Ad Astra PDQ character creation
Last weekend my group of players and I decided to give the PDQ system a try. We’ll be using it to run my “Ad Astra” campaign. At first I thought about using the...
May 14, 2009
Other Systems
Dungeonslayers review @ “Here Be Gamers”
The roleplaying podcast “Here Be Gamers” has been reviewing Dungeonslayers, the game I helped translating from German to English some weeks ago. If you like listening to RPG podcasts and are still undecided,...
May 11, 2009
Ad Astra: PDQ vs. D6 1:0
Yesterday my gaming group assembled to play our first session of “Ad Astra”. Alas I wasn’t able to finish everything I wanted to have written down at that point, but we decided it...
May 10, 2009
Get “Interface-Zero” and “Shadows of Cthulhu” for just $2 each
One of my favorite games I never played is True20 by Green Ronin. Recently I learned about two awesome new settings for that game: “Interface-Zero” and “Shadows of Cthulhu“. The first is a modern cyberpunk...
April 30, 2009
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
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
Roleplaying in the world of “On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness”
“On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness” is an episodic adventure RPG for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 set into a pseudo-victorian world where lovecraftian horror, pulp adventures and the twisted humor of...
April 21, 2009
Ask The Readers: Magic in PDQ?
Initially I planned to use FUDGE for the solo game with my girlfriend but in the end we decided to use Chad Underkoffler’s PDQ system (the core rules are freely available on the...
April 20, 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
Solo Game with Fudge and Horror
Some time ago I have told you about my plans to try out a solo game with my girlfriend. We pondered over the several types of game we could try and finally settled...
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
Get Exalted 2nd Edition for free!
Obviously White Wolf recognizes the opportunity and celebrates their devotion to PDF products by giving away the Exalted 2nd Edition rulebook for free! In light of recent announcements, some fans have expressed concern over...
April 8, 2009
Theseus Class Medium Starfighter
As I mentioned before I am working on a SF campaign setting for d6 Space. One of the things my players requested were space battles featuring space fighters much like in games like...
March 31, 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
Some news on Open D6
On the 25th the WEG Fan Forums organized a chat with West End Games owner Eric Gibson. Now the chat transcript is finally available, and I can give you some information on what...
March 27, 2009