Random musings February 20, 2016 • 1 min read Taking A Break Today I have decided to take a break when it comes to roleplaying games. Over the last few years I’ve been mostly the GM,…
Kickstarter February 6, 2016 • 2 min read [Kickstarter] Starguild: Space Opera Noir tabletop RPG Let me start by giving a shout-out to author Alex White for providing me with a preview copy of his roleplaying game Starguild. I…
News & Reviews January 6, 2016 • 2 min read Happy New Year! At first let me wish all my readers all the best for 2016! In addition I hope 2016 will be better than the last…
Advice December 18, 2015 • 2 min read Mindjammer Kickstarter final 48 hours! The Mindjammer Kickstarter has been pretty strong so far and has now entered itslast 48 hours. If you haven’t decided to back it yet,…
Ask The Readers December 11, 2015 • 8 min read Gamer Rewatch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace In preparation for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, like almost everybody out there, I’ve decided to re-watch the Star Wars movies…
Blogging December 10, 2015 • 7 min read Inkarnate Entertainment Team Interview If you’re like me, your love for RPGs goes hand in hand with a love for maps. From the first time I read The…
FATE November 23, 2015 • 2 min read Kickstarter: Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game Sarah Newton’s Mindjammer is one of my favorite roleplaying game settings. It’s one of the few transhumanist SF settings which I can wrap my…
Alternity November 18, 2015 • 3 min read Is Anyone Still Playing Alternity? TSR’s Alternity Roleplaying Game is one of my favorite games which I never actually played. It’s a generic science fiction roleplaying game which has…
Other Systems October 27, 2015 • 2 min read Let’s Play Vampire After talking to several of my players and thinking it through for a while, I came to the conclusion that I should run a…
Other Systems October 22, 2015 • 3 min read I’ve Got The World Of Darkness On My Mind Even though I am still running Star Trek using Where No Man Has Gone Before at the moment, I am already making plans for…
Advice October 20, 2015 • 3 min read So You Want to Run A Hard SciFi Campaign? A friend of mine is currently working on a scifi campaign set into our solar system. Instead of a campaign spanning lightyears he plans…
Blogging October 5, 2015 • 14 min read Interview with Jeff Dee of Monkey House Games Writing for this blog (and through it and our efforts with Puerto Rico Role Players) has allowed me to interact with the greater RPG…
Battletech RPG September 25, 2015 • 2 min read Some Thoughts on “A Time Of War” Recently I had the chance to create a character for Catalyst Game Labs’ latest Battletech roleplaying game “A Time of War”. While the core…
Fluff/Inspiration September 16, 2015 • 3 min read Herding Cats, Mythos Style! I’m rarely a player these days, and I’m not complaining. My gaming time is limited, and what I enjoy the most is being a…
Ask The Readers September 8, 2015 • 1 min read Let’s do the no elves… again! I’m doing a bit of post necromancy here; over 5 years ago I posted about Talislanta. It was a trip down memory lane, and…
News & Reviews September 7, 2015 • 3 min read Some thoughts on the Traveller Core Beta On Friday Mongoose Publishing released the beta playtest documents for their upcoming Traveller Core Rulebook. What sets this playtest apart from others we’ve seen…
Advice September 7, 2015 • 5 min read 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…
Random musings September 2, 2015 • 3 min read 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…
Ask The Readers September 1, 2015 • 3 min read 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…
Advice August 31, 2015 • 3 min read 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…