I just wanted to remind everyone that the upcoming “OPEN GAME TABLE: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1” is now available at amazon.com for preorder. The 140-pages book will also be available...
Video games can be great sources for inspiration. Everyone who played games like the classic Ultima series, the Elder Scroll series, the Fallout series, one of the Final Fantasy games or Mass Effect...
I am definately not a one-system person and when I run adventures in a setting for too long I tend to look for new things to try out. Of course it’s almost impossible...
Recently a lot of bloggers all over the network started to write about old-school gaming and how it differs from newer gaming styles. And although I got the impression that the discussion that...
When D&D 4th Edition was new, one of the first complaints was that it turned D&D into a miniature game. I disagreed and I remember that the post I wrote about 4E myths...
Today one of the new members of the english Dungeonslayers community called ur_hekau has posted an translation of the first Dungeon2Go adventure. You still need the german PDF to run the adventure and...
Today the second supplement for Dungeonslayers has been released. “Feuerwerk” is a 6-page PDF which include rules for firearms, bombs, cannons, firearms accessories and even a new class of spellcaster, the Arcane Pistoleer....
Wizards obviously has a new quiz that allows you to determine which class suits you best. And it seems I would make a good sorcerer. Hmm… D&D Home Page – What Class Are...
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months you have probably read about the upcoming “Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs“. The 140-page book will...
There has been a renaissance of old-school games recently. Just think of all the retro-clones like OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game, which try to emulate legacy D&D. Some games like Mutant Future...
This morning I’ve read gamegrene’s review of D&D 5th Edition. 5th edition, are you kidding me? Yes, 5th Edition. It’s a joke of course, but the scary thing is that it’s not that...
Recently Privateer Press announced that they are going to release an updated version of their WARMACHINE and HORDE miniature games. But alas they haven’t decided what to do with their roleplaying game line...
Only a few days after Wizards of the Coast has released the updated GSL, Paizo announced a Compatibility License for Pathfinder and a Community Use Policy. From what I’ve seen so far (and please bear with...
While the Dungeonslayers translation entered the edit and layout phase I worked on a second project for the free, old-fashioned roleplaying game: firearms! I started with a few stats for simple flintlock pistols and...
I am currently having some trouble with my RSS feed. Somehow my review of Microlite20 breaks my feed and I am currently trying to find out why. I have removed it for the...
… and it’s not pretty. I still don’t understand why he is doing this. I had a lot respect for him in the past but his D&D 4th Edition “review” is one of...
I am always interested in roleplaying games I haven’t played before and especially when they are free. One of the free roleplaying games that grabbed my attention recently was Microlite20. What is Microlite20?...
