Ask The Readers: Can You Recommend Any GM-Less Games?
In my last post I talked about my plan to take a break from running games. But this doesn’t mean I want to stop playing. but taking on the GM’s mantle feels like...
February 21, 2016
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Taking A Break
Today I have decided to take a break when it comes to roleplaying games. Over the last few years I’ve been mostly the GM, which a few opportunities where I was actually able...
February 20, 2016
[Kickstarter] Starguild: Space Opera Noir tabletop RPG
Let me start by giving a shout-out to author Alex White for providing me with a preview copy of his roleplaying game Starguild. I had it on my harddrive for a while when...
February 6, 2016
Happy New Year!
At first let me wish all my readers all the best for 2016! In addition I hope 2016 will be better than the last years. Some of you might remember that I was...
January 6, 2016
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Gamer Rewatch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
In preparation for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, like almost everybody out there, I’ve decided to re-watch the Star Wars movies once again! The Internet is abuzz with retrospectives, new...
December 11, 2015
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Inkarnate Entertainment Team Interview
If you’re like me, your love for RPGs goes hand in hand with a love for maps. From the first time I read The Hobbit and the Dragonlance series, to when I first...
December 10, 2015
Kickstarter: Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game
Sarah Newton’s Mindjammer is one of my favorite roleplaying game settings. It’s one of the few transhumanist SF settings which I can wrap my head around. One reason is probably that Sarah’s novel...
November 23, 2015
Is Anyone Still Playing Alternity?
TSR’s Alternity Roleplaying Game is one of my favorite games which I never actually played. It’s a generic science fiction roleplaying game which has some interesting mechanics, is somewhat related to AD&D, and...
November 18, 2015
Let’s Play Vampire
After talking to several of my players and thinking it through for a while, I came to the conclusion that I should run a short Vampire: 20th Anniversary Edition chronicle in the future....
October 27, 2015
I’ve Got The World Of Darkness On My Mind
Even though I am still running Star Trek using Where No Man Has Gone Before at the moment, I am already making plans for what to run after that. A while back I...
October 22, 2015
So You Want to Run A Hard SciFi Campaign?
A friend of mine is currently working on a scifi campaign set into our solar system. Instead of a campaign spanning lightyears he plans to focus on our own cosmic backyard. Instead of...
October 20, 2015
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Interview with Jeff Dee of Monkey House Games
Writing for this blog (and through it and our efforts with Puerto Rico Role Players) has allowed me to interact with the greater RPG community in ways I did not think possible. There...
October 5, 2015
Some Thoughts on “A Time Of War”
Recently I had the chance to create a character for Catalyst Game Labs’ latest Battletech roleplaying game “A Time of War”. While the core mechanic is a pretty simple and straightforward “roll 2D6...
September 25, 2015
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Herding Cats, Mythos Style!
I’m rarely a player these days, and I’m not complaining. My gaming time is limited, and what I enjoy the most is being a GM, so I usually only get to be a...
September 16, 2015
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Let’s do the no elves… again!
I’m doing a bit of post necromancy here; over 5 years ago I posted about Talislanta. It was a trip down memory lane, and you can read the original post for all the...
September 8, 2015
Some thoughts on the Traveller Core Beta
On Friday Mongoose Publishing released the beta playtest documents for their upcoming Traveller Core Rulebook. What sets this playtest apart from others we’ve seen in the past is the fact that you have...
September 7, 2015
Carrot on a stick! Rewarding players for creating character background.
Motivating characters to create a background for their characters has always been a goal for me as a Game Master. I typically reward extra experience before the adventure begins for creating different details...
September 7, 2015