The GM is not the enemy, or is he?
Today Penny Arcade posted another comic with a roleplaying theme called “The Old Ways“. I have been running roleplaying games as a GM for many years now and especially in my early years...
March 4, 2009
History of West End Games
The newly created WEG Wiki features an interesting article about the history of West End Games. Here’s an excerpt for your convenience: Previously a producer of board wargames, the company began producing roleplaying...
March 4, 2009
Gary Gygax, I never knew thee
Today it’s the first anniversary of the Gary Gygax’ passing. UncleBear is hosting a one-day Blog Memorial dedicated to Gary Gygax today, and this is my contribution. I have to admit that I never...
March 4, 2009
Trouble with Internet Explorer
Some people have told me that my blog produces error messages in Internet Explorer and sometimes they can not even access the site. This is probably related to one of the plugins I...
March 4, 2009
Ye Olde Map Maker
You are in dire need of a dungeon map for your next adventure but you lack the artistic abilities to draw one by hand?Then you should have a look at “Ye Olde Map...
March 4, 2009
The WEG Fan Forums are back online
Some of you may have noticed that the West End Games Fan Forums have been down for several hours while they were transferred to a new server. But it seems the forum is...
March 3, 2009
Fun with Wordle
While I was sitting in my office, drinking coffee and waiting for inspiration, I played around with Wordle. Wordle is a free service that creates word clouds out of RSS feeds, texts or...
March 3, 2009
Wizards’ new GSL
The word spread like wildfire: the new GSL is out. When I checked the latest posts at the RPG Bloggers Network this morning, I noticed several posts about this topic already. So far...
March 3, 2009
Wars in your fantasy campaign
This is a rerun, it was originally posted on January 28th, 2009. War is a sad constant in human history. So it isn’t surprising that war is a popular feature of literature and...
March 2, 2009
Dungeonslayers.com
The english edition of Dungeonslayers is nearing completion and today Dungeonslayers.com, the english version of the official DS website went online. If you want to learn more about Dungeonslayers check out the site...
February 27, 2009
Roleplaying City Map Generator
Some time ago I read about an awesome freeware city map generator for Windows. But alas the creator’s site is down for quite some time now and it’s pretty hard to find a...
February 27, 2009
Kurt Wiegel really doesn’t like D&D 4th Edition
As you probably already know I greatly enjoy Kurt Wiegels regular RPG reviews on YouTube. He usually doesn’t do bad reviews and today I found out why this is a good thing. After...
February 27, 2009
So, you want to play a pulp genre game? Part 2
Last time we defined the pulp genre and I even recommended a few games worth checking out. And you probably guessed it that I already made a decision on what game I want...
February 26, 2009
Sneak peek: Dungeonslayers character sheet
The translation of the free, old-fashioned roleplaying game Dungeonslayers is finally nearing completion. I’ve finished translating the rules yesterday and the editing and layout process will probably done this week. An english site...
February 25, 2009
So, you want to play a pulp genre game?
One of the genres that have seen quite a lot of renewed interest in recent times is the pulp genre. That statement is true and not true at the same time. Why? It’s...
February 24, 2009
Yes We Can
I just stumbled upon Obamicon.me, a free service that turns your photo into an “Obamicon”, an image in a style inspired by Shepard Fairey’s iconic poster. This isn’t really RPG related, but I...
February 23, 2009
Mutant Future
Some time ago I posted about Labyrinth Lord and other retro clones based on old-school D&D. I didn’t know that the creators of Labyrinth Lord also released Mutant Future, a game based on...
February 23, 2009
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