Review: “A Keg for Dragon”
Old School Fantasy #1: “A Keg for Dragon” is the latest adventure from Reality Blurs for Savage Worlds. I am a big fan of Savage Worlds but I never ran any classic fantasy...
March 23, 2010
Other Systems
Freebie: Warrior, Rogue & Mage
Yesterday around 10pm local time I had an idea for a rule-light fantasy RPG with some old-school feel to it. The result is “Warrior, Rogue & Mage” a four-paged PDF containing complete rules...
March 22, 2010
Ordo Draconis, a review…
Apparently as a result of my previous review of the Pathfinder RPG (Which many of you seem to have liked, thank you!); I received a review copy of Ordo Draconis #2. What is...
March 18, 2010
GUMSHOE Sale on RPGNow
I just read about this on Simon Rogers’ LiveJournal blog: All of our GUMSHOE PDF products are on sale over at rpgnow.com at a 15% discount until 19th March. Our average rating over...
March 15, 2010
Microlite Interview with AntiPaladin Games
This interview originally appeared on Polyhedral Dreams on January 27th, 2010. There have been a couple small edits.
March 10, 2010
Good news for all Iron Kingdom fans!
I almost overlooked yesterday’s post at Purple Pawn. But then I scrolled back and read the headline again: “It’s Alive: The Iron Kingdoms RPG Lives!" I have to admit I had to rub...
March 10, 2010
Get the “World of Darkness” rulebook for free this week
I just found out that the World of Darkness rulebook is available for free on RPGNow in celebration of “Read an E-Book Week”. This 224-paged PDF is the core rulebook for all “new”...
March 9, 2010
Dungeonslayers: Forgeworks
Finally the first official supplement for the Dungeonslayers game has been translated into English. Forgeworks by Christian Kennig is a 4-paged PDF containing new weapons, armor, and magic items for his free roleplaying...
March 8, 2010
Gears: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
While developing Gears I have encountered many situations where I was not sure if the direction I am taking with the game is the right direction. While working on the combat section of...
March 4, 2010
What about the review? Revisiting Pathfinder…
For those of you that read my previous post about the Pathfinder RPG and are scratching your heads, no my player’s characters did not go up in level SO fast that I’m ready...
March 4, 2010
New Tunnels & Troll magazine
Dan Prentice just informed a about the cool new Tunnels & Troll magazine called “TrollsZine” that he is publishing together with Kevin Bracey. Issue #1 has been released yesterday and the 57-paged PDF...
March 3, 2010
Dungeonslayers: The Runes of Oblivion
Yesterday Christian Kennig released another one-page dungeon for his free, old-fashioned roleplaying game Dungeonslayers. Here’s the blurb from the official site: “Get up!” – the elf came slowly to. What’s going on? What...
March 2, 2010
What about Pathfinder? A review…
The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game has been out for a while, since August 2009, and it’s made me a happy gamer so far! So if you want the short of it there you have...
February 26, 2010
d20 Modern Unlimited Forums
Believe it or not, d20 Modern is still alive and kicking. Not only is there a Microlite20 Modern variant for those of you who’ve been following along with my trek through the microlite...
February 25, 2010
Dungeonslayers: Un Gioco di Ruolo All’Antica
It seems Dungeonslayers can’t be stopped! Just a few weeks ago I wrote about the French version and just yesterday an Italian publisher has released an Italian translation. This is actually the first...
February 25, 2010
Gears: Skills
This time I want to talk about skills in Gears. In my last post about Gears I explained how the core mechanic works. Usually you roll 3d6 (add some modifiers) and compare the...
February 22, 2010
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Weekend Doubleshot Review
So far in my exploration of microlite gaming, I have stuck with games that have taken a single particular approach — taking an existing game and attempting to condense the rules while still...
February 21, 2010