Fresh Take on d20 Modern in the works
Evil Genius Productions‘ Dave Scott recently let me know that they are working on “Everyday Heroes”, which is basically a new take on WotC’s d20 Modern using 5E-compatible rules. They even managed to...
Evil Genius Productions‘ Dave Scott recently let me know that they are working on “Everyday Heroes”, which is basically a new take on WotC’s d20 Modern using 5E-compatible rules. They even managed to...
A couple of years back I had the chance to playtest tremulus by Sean Preston. Tremulus is a lovecraftian horror RPG using rules inspired by Apocalypse World. To this day this has been...
I highly recommend anyone watching the latest video from YouTuber John Battle in which he looks closer at some of the more toxic elements in our hobby. If you watch only one YouTube...
About two weeks ago I posted my first attempt at a map created in Wonderdraft on Twitter. To my surprise this post created a lot of interest and I got a ton of...
Yesterday I picked up a copy of Wonderdraft, a really easy-to-use fantasy map creation tool, and started playing around with it. Why did I buy Wonderdraft instead of just using Campaign Cartographer, which...
The new year is in its second week now and I thought looking back on 2021 might be a fun and perhaps even interesting exercise. Instead of commenting on all of 2021, let’s...
In the last days I’ve been browsing the internet with the goal of finding interesting D&D-related material. Eventually I stumbled upon Valda’s Spire of Secrets, an expansion for D&D 5th Edition by Mage...
Yesterday I asked the question whether I should give D&D 5th Edition another chance. After giving it some thought, talking to a couple of people and getting some feedback on Twitter, I decided...
In the last few days I have been thinking long and hard about my current gaming struggles and my obvious inability to make up my mind. In the last months I have considered...
As you may well know I own a lot of roleplaying games. At this point I can’t even say how many. My “Pen & Paper RPGs” folder which contains all the PDFs I...
Castles & Crusades by Troll Lord Games has been around for quite some time now. It was first released in 2004 as a simplified version of WotC’s d20 System inspired by old-school D&D....
After finally posting again after a months long hiatus, I also decided to give this blog a new look and some spring cleaning. Personally I am quite happy with the result and hopefully...
For the last three years or so I was playing in an online Curse of Strahd game with a few friends. After having played Traveller for a while we were open for a...
When I first read about Mongoose Publishing releasing a rather expensive update to their Traveller 2nd Edition core rulebook I expected a cash grab. Over the years I have often criticised Mongoose for...
Into the Odd by Chris McDowall has always been a game close to my heart. I helped him playtest the game back in the day and without a doubt these were among the...
It has been quite some time since I last posted on this blog. For me writing about the hobby always is easiest when I actually play in or run games. Something comes up...
The Dragon Prince is a Netflix show which took me a bit by surprise. Even though it’s obviously targeted towards teenagers, I found it extremely enjoyable to watch. A while back FANDOM, which...