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
Patreonage?
I have been thinking about Patreon recently. One of the questions in this years #RPGaDAY was about the kickstarters that you have supported and I have never supported any of them. I tend...
September 16, 2017
Hacking WR&M–A Play Report by Malcolm Coull
A while back Malcolm Coull got in touch with me asking me about the source files for the WR&M character sheets. He had created his own homebrew version of “my little game” and...
September 15, 2017
Humble RPG Book Bundle Warhammer
Wow, that’s not something I have expected. Cubicle 7 and Humble Bundle joined forces to release all Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition books in digital format including the 1st Edition core rulebook. As...
September 14, 2017
Fuck Combat!
Today I stumbled upon an interesting thread on the RPG.net forums titled “Come to think of it, fuck combat” which I want to recommend to you. The OP talks about how he perceives...
September 13, 2017
Eclipse Phase Second Edition Open Play Test
This game is currently in open play test and to me looks really good. I mean that both literally, the art and book layout of the quick start PDF is outstanding and as...
September 7, 2017
A Look At The Exodus System by Jacob Ross
I am always on the lookout for new and exciting game systems, and so it’s not surprising that I eventually found out about Jacob Ross’ Exodus System. It was inspired by various games...
September 7, 2017
Alternatives to Lovecraft?
We all love Lovecraftian horror. Call of Cthulhu has always been a pretty popular roleplaying game. For most people it’s THE horror roleplaying game. But this popularity comes at a price. Over the...
September 6, 2017
Why I Love Kevin Crawford’s Games
If you haven’t been living under a rock you’ve at least heard of one of his games: Stars Without Number, Silent Legions, Godbound, Other Dust, just to name a few. I first heard...
September 5, 2017
Mission Aborted!
It was my intention today to write about the new open play-test of Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition. As it happens on Saturday morning the play test files were updated the latest edition so...
September 3, 2017
Eclipse Phase (quick-start rulebook)
I have been looking at the Eclipse Phase quick-start rules this week. This is a system after my own heart. It is d100 which is my spiritual home anyway, it is visually beautiful...
August 31, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 31: The future’s so bright, I’ve gotta wear shades!
Day 31 of #RPGaDay2017. And so, another year of RPG a Day comes to an end. This has been a particularly good one for me. Managed to post every day. Here in the...
August 31, 2017
#RPGaDay2017 Day 30: Gaming Mixology
Welcome dear reader to Day 30 of #RPGaDay2017. Tomorrow is the end for 2017. The month has just flown by! The topic for today’s discussion is: August 30: What is an RPG genre-mashup...
August 30, 2017
Warhammer 40.000 Wrath & Glory Interview
When Ulisses recently announced that they acquired the Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying game license I was blown away. This was great news for every 40K fan and the German roleplaying scene. Ulisses is slowly...
August 30, 2017
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#RPGaDay2017 Day 29: Let’s kick(starter) things off!
Day 29 of #RPGaDay2017. T-Minus 3 days until another one of these is over… Despite it being a hectic month workwise, I’ve managed to post every day (so far, hoping not to jinx...
August 29, 2017
#RPGaDay2017 Day 28: “tis but a scratch”
Day 28 of #RPGaDay2017. We’re almost done! I’m going to miss this breakneck posting. On to today’s topic: August 28: What film or series is the most-frequent source of quotes in your group?...
August 28, 2017
Taking a Look at White Star
I am working on a number of projects at the moment and in an effort to make them as good as I can I am also looking at a lot of other peoples...
August 28, 2017
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