Public domain artwork
In my opinion the biggest hurdle for any aspiring game designer is artwork. Especially if you plan to release a game for free you usually have no budget for paying artists. One solution...
February 15, 2010
Dragon Age unboxing
This afternoon the postman brought me the Dragon Age boxed set I’ve been waiting for. I am still fighting a nasty cold, so it will probably take a few days before I can...
February 12, 2010
CthulhuTech Quickstart
Finally the guys from WildFire have released a quickstart PDF of their CthulhuTech game. I own the hardcover book for some time now, and I already wrote a review last year, but alas...
February 10, 2010
Gears / AARG
I got a message via the contact form on the blog’s About page from someone who has been working on the AARG system for the better part of the last two years. He...
February 10, 2010
Le jeu de rôle à l’ancienne
While I was busy working on my own RPG project, the Dungeonslayers community finally released the French version of the old-fashioned roleplaying game from Germany. Here’s a quote from the official site: Almost...
February 9, 2010
Stargazer’s World presents Gears
One of the things I always wanted to accomplish was to write a complete roleplaying game system, a set of rules of my own design. Over the last years I repeatedly made attempts...
February 9, 2010
Review: Wushu Open
Wushu Open is a short, free and rules-lite roleplaying game created with the Wuxia genre of fiction in mind, although it can be used in any genre. Wushu’s author Daniel Bayn also offers...
February 8, 2010
Reminder: One Page Dungeon Contest 2010 ends on March 1st!
Just this morning I had a chat with Alex Schröder, who is organizing this year’s One Page Dungeon Contest. He reminded me that the submission deadline is March 1st, 0:00 GMT. So, if...
February 5, 2010
Lazy Friday Video Post: Game Geeks reviews X-Plorers
I have been waiting quite a time for this particular review! Kurt Wiegel finally gave Grey Area Games’ X-Plorers a look, which is a game I enjoyed tremendously. X-Plorers is a “what-if” game....
February 5, 2010
My thoughts on the new D&D “red box”
It recently came to my attention (mainly by means of fellow RPG Blogger Greywulf’s post) that WotC will be releasing a new D&D 4th Edition Starter Box later this year. I have to...
February 4, 2010
Twitter Trouble!
This post has nothing to with roleplaying games, but with something happening on Twitter right now. Please don’t stop reading, because I need your help! Some hours ago some person started tweeting to...
February 4, 2010
What’s on my reading list right now?
I don’t think there ever was a time during the last 20 years or so, when there wasn’t at least one roleplaying game book lying on my bedside cabinet. I actually believe it...
February 3, 2010
Other Videogames That Should Be Turned Into Pen and Paper RPGs @ allgeektout
Fellow RPG blogger Aaron Broder followed up on my post about videogames that should be made into Pen and Paper RPGs yesterday with a post of his own. He talks about Bioshock, the...
February 3, 2010
DIY: Binding your printed PDFs
I know that a lot of gamers own PDF versions of roleplaying games, either because their is no printed version, the PDF version was way less expensive or they just didn’t want to...
February 2, 2010
Five Things You Should Never Say to Your DM
Geek blog “Geeks are Sexy” has shown its love for Dungeon Masters last Friday. Their post “Five Things You Should Never Say to Your DM” is their way to praise the unsung heroes...
February 1, 2010
Videogames that should be turned into pen & paper RPGs
Recently the extremely successful Dragon Age: Origins by Bioware was brought to the gaming table by Green Ronin Publishing. But the Dragon Age RPG is much more than just a simple conversion of...
February 1, 2010
Chimera RPG Price Reduction
When I opened my mailbox today I noticed that The Welsh Piper has sent its January 2010 newsletter. The most important news is that the Chimera RPG is now available for the reduced...
February 1, 2010
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