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Ask The Readers / Basic Roleplaying / Call of Cthulhu / Cypher System / D&D5e / FATE / FUDGE / Game Design / GURPS / HERO System / Legacy D&D / Numenera / Other Systems / Pathfinder / PDQ / RPG / Savage Worlds

Survey Says!

The RPG Rule System Preference Survey Results (a non-scientific study) Twenty days ago I was having a conversation with friends over game complexity. The specifics of the conversation are unimportant, but the arguments...

September 2, 2016
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Advice / Ask The Readers / Blogging / Fluff/Inspiration / Improve Your Game / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – Day 31

To quote Morrison, “this is the end, beautiful friend; this is the end, my only friend, the end…” And that sound ominous, but don’t take it as such. This has been a joyous month,...

August 31, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Humor / Music / Non-RPG / Props / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: RPG Cribs – Day 30

So we come to this, day 30, the penultimate day of #RPGaDay 2016. So much fun! As I’ve said before, August has been a rollercoaster. Like last year, RPG a Day 2016 got...

August 30, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Humor / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: “It’s full of stars!” – Day 29

Welcome back folks! There are just three days left to go in this year’s challenge. #RPGaDay 2016 has been a lot of fun. Let’s tackle the last few topics. Today it’s all about...

August 29, 2016
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Advice / Ask The Readers / Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: “I find your lack of good taste disturbing” – Day 28

And here we are just three days away from the end of #RPGaDay 2016. Ok so I cheated by covering days 1, 2 and 3 in one post and then  21, 22, 23...

August 28, 2016
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Ask The Readers / News & Reviews / Non-RPG / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: Here, there, and everywhere! – Day 27

We’re on the final stretch here on #RPGaDay 2016. Last Saturday post of the challenge (and probably for a while here in the blog, Saturdays are not out usual posting days) and its...

August 27, 2016
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Advice / Ask The Readers / Boardgames / Fluff/Inspiration / Humor / Music / Non-RPG / Props / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: Hobby Mix & Match – Day 26

After today there are only five days to go on this year’s #RPGaDay 2016! August has paradoxically seemed to fly by in some ways and just drag on in others. I’m writing these...

August 26, 2016
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Advice / Ask The Readers / Improve Your Game / RPG / RPG tools / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: A Matter of Character – Day 25

Back to our regular schedule! We’re on the home stretch. As August draws to a close, #RPG a Day 2016 is near its end for this year, and I’m in the midst of...

August 25, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Blogging / D&D5e / Humor / Legacy D&D / Non-RPG / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016 / Savage Worlds

RPG a Day 2016: Quadruple Threat! Days 21, 22, 23 & 24

Sorry for the absence gals and guys! After all the boasting of not giving up on #RPGaDay 2016 my three day absence probably had you thinking I had done just that. What can...

August 24, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Legacy D&D / Other Systems / Pathfinder / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: Welcome to the world of tables and footnotes! – Day 20

I’ll tell you a little secret; some Saturday posts get written on Friday so the blogger has less to do on the weekend. Sorry for breaking the magic and showing you the cogs...

August 20, 2016
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Advice / Ask The Readers / Blogging / D&D5e / FATE / GenCon / Other Systems / Pathfinder / RPG / RPGaDay2016 / Savage Worlds / WR&M

RPG a Day 2016: “Shall play a game?”- Day 19

Friday at last! What a week… If you’ve been following my #RPGaDay 2016 posts you’ll notice my posting times have been all over the day this week. Work and family matters have kept...

August 19, 2016
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Game Design / Random musings / RPG

More Thoughts on Finding the “Perfect” RPG

At first I want to thank everyone who commented on my last post on this topic – either here or on Google+ and Facebook. Thank you guys! I have been thinking a lot...

August 19, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Boardgames / Game Design / Non-RPG / Podcasts / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: The Multimedia RPG Revolution- Day 18

This is more like it, a topic that gets my creative juices flowing! The question for today as part of the #RPGaDay 2016 challenge coincidentally plays off a conversation I was having online...

August 18, 2016
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Random musings / RPG / Video

Why is there no “The Expanse” RPG?

“The Expanse” is an exciting and rather new sci-fi TV series on SyFy. The second season has been confirmed a while ago and I am extremely excited about it. The series is based...

August 18, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Non-RPG / Random musings / RPG / RPGaDay2016

RPG a Day 2016: Guess who’s coming to the game? Part Deux- Day 17

If you thought I was late yesterday… at least it’s still the 17th in my time zone.  Continuing the #RPGaDay 2016, this question closely follows yesterday’s. This time around it’s about fictional characters....

August 18, 2016
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Ask The Readers / Game Design / Heroquest / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG

Finding the “perfect” RPG vs. Writing it Myself

There are days when I feel torn apart between finding a RPG I feel truly comfortable with and writing it myself. And most of the time both goals are equally far away. For...

August 17, 2016
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Game Design / Random musings / RPG

Musings about Combat in RPGs

One thing I noticed while reading RPG rules (and even while writing them myself) is that combat rules often make up the majority of rules. Even in rules lite games, combat rules are...

August 17, 2016
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