First Look: Carcosa
I don’t remember when I first heard about Carcosa. I think someone mentioned it on Twitter or I discovered a link to some preview somewhere. But I was immediately intrigued. Carcosa is a...
December 16, 2011
RPG
Holiday Hoopla at DriveThruRPG
As in the months before we can provide you with a discount code that gives you off 20% from selected products at DriveThruRPG. And while the list for December may be short, it...
December 15, 2011
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Learning is good for you! And gaming too…
To say that role-playing games have been good for me is an understatement. Besides the countless hours of fun they’ve provided, the lasting friendships that have been forged and the way it has...
December 14, 2011
Never. Stop. Making. Games.
Today I stumbled upon a blog post that basically asked all indie and amateur game designers to stop doing what they love. As the author of said blog post put it: “Stop. Making....
December 8, 2011
Food at the table (or other designated gaming area) what to do… Ask the readers!
I am a portly fellow, I’ll admit it. Or you may say pleasantly plumpy. Ok I am overweight. I guess it is something that affects some in the gaming community. I know there...
December 7, 2011
Freebies: Renaissance
Yay! I have been waiting for this since I first read about it: Renaissance is a free roleplaying system designed for historical and fantasy games in, as the authors put it, “age of...
December 6, 2011
My take on “unfinished business”
In his latest post Roberto (aka Sunglar) shared his thoughts about “unfinished business”, campaigns that never came to a proper end. I have to admit I know this all too well. When it...
December 6, 2011
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Unfinished business
I think as a whole we human beings are completists. We want to complete what we began; we want the whole story. We crave to know the conclusion, and when we don’t get...
December 2, 2011
Lazy Friday Video post: “John Carter of Mars – Full Trailer”
Yes, I know this is quite off-topic, but damn, this movie is looking better and better everytime they throw a few new scraps at us. I loved the book and it looks like...
December 2, 2011
Ask The Stargazer: “What is the one RPG that you have never run, but have always wanted to?”
Today’s question has been asked by a reader who calls himself Lon. And while it’s a perfect question, I am not sure how I should answer that. Let me start by saying that...
December 1, 2011
Tales from the Ancient Scroll: Hunters in the Dark
Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a series of adventure ideas written by Robert Oglodzinski of AncientScroll.pl. If you speak Polish or if you are not afraid of using translation software...
November 30, 2011
News from Promethea
Dark Harvest: Legacy of Frankenstein is undoubtedly one of the most impressive games I reviewed this year. It stands out from a lot of other games because of its unique alternate history setting...
November 29, 2011
Puerto Rico Role Players: spreading our wings… And our horizons!
If you regularly read my posts you’ll have noticed that from time to time I talk about the Puerto Rico Role Players group. Along with writing here in the blog, that group has...
November 29, 2011
Legend – Help raising money for Child’s Play and get a cool RPG in exchange
Rule of Cool Gaming’s Legend RPG has probably the most generic name a fantasy RPG could have, but it’s actually a pretty interesting product. The rules may look quite familiar at first glance...
November 28, 2011
NaGa DeMon: I surrender!
As I’ve written last week, I doubt I will get my NaGa DeMon project done. Today is November 28th and Astronauts is far from being playable. But since it’s a very interesting project...
November 28, 2011
A dearth of ideas…
As I sit here pondering about role-playing games, in my turkey fuelled semi-conscious state of mind, the mind wanders to all those unused campaign ideas that pile up through the years. If you...
November 25, 2011