Examining High Level Play: Part One
A couple weeks back, I was reflecting on the D&D Immortals campaign I’ve been working with, and I got to thinking about “high level play” as a whole concept. I scribbled some notes,...
November 16, 2010
RPG
Let’s revive the Role Play Media Network
The RPMN, the social network for RPG bloggers, podcaster, vidcasters and their fans, which was created by Berin Kinsman, has seen quite a few ups and downs during its lifetime. When it was...
November 16, 2010
Hellgate
If you are into computer and video games you might remember the action RPG Hellgate: London. It has been released 2007 by Flagship Studios. Alas the game was much too ambitious and the...
November 15, 2010
Tips to Break Writers Block
Recently Youseph has started to write a Dungeons and Dragons adventure and is looking to post about the experience, so kudos to him for doing so. When he initially said that he was...
November 12, 2010
Staying in the “Sweet Spot”
In the latest episode of RPG Circus Jeff, Mark and Zach talked about low, mid and high level play in games like D&D. For some reason a lot of people find the early...
November 10, 2010
Review: Fantasy Craft Adventure Companion
When you have read my blog for quite a while you probably noticed that I have a soft spot for Crafty Games‘ Fantasy Craft. But Fantasy Craft is a more complex game than...
November 9, 2010
What about the GameMastery Combat Pad? A review…
As an unabashed fan of all things Pathfinder I guess it is not a surprise I like their GameMastery line of products. It runs the gamut from Flip-Mats to Map Packs (and I’ve...
November 9, 2010
What about the Coliseum Morpheuon? A review…
“I have often wondered if the majority of mankind ever pause to reflect upon the occasionally titanic significance of dreams, and of the obscure world to which they belong.” Beyond the Wall of...
November 8, 2010
Jim Ward in need of help
According to the Greyhawk Grognard, game design luminary Jim Ward, who is responsible for such classic games as Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World needs our help. Obviously he spent some time in the...
November 8, 2010
ESTRANGE: frEe STuff fRiday AcroNym Generator
This is Youseph’s usual stomping grounds, but I couldn’t resist writing a post about this as soon as I discovered it today. Acronyms are to me a staple of superhero games, and to...
November 5, 2010
Ask the Readers: Any good supers themed questionnaire out there?
I’m a big believer in character questionnaires, I’ve even written about it before. I’m currently preparing for my upcoming superhero campaign and I’m struggling with creating a superhero themed questionnaire. I’m interested in...
November 5, 2010
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I laugh and I cry at Knights…
Besides being a longtime gamer I have other hobbies. For the longest time I’ve been a comic book fan, I’ve written about it before (here and here), and even if I don’t read...
November 4, 2010
The End of The Forge
Recently Ron Edwards announced that the famous indie RPG forum The Forge will enter into its “winter stage” by the end of the year. What he basically meant was the forum will more...
November 3, 2010
My rant on WotC’s new Character Builder
Yesterday WotC has announced a new, web-based Character Builder for DDI subscribes. While a web-based solution may have some advantages and the screenshots look quite cool, I have some issues with that move...
November 3, 2010
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Death & Traps
As a Dungeon Master (DM) I have a confession to make. I want to kill a player character at my table. Just one. Not the whole party. Just one, or maybe two and...
November 2, 2010
New RPG forum
Today the “RPG Table Talk” forums went life, a new forum for roleplaying game discussions hosted by Jeff Uurtamo of RPG Circus fame. Currently the number of active threads can be counted with...
November 1, 2010
Freebie: Arcane Heroes
Yesterday I finished my first play-through of Fable III, the latest game by Lionhead Studios. For some reason this game inspired me to create a 5-paged roleplaying game which uses a few elements...
November 1, 2010