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Advice / Ask The Readers / D&D5e / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / RPG / RPG tools

Carrot on a stick! Rewarding players for creating character background.

Motivating characters to create a background for their characters has always been a goal for me as a Game Master. I typically reward extra experience before the adventure begins for creating different details...

September 7, 2015
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Random musings / RPG

We need an alternative to DriveThruRPG

If you are closely following what’s happening in the RPG scene, you have probably heard about the kerfuffle about a product called “Tournament of Rape” which was sold at DriveThruRPG for a few...

September 2, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Battletech RPG / Boardgames / Other Systems / Random musings

A Time Of War

An old friend recently offered to run a Battletech RPG campaign for us. As a long-time fan of the board game and the Battletech universe I was actually overjoyed and immediately started to...

September 1, 2015
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Advice / Game Design / Random musings

Don’t Think Too Big!

For a while I have been struggling with a long-time dream of mine: a homebrew cyberpunk setting. I always loved the genre but I am not 100% happy with the cyberpunk games commercially...

August 31, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Humor / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 31

And so we come to the end of #RPGaDay2015, this has been a great month, I’ve gotten back to blogging, reconnected with a lot of people, and I’ve pondered lots of interesting bits...

August 31, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Humor / Just my two cents / Legacy D&D / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 30

The next to last post for #RPGaDay2015, I’m already sad it’s ending; hopefully we can do this again in 2016. Here’s the final Sunday post… Day 30 – Favorite RPG playing celebrity Celebrity...

August 30, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 29

And we are in the final stretch! The last Saturday post for #RPGaDay2015, I really hope everybody is having a great weekend. Let’s get down to business Day 29 – Favorite RPG website/blog...

August 29, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 28

Before everything else, a quick tropical storm Erika update: I’m ok! You can sleep better knowing I will finish my posts for #RPGaDay2015. Here in Puerto Rico we were lucky the storm was...

August 28, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 27

This post brought to you by hurricane preparedness and emergency shopping! Just kidding… Currently Puerto Rico is under tropical storm warning, and we are preparing for the arrival of tropical storm Erika. Everything...

August 27, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

Day 26 – Favorite inspiration for your game

As I write this post the end of the 26th day of August quickly approaches in Germany, but since I’ve take over the blog this month, we are running in Puerto Rico time...

August 26, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 25

Welcome back to the #RPGaDay2015 challenge series, here is another topic I had a hard time coming up with an answer. But let’s go, this one is as short and sweet as yesterday’s...

August 25, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 24

This is definitely a Monday topic for #RPGaDay2015, one of those things I rarely think of as “favorite”. Let’s try to answer it coherently… Day 24 – Favorite house rule I’m not BIG...

August 24, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 23

Another Sunday #RPGaDay2015 challenge entry, Day 23! Today’s topic is one of those over which edition wars are fought in the trenches of internet message boards, perfect game! Thankfully David Chapman (The creator...

August 23, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Just my two cents / Music / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Props / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 22

As #RPGaDay2015 continues we venture today into a topic I thought I could write about endlessly, and then I couldn’t. If I just allowed my imagination flow I could come up with all...

August 22, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / Call of Cthulhu / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 21

Final entry of favorites week, setting this time around.  #RPGaDay2015 keeps going strong, send me links to you entries or blogs on the subject so I can share them! On with the show…...

August 21, 2015
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Ask The Readers / Basic Roleplaying / Blogging / Call of Cthulhu / Fluff/Inspiration / Gumshoe System / Just my two cents / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 20

Fourth favorites RPG entry this week for the #RPGaDay2015 challenge! Big thanks to everybody who’s left a comment, liked or shared in social media, It’s good to be back blogging, and one of...

August 20, 2015
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Ask The Readers / HERO System / Just my two cents / Mutants & Masterminds / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2015

RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Day 19

Third entry on favorites week for #RPGaDay2015! This time around it’s supers… Day 19 – Favorite supers RPG For the longest time my answer would be Champions. I loved the idea of being able...

August 19, 2015
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