Getting Children into Gaming
There are a few popular games for getting younger children into gaming. The most successful is probably Hero Kids by Justin Halliday, with Amazing Tales by Martin Lloyd coming in second. Both games...
January 7, 2020
RPG
Happy Ending
A couple of years ago I ran a handful of posts about creating a game based upon playing cards. At the time I just thrashed out the core rules. In the next update...
December 24, 2019
In My Traveller Universe: Near Space
One of my favorite sourcebooks for Traveller and the Cepheus System is definitely Stellagama Publishing’s Near Space. It’s a small booklet containing maps and stats for the stellar systems in the vicinity of...
November 19, 2019
Kickstarter: Electric Bastionland
Into the Odd is one of the most unique and creative games I’ve played in the last years. It’s a weird mix between an ultra-light D&D clone and a unique, weird science meets...
November 11, 2019
Don’t Do As I Do – A Tale Of Depression, Anxiety And RPGs
Over the years I’ve posted a lot of GM advice here on the blog. I’ve also shared tips on how to be a better player. Unfortunately I sometimes get the impression that I...
November 4, 2019
Get “Tales From The Loop” For Free
In order to celebrate the release of their new campaign module “Out Of Time“, Fria Ligan is giving away the digital version of their award-winning roleplaying game Tales From The Loop today. If...
October 10, 2019
A Quick Glance at The New Cypher System Rulebook
A while back Monte Cook Games released a revised edition of their Cypher System Rulebook. While the system itself is mostly unchanged from the previous book, its better organized and they added some...
October 7, 2019
Domains Horror
It is impossible to hang out with TTRPG designers, follow them on twitter or any social media and escape a near barrage of Kickstarter campaigns. Some are eagerly awaited and there is a...
September 14, 2019
Guest Post: Combat of the Thirty
Handling chivalry in RPGs is hard. Genre fiction loves chivalry and honor almost as much as it loves jaded pessimism – and it often shoves the two philosophies together in ways that seem...
September 10, 2019
First Look: Simple Fantasy Adventure
Retro-clones are all the rage nowadays but most of the games from that category are based on the grand-daddy of all RPGs: Dungeons & Dragons. Recently a few retro-clones of other games have...
August 27, 2019
On the History of D&D
Today I read an interesting post on Kotaku, called Dungeons & Deceptions, about the role Dave Arneson had in the development of D&D. According to Rob Kuntz and others, the commonly told story...
August 27, 2019
Less well-known OSR Games worth a Look
Over the last decade or so, playing older editions of D&D or their modern simulacra has been pretty popular. Back in the day people wanted to play like in the old days, but...
August 26, 2019
Review: Elite Dangerous Roleplaying Game
I still remember when I first saw the space-trading computer game Elite. It was a friend’s house and he showed me this snazzy new game on his Commodore 64 computer. I was totally...
August 21, 2019
Please Help Mindjammer Press
A few days ago, Chris, the husband of Sarah Newton lost his fight against cancer. Even though I didn’t personally know him, the news has affected me deeply and I wish I could...
August 17, 2019
I Can’t Make Up My Mind
Recently I decided I should finally give BECMI a chance. I asked a couple of friends if they were interested in creating characters to which they agreed. We initially planned to meet two...
August 16, 2019
The Siege Perilous
If you are even remotely interested in the Ultima series of computer roleplaying games and D&D you owe it to yourself to check out Michael Shorten’s excellent “The Siege Perilous” rules. Back in...
August 13, 2019