A helping hand for Christchurch!
As many of you probably know a terrible earthquake in New Zealand has caused great devastation in Christchurch. Like they did after the earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan RPGNow and...
February 25, 2011
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Classy move…
It’s always sad, often frustrating, to see the things we love increase in price. In the current economic environment increases in price seem inevitable, from foodstuffs and other necessities, to the leisure items...
February 24, 2011
Me (of the Dead!)
Hello, I’m Shaun. I live in Maryland, on the east coast of the United States, and I’ve been playing roleplaying games for almost 19 years now. For the first half of that, I...
February 23, 2011
Freebie: Stars Without Number
I’ve known of the existence of this game for quite a while now, but for some reason I just picked it up pretty recently. That’s why I don’t want to call this post...
February 23, 2011
Fighting the good fight…
I’ve written about Puerto Rico Role Players before, many times, and probably will some more. This is one such instance, so humor me if you please (if not there are some excellent posts...
February 22, 2011
The time I almost quit gaming!
I guess we’ve all had it. That time where you get frustrated with gaming, throw your arms up and say forget this, I’m not playing anymore… Especially if you’ve been playing for a...
February 21, 2011
Free Stuff Friday: Oldschool Hack
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Oldschool Hack I love a free RPG. I love collecting them too! Check out Oldschool Hack!...
February 18, 2011
World Building Part 9 – The Don Draper School of World Immersion
Hey everyone, before I get into this weeks post, I wanted to go ahead and let everyone know that this month, the RPG Blog Carnival is up and running. The host for this...
February 18, 2011
Beyond Ferelden
Back in December 2009 I professed my love for the Dragon Age RPG by Green Ronin. As someone who enjoyed (and still enjoys) the Dragon Age: Origins computer game it was no question...
February 17, 2011
Would a near-future science-based space exploration roleplaying game work?
Yesterday I stumbled upon this post at the famous BoingBoing blog which featured two pieces of awesome NASA artistic renderings of possible future space missions. I love science and space exploration. Even as...
February 16, 2011
Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century is back with a vengeance
Some of you might remember this game back from the ‘90s. Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century is a SF roleplaying game back from the “Golden Age”. I actually never played it back in...
February 15, 2011
Review: Soldiers of Fortune by Matt James
Yesterday, February 14th was Valentine’s Day, and what would Valentine’s Day be without some love for D&D 4e by 3rd Party Publisher Open Design. Today, I’m here to give my 2 cents about...
February 15, 2011
What about Visions of the Oracle? A review…
After reviewing the previous installments in the Advanced Feats series and having some of my players try out some of the classes in the Advanced Players Guide, this is the one I was...
February 14, 2011
Free Stuff Friday: Mutants & Masterminds Character Sheets
This week’s Free Stuff is: Mutants & Masterminds: Character Sheets Character Sheets for Mutants & Masterminds. On The Green Ronin Website They Wrote This Stuff up: Character sheets for the third edition of...
February 11, 2011
Review: Smallville RPG by Margaret Weis Productions
Today, I bring you a review of The Smallville RPG by Margaret Weis Productions. The folks over at Margaret Weis were generous enough to provide me with a review copy of the game...
February 11, 2011
Dragon Chow Dice Bags
Recently while looking for a geeky gift for my girlfriend I stumbled upon Dragon Chow Dice Bags. We both had leather dice bags for quite some time now, but this time I was...
February 9, 2011
Get 20% discount at DriveThruRPG until March 8th
As participants in DriveThruRPG’s blog and podcast program we can again provide you with a 20% discount on several cool products at “the Ultimate Gaming Store”! This discount is valid for the following...
February 9, 2011
Bits And Mortar
Bits And Mortar is a “pro-retailer, pro-brick-and-mortar, pro-PDF, pro-eBook initiative” backed by several small-press publishers like Evil Hat Productions, Cubicle 7, Pelgrane Press, Nevermet Press and Rogue Games among others. Usually when you...
February 8, 2011
Character advancement the hard way
Back in the day, when we still played games like Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition, character advancement was more than just picking new skills and talents, or improving the stats. Often the characters...
February 7, 2011
Free Stuff Friday: DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook Errata
This week’s Free Stuff is: DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook Errata Did you know that Green Ronin released Errata for the DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook? They did! Best of all it’s FREE! On The...
February 4, 2011