Let’s Talk about RIFTS
RIFTS is probably one of the first RPGs I played back in the day. I still remember the demise of my first RIFTS character, who forgot to wear his MDC armor before trying...
January 7, 2017
Random musings
Hidden Gem: The Unexplained
Yesterday I bought a copy of Carnivore Games’ The Unexplained, a Fudge-based game in which you play members of a group investigating paranormal phenomenon. And from what I’ve seen so far it is...
January 7, 2017
A Look at the Cepheus Engine
My current series of Traveller-related posts would not be complete without having a look at the Cepheus Engine SRD. Many people have called “Traveller with the serial numbers filed off” and from what...
November 15, 2016
Some Thoughts on Mongoose Traveller
In one of my recent posts I was looking into the various Traveller editions out there. But there were two editions which I left out completely: Mongoose Traveller (or MgT for short) and...
November 14, 2016
Fixing XXVc
First things first: XXVc is not necessarily a broken system. I am sure there are GMs and players who are perfectly fine with the system. But for me and my group it doesn’t...
November 10, 2016
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
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 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
Falling in Love with White Box
I never thought I might say this, but I have fallen in love with White Box D&D or more precisely with the retro-clones inspired by what people call D&D 0e. One reason why...
October 26, 2016
Buck Rogers XXVc: A Few Thoughts
This week I will run the third session of our Buck Rogers XXVc campaign and I think it’s time to share a few thoughts. Overall things have been running smoothly with a few...
October 25, 2016
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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
Caves of Qud
Yes, this is first and foremost a pen & paper roleplaying games blog, but sometimes I just need to sneak in a post about related topics. Today I want to talk about Caves...
September 27, 2016
How I Stopped Worrying And Just Played The Game …
Sometimes being me sucks. If there’s something I am really good at then it’s worrying. I can worry about the most minor things all the time. And don’t me started on the really...
September 21, 2016
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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
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
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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