Lazy Friday Video Post: Vintage D&D Commercial
Now I understand why people believed D&D was utterly evil. This commercial from the 1980s makes me shiver! And did we really wear these clothes back in the ‘80?
November 13, 2009
Dragon Age Design Diary #1
Recently the first Dragon Age design diary went online. In this article Green Ronin’s Chris Pramas provides us with some details on the upcoming Dragon Age RPG that is based on Bioware’s new...
November 12, 2009
Confessions of a lazy GM
I am a very lazy when it comes to preparing roleplaying sessions. When other GMs plan and prepare for weeks I usually make some preparations just mere hours before I start running a...
November 11, 2009
Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 3rd Edition Trailer
It seems while I was busy offline FFG released a new trailer for the upcoming WHFRP 3E game. While I have to admit that the components (cards, dice, sheets) look very good, I...
November 10, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: Tom et ses chums!
This short comedy about French-Canadian D&D players is one of my favorite RPG-related comedy videos. The two old-school players who take their game much too serious are priceless! The video is in French...
November 6, 2009
Please show me your homemade GM screens!
Some time ago, the German blog System matters had a post about home-made GM screens. I really liked the idea and linked to that post on my blog and obviously a lot of...
November 5, 2009
I am throwing my hat into the ring!
This morning I’ve decided to throw my hat into the ring to be the community selected representative on the RPGBN Advisory Panel. If you have no idea, what I am talking about, you...
November 4, 2009
Ask The Readers: Do you keep your hobby a secret?
Roleplaying games are still a niche hobby. Most people probably know computer and video games. A lot of people enjoy board and card games but there’s only a minority of people who list...
November 3, 2009
Ad Astra RPG on Scribd
Some months ago I created a new version of my Ad Astra Primer document. The new PDF is much more printer-friendly and includes some artwork created by my fellow RPG blogger Greywulf. Since...
November 2, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: The D&D Song
I actually found this video posted on the Role Play Media Network. But I know not everyone of my readers is using this social network yet, so I wanted to share it here....
October 30, 2009
RPG Circus Halloween episode is out!
This time the RPG Circus hosts talk about two of my favorite topics: Horror RPGs and Mood Music in RPGs. Episode 10 also features Phil Ménard aka the ChattyDM as guest again. So,...
October 30, 2009
Surfing on the Wave
Google Wave is a cool new collaboration/communication platform/protocol by Google. When you haven’t been living under a rock for quite some time, you have probably read about it. Some gamers have recently looked...
October 29, 2009
Morality
It’s the 28th of October, so I still have a chance to take part in this month’s blog carnival hosted by Games of State. The topic this month is morality, in-game and in...
October 28, 2009
Upcoming games I am excited about (Revisited)
In August I wrote a post about the upcoming games I was excited about. Some of the games that I listed back then have been released in the meantime, so I thought and...
October 26, 2009
A social network for gamers done right!
Just a few hours ago I was surprised to find out that Berin Kinsman has withdrawn his offer to take over the RPGBN but created a social network for gamers instead. And I...
October 25, 2009
Lazy Friday Video Post: How to Play a Role Playing Game
I’ve found this video when I searched for “roleplaying” on YouTube. What I found very interesting was the notion of having a “leader” who does most of the speaking for the group. Perhaps...
October 23, 2009
Necessary Evil
The Savage Worlds game is not only known for its fast, furious and fun game play but also for the unique settings. Some of those settings may look quite ordinary on the first...
October 22, 2009
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