Diaspora
Recently I heard about the hard science-fiction RPG powered by FATE called Diaspora. I am a big fan of everything science-fiction and so I read a few reviews, checked out the official website...
November 20, 2009
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You shouldn’t miss RPG Circus episode 11!
That’s what almost happened to me. When someone recently mentioned the latest RPG Circus (iTunes Store Link) episode, I was surprised that I haven’t listened to it. Usually I check it out on...
November 19, 2009
Another news scare-story about D&D from the 80s
On BoingBoing I discovered this mid-80s video about D&D driving kids to suicide. As special treat it features young Cory Doctorow (Canadian blogger and SF author) and his classmates. If you have trouble...
November 18, 2009
RPGBN Advisory Panel Community Member
As of today I am the newly elected RPGBN Advisory Panel Community Member. Wow, that’s quite a mouthful. As the community elected member my job is to be the voice of the community....
November 17, 2009
400 posts milestone
I was so busy in the last weeks that I almost missed that my blog hit the 400 posts milestone recently. And since my last milestone post in July much has happened in...
November 17, 2009
First Look: On Her Majesty’s Arcane Service
I recently got a copy of Flying Mice Games’ RPG “On Her Majesty’s Arcane Service” from RPGNow (RPGNow Affiliate link). The 234-paged roleplaying game is a perfect example of an interesting game that...
November 17, 2009
Please show me your homemade GM screens! (Update)
On November 5th I asked my readers to send me photos of their homemade GM screens. Alas only a few people have replied so far. If you have a cool homemade GM screen,...
November 16, 2009
Six-Sided Fantasy SRD released
While WEG’s Eric Gibson hasn’t shown up on the WEG Fan Forums for ages and things are generally looking grim for the future of the OpenD6 project, a fellow RPG blogger has provided...
November 13, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: Vintage D&D Commercial
Now I understand why people believed D&D was utterly evil. This commercial from the 1980s makes me shiver! And did we really wear these clothes back in the ‘80?
November 13, 2009
Dragon Age Design Diary #1
Recently the first Dragon Age design diary went online. In this article Green Ronin’s Chris Pramas provides us with some details on the upcoming Dragon Age RPG that is based on Bioware’s new...
November 12, 2009
Confessions of a lazy GM
I am a very lazy when it comes to preparing roleplaying sessions. When other GMs plan and prepare for weeks I usually make some preparations just mere hours before I start running a...
November 11, 2009
Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 3rd Edition Trailer
It seems while I was busy offline FFG released a new trailer for the upcoming WHFRP 3E game. While I have to admit that the components (cards, dice, sheets) look very good, I...
November 10, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: Tom et ses chums!
This short comedy about French-Canadian D&D players is one of my favorite RPG-related comedy videos. The two old-school players who take their game much too serious are priceless! The video is in French...
November 6, 2009
Please show me your homemade GM screens!
Some time ago, the German blog System matters had a post about home-made GM screens. I really liked the idea and linked to that post on my blog and obviously a lot of...
November 5, 2009
I am throwing my hat into the ring!
This morning I’ve decided to throw my hat into the ring to be the community selected representative on the RPGBN Advisory Panel. If you have no idea, what I am talking about, you...
November 4, 2009
Ask The Readers: Do you keep your hobby a secret?
Roleplaying games are still a niche hobby. Most people probably know computer and video games. A lot of people enjoy board and card games but there’s only a minority of people who list...
November 3, 2009
Ad Astra RPG on Scribd
Some months ago I created a new version of my Ad Astra Primer document. The new PDF is much more printer-friendly and includes some artwork created by my fellow RPG blogger Greywulf. Since...
November 2, 2009