Mutant Future
Some time ago I posted about Labyrinth Lord and other retro clones based on old-school D&D. I didn’t know that the creators of Labyrinth Lord also released Mutant Future, a game based on...
February 23, 2009
Other Systems
Two new upcoming Savage Worlds settings
Evil DM Productions, an indie game design studio, has announced two new settings for use with the Savage Worlds rules. The first setting “Legends of Steel” will be a sword and sorcery setting:...
February 23, 2009
New Edition of “Space: 1889” in the works
The German publisher “Uhrwelt-Verlag”, a sublabel of Ulisses Spiele, has secured the rights to produce a new version of the classic steampunk roleplaying game Space: 1889. Instead of using the rules of the...
February 20, 2009
What’s new with Dungeonslayers?
Some time ago I introduced Dungeonslayers to you, a free and easy beer-and-pretzels roleplaying game. I have finished the translation of the everything but the introductory adventure and the character creation section has already been...
February 19, 2009
Some free games I found at RPGNow
I am looking for new and exciting games. A simple and cheap way to try out some new games or to at least broaden your horizon is to check RPGNow‘s free game downloads....
February 17, 2009
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
One of the RPG Blogs I’ve subscribed in Google Reader is the german blog Rollenspiel-Almanach. Today a post about Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies grabbed my attention. I actually haven’t heard of that...
February 10, 2009
Map for my Dungeonslayers campaign
Since my group wants to continue playing Dungeonslayers, I’ve decided to create a small campaign world to play in. It’s nothing fancy of course but it’s just enough information to use as a...
February 9, 2009
Dungeonslayers: Playtest report
Yesterday, a few friends came over to my place to play some games. One of the things I had prepared was Dungeonslayers, a free, rules-light, old-school game. The 18-page rulebook contains the rules...
February 8, 2009
Short list of RPGs released under CC
In a couple of posts I wrote about copyright, Creative Commons, OGL and related topics. Today, I searched the internet for some roleplaying games that actually have been released under a CC license....
February 6, 2009
My thoughts on OGL, GSL and beyond
When Wizards of the Coast decided to release the 3.0 (and the following 3.5) Edition of their popular roleplaying game D&D we saw a lot of 3rd party supplements and OGL games. Of...
February 5, 2009
Dungeoncraft: New Races for Asecia
The last time I wrote about Asecia I planned to use the FATE rules and I decided against non-human races. But in the end things always turn out differently than planned. My current...
February 2, 2009
Freebie: HARP Lite
A friend of mine is an avid fan of ICE’s classic roleplaying game Rolemaster. I still have some very fond memories of our Rolemaster campaigns set into his homebrew world Ebur. When ICE...
January 28, 2009
Doctor Who RPG – Could this really work?
Some time ago I heard that Cubicle 7 Entertainment is working on a new Doctor Who RPG. Since I am a great fan of Doctor Who and Torchwood I was of course very...
January 13, 2009
Plans for New Year’s Eve
Christmas is over and it’s time to make plans for New Year’s Eve. This year we are not having a big party (if I ever had a big party at New Year’s Eve)...
December 30, 2008
Alpha Omega review @ Gnome Stew
A few minutes ago I noticed a new post at Gnome Stew that at once grabbed my attention. It was the review of an awesome looking game called “Alpha Omega” and a handy...
December 19, 2008
Retro review: Traveller
I have to admit I own a lot of different roleplaying games. Some I haven’t even completely read, some I haven’t even tried out and there are a few that have very fond...
December 18, 2008
A Colder War
While looking for some inspiration for a Call of Cthulhu adventure I stumbled upon Charles Stross’ short story “A Colder War“. The story is set into an alternative timeline that follows the events...
December 15, 2008