XXVc: It’s Complicated …
I have been running TSR’s Buck Rogers XXVc for a while now and slowly the problems inherent with the system start to show. At first glace the game seems to work quite well....
November 9, 2016
Other Systems
Traveller: OTU, MTU, or something completely different?
When running Traveller you basically have these options: You can run a game set into the Official Traveller Universe (OTU), which is the so-called Charted Space in the official timeline. You can make...
November 8, 2016
Is SWN The Better Traveller?
Yes, the title is a bit clickbait-y, but this is actually a pretty good question. In my recent Traveller post I was looking at the various Traveller editions available and I gave my...
November 2, 2016
Traveller on CD-ROM
Even though Traveller is almost as old as D&D it never had something similar as the Old School Revolution/Revival community. I guess one of the reason is that even today the original editions...
November 1, 2016
Traveller Troubles
Recently my interest in all things Traveller got a huge boost since we finally managed to get a long-planned Traveller campaign off the starting blocks. My friend Helge will be running and we...
October 30, 2016
D&D5e / Fluff/Inspiration / Game Design / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG
Out of a game, a campaign!
This past Sunday, Puerto Rico Role Players held its 20th Geeknic. The name of this latest edition was: Make Geeknics Great Again! (No relation to a certain political campaign, just a joke while...
September 30, 2016
Kickstarter: Shadow, Sword & Spell
Shadow, Sword & Spell by Rogue Games is a game very dear to me. I still have fond memories of the game Zachary Houghton ran for us at GenCon 2010. Originally Richard Iorio...
September 28, 2016
Advice / Ask The Readers / Blogging / D&D5e / Fluff/Inspiration / Freebies / Improve Your Game / Kickstarter / Music / Mutants & Masterminds / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPG tools / RPGBA / Savage Worlds
RPG Blog Carnival: Technology in my Games
Greetings dear readers! Michael recently wrote about our efforts to revitalize the blog, and I think we’re off to a good start. He invited our readers to discuss the types of posts and...
September 20, 2016
Sons of Arcadia: an RPG made in Puerto Rico!
Gaming is alive and well in Puerto Rico! I’m not just saying that because of my involvement in Puerto Rico Role Players, but because I meet GMs and players every day, hear of...
September 19, 2016
More White Box Shenanigans
This Saturday we had to cancel or regular Titansgrave game, because three of the players couldn’t make it, so I pulled out White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game, and we quickly rolled up...
September 18, 2016
Through the Moongate
Yesterday evening I had the chance to run my first White Box game set into the world of the Ultima series, Britannia (or Sosaria as it was known before). Overall I have to...
September 16, 2016
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Sunglar’s Savage House Rules!
I first became interested in Savage Worlds when I read a reference to it in a message board. Can’t remember which one now, but I do recall the poster praised the system on...
September 16, 2016
Ultima & White Box
What I want to write about today is something which started as a very small side project which eventually got a bit out of hand. Or you could say it’s still in the...
September 15, 2016
Destiny Space
Most of the roleplaying games I write about are from the English-speaking part of the world. But sometimes there are German-language roleplaying games which really stand out, so I want to talk about...
September 14, 2016
Some Thoughts on FFG’S Star Wars RPG
Yesterday I wrote about West End Games’ venerable Star Wars The Roleplaying Game, today I want to muse about the current incarnation of Star Wars in roleplaying form. Recently I finally had the...
September 13, 2016
Why WEG’s Star Wars The Roleplaying Game 1st Edition is my favorite d6 System game
Ok, I think I things got a bit out of hand with this title, but that’s basically what I want to write about today. Let’s get some things out of the way first:...
September 12, 2016
Warhammer RPG End Times
Today while browsing RPG.net I stumbled upon this thread. Obviously Fantasy Flight Games has removed their Warhammer RPG products (both 40K and Fantasy) from DriveThruRPG. It seems FFG didn’t renew their roleplaying game...
September 8, 2016