BRP, GORE and RQ
A what and a what and a what? BRP is the Basic Roleplaying game I wrote about yesterday, RQ is RuneQuest (one of the games which used an early version of BRP and...
March 19, 2009
What’s New With Phil & Dixie
Do you remember that great comic from the Dragon Magazine by Phil Folglio? Yes, I am talking about “What’s New With Phil & Dixie“! Recently I noticed that they are making the old...
March 19, 2009
Basic Roleplaying
If you ever played Call of Cthulhu or RuneQuest you know Basic Roleplaying, the Chaosium Roleplaying System. Recently Chaosium released a generic BRP book that is meant to be a generic roleplaying game...
March 18, 2009
Gender bender – or why I don’t like when men try to play women in roleplaying games
In MMOs the majority of female characters is played by male players. That’s a fact. And once in a while a while a male roleplayer decides it’s a good idea to play a...
March 18, 2009
Quick reminder: OPEN GAME TABLE available for preorder at amazon.com
I just wanted to remind everyone that the upcoming “OPEN GAME TABLE: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1” is now available at amazon.com for preorder. The 140-pages book will also be available...
March 18, 2009
Converting videogames to the gaming table
Video games can be great sources for inspiration. Everyone who played games like the classic Ultima series, the Elder Scroll series, the Fallout series, one of the Final Fantasy games or Mass Effect...
March 17, 2009
When in doubt, run a one-shot!
I am definately not a one-system person and when I run adventures in a setting for too long I tend to look for new things to try out. Of course it’s almost impossible...
March 16, 2009
The way it’s meant to be played
Recently a lot of bloggers all over the network started to write about old-school gaming and how it differs from newer gaming styles. And although I got the impression that the discussion that...
March 13, 2009
D&D 4th Edition without miniatures
When D&D 4th Edition was new, one of the first complaints was that it turned D&D into a miniature game. I disagreed and I remember that the post I wrote about 4E myths...
March 13, 2009
Dungeonslayers: The Thieves of Lyrkenfenn
Today one of the new members of the english Dungeonslayers community called ur_hekau has posted an translation of the first Dungeon2Go adventure. You still need the german PDF to run the adventure and...
March 13, 2009
“Feuerwerk” released
Today the second supplement for Dungeonslayers has been released. “Feuerwerk” is a 6-page PDF which include rules for firearms, bombs, cannons, firearms accessories and even a new class of spellcaster, the Arcane Pistoleer....
March 12, 2009
What class are you?
Wizards obviously has a new quiz that allows you to determine which class suits you best. And it seems I would make a good sorcerer. Hmm… D&D Home Page – What Class Are...
March 12, 2009
Preview: “Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs”
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months you have probably read about the upcoming “Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs“. The 140-page book will...
March 11, 2009
Old-school renaissance
There has been a renaissance of old-school games recently. Just think of all the retro-clones like OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game, which try to emulate legacy D&D. Some games like Mutant Future...
March 10, 2009
The future of D&D
This morning I’ve read gamegrene’s review of D&D 5th Edition. 5th edition, are you kidding me? Yes, 5th Edition. It’s a joke of course, but the scary thing is that it’s not that...
March 10, 2009
Future of the Iron Kingdoms RPG line still unclear
Recently Privateer Press announced that they are going to release an updated version of their WARMACHINE and HORDE miniature games. But alas they haven’t decided what to do with their roleplaying game line...
March 9, 2009
Star Trek Trailer
I just found out that the full theatrical trailer of the upcoming Star Trek movie is available at YouTube. Enjoy! This is not really RPG related but I guess most of us are...
March 9, 2009
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