weber Games is a 40-paged roleplaying game which is crammed full of awesomeness. Hounds of G.O.D. is set into a dystopian future. A minority of the population...
July 5, 2010
Ulisses Spiele GmbH now owns TORG
According to a post on the West End Game fan forums, WEG’s Eric Gibson sold the rights to TORG to the German company Ulisses Spiele GmbH, which is known as the publisher of...
July 5, 2010
Free Stuff Friday – Firefly RPG
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This weeks Free Stuff is: Firefly RPG Here’s How It Is… The Earth got used up, and we found a new...
July 2, 2010
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My Orcus & Me!
Today I got my Orcus, Prince of Undeath Gargantuan Figure. I was so excited to get the news that my FLGS had received it that I spent all day daydreaming about it. To...
July 2, 2010
Realms of Cthulhu Giveaway Contest
UPDATE: The contest is now closed. The winner will announced next week! I promised you another giveaway contest and here it is! I still have one PDF copy of Reality Blurs’ excellent “Realms...
July 1, 2010
Your daily dose of ICONS!
Some time ago, when I was just getting on this superhero bandwagon I wrote a post about supers, including a tool to illustrate characters called Hero Factory (Fábrica de Heroís). On that post...
June 29, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Swords & Wizardry
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This weeks Free Stuff is: Swords & Wizardry Want to see what all this Role Playing Game stuff is all about...
June 25, 2010
Does the GM Screen deserve to go the way of the Dodo?
I always tell myself I’m not going to buy it. But I always do and I’m consistently underwhelmed or outright disappointed! There was a time when I had a use for Game Master...
June 25, 2010
Deathwatch: In-Depth Preview Video
This game sounds more intriguing every time I learn something new about it. And the new concept of “Squad Mode” vs. “Solo Mode” that’s explained in the video sounds like a very cool...
June 24, 2010
Let’s got to the frontier… The Star Frontier that is!
Dane of War’s excellent post, 10 RPGs every gamer should play before they fail their saving throw vs. death got me thinking of my favorite sci-fi game, Star Frontiers. This old school sci-fi...
June 23, 2010
Deconstructing Metaplots
I have a confession to make (another one you say)! As a Game Master I really don’t like pre-published adventures. Don’t get me wrong I know WHY they exist, and I’ve read my share and...
June 22, 2010
Deathwatch: Final Sanction
Fantasy Flight Games’ preview adventure to the upcoming Deathwatch roleplaying game is finally available for download at RPGNow. Deatchwatch is another RPG set into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. This time players adopt the...
June 22, 2010
June Solstice Giveaway contest
To celebrate the first day of summer (or winter if you are living on the southern hemisphere) we’re giving away more RPG PDFs in collaboration with the nice guys at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG! This time...
June 21, 2010
Ask The Readers: What’s your take on Exalted?
White Wolf’s Exalted is one of the games that immediately piqued my interest when it came out. I’ve enjoyed several White Wolf games before and I was excited to see White Wolf’s version...
June 21, 2010