NaGa DeMon, NaNoWriMo and Scrivener
No, we’re not talking about demonic snake-like people from Indian mythology here. Nathan Russel, the guy who created the awesome FU RPG among other things, had a great idea. Why not take the...
October 26, 2011
Random musings
The woes of the amateur game designer
I am sure a lot of you have found my blog for the first time after they heard about one of my game designs. Especially Warrior, Rogue & Mage has been pretty popular...
October 25, 2011
Fleeting Moments: RPGs That End
“The best way to plan a chronicle’s size is to come up with a number of sessions or months you’d like to lead it as a Storyteller, then reduce that by 20 percent.”...
October 24, 2011
Mistborn
Yesterday Crafty Games released its Mistborn Adventure Game Primer on DriveThruRPG for free. I have to admit I haven’t followed the development of the Mistborn Adventure Game at all. I haven’t heard of...
October 21, 2011
First Look: Anima Prime
Yesterday night I was browsing RPGNow in hopes of finding an interesting RPG I haven’t heard about yet. With thousands of titles on the site, it’s actually pretty easy to find stuff I...
October 20, 2011
Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds / WR&M
Character Concepts: The old hero…
Just as I am more of a lover than a fighter (and no I’m not giving you any references so you can confirm this, you better take my word for it), I am...
October 19, 2011
Free FATE
Recently I decided to switch to Free FATE for my current FATE games. This has mainly three reasons: It’s free. We used Starblazer Adventures before, which is an awesome FATE game, but I...
October 10, 2011
What about the Divine Favor series? A review…
When I reviewed the Advanced Feats series from Open Design I wished they would give the Advanced Feats treatment to the core classes in the Pathfinder RPG. Well ask and you shall receive!...
October 7, 2011
Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition now available at DriveThruRPG
I was actually a bit surprised when I noticed that the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade was already available for purchase on DriveThruRPG. I haven’t actually expected it before late October....
September 30, 2011
The Genesys of a new game!
Miss me? Well that’s a deafening silence… I guess the interwebz is a harsh mistress. Before I plunge into the post at hand let me take a moment to tell the two readers...
September 30, 2011
More Google+ Hangout musings
Yesterday I had my second game over Google+ Hangout (check out my post about my first game there) and again, everyone had a blast. Of course we had to fight some technical issues...
September 28, 2011
Ask the Readers: What’s your favorite Call of Cthulhu adventure?
On Saturday I have started making plans for New Year’s Eve. Like in the years before a few friends will come over, we will have good food and do some roleplaying. This year...
September 26, 2011
Almost as good as the real deal: playing RPGs over Google+ Hangout
Yesterday I joined Chris McDowall and a group of three players I didn’t know before that in a game of “Into the Odd” over Google+ Hangout. In this post I want to talk...
September 23, 2011
My edition of D&D
Recently it was announced that Monte Cook is working for WotC again. And of course the rumors that they are already working on D&D 5th Edition flared up again. But that’s not what...
September 22, 2011
Losing Faith in Oghma’s Faithful
Not long ago, Wizards of the Coast released the Neverwinter Campaign Setting. It expands upon the information presented in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, released in August 2008, while providing a standalone foundation...
September 20, 2011
First impressions: Abney Park’s Airship Pirates
A couple of days ago I found a mysterious package in mailbox. I opened it and found a copy of Abney park’s Airship Pirates courtesy of Cubicle 7. Some of you may know...
September 16, 2011
Teaching new games to an old group …
I think a lot of GMs love to try new stuff: new games, new rules, new campaigns. But more often than not players are hesitant to try something new. Some groups never want...
September 14, 2011