Changing Spells
On the weekend I played the “Mansions of Madness” board game for the first time. In this Fantasy Flight Games’ board game each player…
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Sci-Fi Fridays! Wanderers of the Outlands Part I
Welcome dear reader! As part of my renewed efforts to contribute more to the blog in 2014 I’ve decided to start a new Friday…
I’ve got RIFTS on my mind… Let’s talk about characters
I blame two men for my recent obsession with RIFTS and neither of them is Kevin Siembieda. The fault is squarely on Christopher Helton…
Fallout Fudged is now on Obsidian Portal
Some people requested that I make the house rules I created for my Falloout Fudged game publically available on the net. TodayI just created…
Good bye 2013… Hello 2014!
Year in review posts, they’ve been done before… And I’ll do one gain! 2013 was a great year for me! I finished my MA…
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Yesterday my vacation started and so I decided to take a few days off from the blog starting today. Christmas (and my girlfriend’s birthday)…
A New Look
When I checked my blog this morning, WordPress reminded me that I should upgrade to version 3.8. After doing so I noticed that a…
Dust and Mirrors: A soundtrack for Night’s Black Agents
Over the last years Pelgrane Press have become one of my favorite publishers. Their games are written by my favorite game designers, the artwork…
Shadowrun using Technoir? Might that work?
Yes, I am still looking for alternative ways to run a Shadowrun game. While I am still trying to find a good way to…
Designers & Dragons: Sneak Peek released
When I first encountered roleplaying games in the early 1990s, the hobby was already about 20 years old. The first games I’ve played were…
Why I prefer rules-light games
In a comment on one of my post someone told me that I am overanalyzing things. I have to admit he’s totally right. It’s…
Ask The Readers: Shadowrun WaRPed?
Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about Shadowrun. A while back my players asked me to run Shadowrun for…
Roleplaying in the world of The Elder Scrolls series
Recently I have started playing “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim” again. The fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series is one of my favorite computer…
Real World Gadget, Gaming Possibilities
I recently got a little gadget I was looking forward to, the Google Chromecast. It’s a handy little widget that allows you to stream…
Recommended Reading: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
This morning I finished reading “The Atrocity Archive”, a short novel by author Charles Stross, which has been released in the book called “The…
Create your own font!
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could create your own TrueType fonts that you could use to create cool-looking handouts on your computer? I…
A change of focus
Some of you may have noticed that I started to blog more regularly again, and that I’ve slightly changed the focus of the blog.…
Leaving Twitter
Today I have made the decision to leave Twitter. I haven’t been properly using it for quite a long time, and I don’t want…
Planning ahead
For quite a long time I started new campaign on a whim with an extremely short prep period. This works out well enough if…
My short struggle with Shadowrun 5th Edition
A while ago my players asked me if I could run Shadowrun for them. They love the Shadowrun world and the gameplay should be…