The Princess Bride RPG
OK, so to be fair I gave The Princess Bride Role Playing Game the fastest of once overs before discarding it. Remember that I am a Rolemaster GM at heart and it was...
July 5, 2018
Other Systems
Dark Fantasy
These days having to wait for things feels so old fashioned! I have grown used to pdf rulebooks and if I want something I can have it right now. For years now I...
June 26, 2018
ANCIENT WORLDS: ATISI
Well, my weekend plans went slightly sideways, but in a good way, when I was offered the advance review copy of ANCIENT WORLDS: ATISI. There are details of the crowd funding campaign for this...
June 24, 2018
Where is the FUDGE Fantasy?
I am rather taken with the FUDGE system. It is a long way removed from my usual mainstay of Rolemaster but reading the Ghost Ops quickstart and Early Access booklets was a real...
June 20, 2018
Most Excellent 7th Sea Adventures
I heard there is is to be a third Bill & Ted movie this week so I just had to use the ‘Most Excellent’ phrase 🙂 I have been quiet for nearly a...
May 10, 2018
Cypher System / D&D5e / FFG's Star Wars / Fluff/Inspiration / Genesys / Numenera / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Shadowrun
What Am I Playing Right Now?
Since my GM hiatus started back in June 2017, I used the opportunity to play in as many games as possible. For a very long time I was basically the go-to GM for...
May 9, 2018
World of Dungeons: Turbo–Breakers
Wow. That’s a mouthful. The long name is especially funny when you realize that the rules of the roleplaying game with that name is just 4 pages long. And the last page consists...
May 7, 2018
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes
Aside from being a table top roleplaying aficionado, I also love to play computer games of all kinds. Recently I’ve started a couple of games from my youth including Ultima IV, one of...
April 24, 2018
Reading Up On 7th Sea 2nd Edition
I noticed after my last post that despite being a fan of 7th Sea I had never gotten around to reading the new edition of books. Michael gets to list his “Currently Reading”...
April 12, 2018
Looking after the pennys
I kind of suspect that most GMs harbour some kind of desire, however small, to make a living from gaming. After all if you look at the success of the Forgotten Realms haven’t...
April 9, 2018
Ghost Ops QS & One Page Solo
This is a sort of double play test as I was using the One Page Solo Engine that I talked about last time, specifically the Fudge version I wrote in Javascript, to play...
April 3, 2018
First Look Ghost Ops RPG
Ghost Ops RPG by FeralGamersInc is available as a free quick start document. You get an overview of the fudge system, five pregen characters (called Operators) , and overview of the combat system,...
March 31, 2018
Blast from the past?
Not long ago I stumbled upon this old post of Unified Rolemaster Playtest. Obviously I am interested in people opinions of Rolemaster as a house ruled version of Rolemaster is my system of...
March 12, 2018
Star Fighter – Fourth Wish Games
Star Fighter by Lucas Jones, Forth Wish Games, is a fast and loose Sci Fi role playing game released in February this year. I am a fan of games that define characters through...
March 8, 2018
Review: Mutant Year Zero: Gen Lab Alpha
I was never very fond of anthropomorphic animals. That’s one of the reasons why I never actually played Gamma World. I just found it too childish. When my Mutant: Year Zero GM approached...
March 5, 2018