Devil’s Staircase Wrapping up the Jokers
I have used Jokers several times if different aspects of Devil’s Staircase so I thought a post to bring all of them together may be worthwhile. Jokers and Stats You cannot have a...
October 19, 2017
FrontierSpace Actual Play Report
On September 27th DwD Studios released their space opera RPG FrontierSpace. Stargazer’s World already reviewed it. I had the opportunity to use the playtest rules for a one shot session during ZeltCon 2017,...
October 18, 2017
Thoughts on the Index Card RPG
I don’t actually remember how I stumbled upon the Index Card RPG CORE by Runehammer Games. It could be someone mentioned it in a chat, or I just saw it on sale at...
October 17, 2017
Preview: FrontierSpace Referee’s Handbook
As I stated in my recent review of the FrontierSpace PHB, FrontierSpace is one of the most exciting releases this year. Even though I have played and even written fantasy roleplaying games before,...
October 16, 2017
Devil’s Staircase Aces High
This time I want to get some ideas out about character progression. I am certainly not a fan of games that use levels and experience points. I suppose there are two reasons. I...
October 15, 2017
Orctober 2017 – Days 7 to 12
Welcome back to my second post for October 2017. Like on my previous post, This is a collection of my posts on social media celebrating all things orc in the month of October....
October 13, 2017
That’s kinda fancy gun work you got there Mister!
Before we start shooting guns out of the bad guy’s hand or put a bullet through a silver dollar tossed into the air I want to take a tiny peek as some of...
October 12, 2017
Devil’s Staircase Wild West Role Playing
I finally get to talk about my proposed combat system! First off, I have been trying to think of a decent working title for the game. Not just the game but the core...
October 9, 2017
Orctober 2017 – Week 1 (Almost!)
Just what is Orctober? I asked myself that very same question! The Urban dictionary defines it as a celebration of all things orc in October. I honestly have no idea of its origins...
October 7, 2017
I’m still here…
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports that Hurricane Maria blew me off the blogosphere were greatly exaggerated. I am alive, and well. Puerto Rico not so much. Most of you know, but just...
October 6, 2017
Fria Ligan Interview with Tomas Härenstam
Fria Ligan (or Free League Publishing) has quickly become one of my favorite game publishers/design teams. But even though I totally love what they are doing I actually don’t know that much about...
October 6, 2017
Skill Resolution or playing the hand you are dealt
Someone used a phrase the other day and I quite like it. The phrase was “Going tactical”. In most RPGs if your character wants to do some thing and it is not life...
October 4, 2017
Ravenloft and Retro Clones
Halloween is definitely not as popular over here as it is in the US, but I just had the thought running a horror-themed roleplaying game in the days around the end of October...
October 2, 2017
Review: FrontierSpace Player’s Handbook
It’s a great time for fans of science-fiction roleplaying games. Kevin Crawford has just successfully kickstarted a revised edition of Stars Without Number, Green Ronin recently accounced a roleplaying game based on the...
October 1, 2017
Character Creation, Poker Style
So I have been thinking about this wild west RPG based around a pack of playing cards. Characteristics I like the idea of five basic stats. Strength, Speed, Endurance, Empathy and Logic. I...
September 27, 2017
Kickstarter: Forbidden Lands
I am taking a short break from my vacation to talk about something I am very excited about. Fria Ligan, creators of games like Mutant: Year Zero, Tales From The Loop, and Coriolis...
September 25, 2017
Dice or Cards?
I have had a bit of a fascination with card deck vs dice based rpgs for the last year. There is a rather strange game called ABS12 (A Basic System 12) which is...
September 24, 2017
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