The newly created WEG Wiki features an interesting article about the history of West End Games. Here’s an excerpt for your convenience: Previously a producer of board wargames, the company began producing roleplaying...
Some of you may have noticed that the West End Games Fan Forums have been down for several hours while they were transferred to a new server. But it seems the forum is...
The english edition of Dungeonslayers is nearing completion and today Dungeonslayers.com, the english version of the official DS website went online. If you want to learn more about Dungeonslayers check out the site...
Last time we defined the pulp genre and I even recommended a few games worth checking out. And you probably guessed it that I already made a decision on what game I want...
The translation of the free, old-fashioned roleplaying game Dungeonslayers is finally nearing completion. I’ve finished translating the rules yesterday and the editing and layout process will probably done this week. An english site...
One of the genres that have seen quite a lot of renewed interest in recent times is the pulp genre. That statement is true and not true at the same time. Why? It’s...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...