Ask The Readers: What are your Holiday gaming plans?
Over the last couple of years I have regularly meet with my gaming group on New Year’s Eve to play a one-shot game – usually something from the horror genre like Call of...
December 10, 2012
Pen & Paper RPG Bloggers Community at Google+ and RPG blogging tips
Yesterday Google started to roll out a new feature for Google+ called Communities. Communities are basically what groups are in other social networks like Facebook or Ning. I thought it could be nice...
December 7, 2012
Roleplaying music: An interview with James Semple
When it comes to soundtracks for pen & paper roleplaying games my favorite composer is definitely James Semple. He and his team have created several awesome soundtracks for Pelgrane Press’ series of GUMSHOE...
December 4, 2012
Kickstarter: Fate Core System
Even though I haven’t played it that often I am a big fan of the Fate system. It took me quite a while to wrap my head around the Fate rules but when...
December 4, 2012
NaGa DeMon: Another update
The progress on Galaxy Rising has been slowed down a bit in the last few days. The fact that I suffer from bad lower back pain for since Monday didn’t really help with...
November 28, 2012
NaGa DeMon: The final days
The National Game Design Month ends in a couple of days and I fear I will not be able to fulfill one of the requirements set by Nathan Russell when he conceived the...
November 26, 2012
NaGa DeMon: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
In the last post I revealed a few details about the rules system (which I dubbed Galaxy Core). One aspect I was not really happy with were Hooks. Yesterday I remembered that I...
November 22, 2012
NaGa Demon: A look at the layout
Yesterday I spent several hours to work on the layout of my NaGa DeMon project Galaxy Rising. It’s already November 21 and when I want to get the game to a playable state,...
November 21, 2012
NaGa DeMon: A question of character
Due to some unforeseen family crisis progress on my NaGa DeMon project is much slower than I anticipated. Luckily it hasn’t come to a total standstill yet. Today I actually managed to finish...
November 19, 2012
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The Kobold, the Quarterly and the Contest!
Fall is upon us (well those of us living in the northern hemisphere at least)! It’s the time of harvest, leaves fall, the weather turns colder, and apparently Kobolds come out of their...
November 14, 2012
Kickstarter: Camp Myth: The RPG
Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games recently me told me about the Kickstarter project he’s running right now. Together with Chris Lewis Carter who created the Camp Myth series, he’s trying to raise...
November 13, 2012
NaGa DeMon: The Slipstream Drive
A couple of days ago I wrote down a few notes on how FTL travel and communication is supposed to work in my Galaxy Rising game. I haven’t decided yet, how fast you...
November 8, 2012
NaGa DeMon: The League
Today I want to share my notes about the League with you. The League The League of Free Worlds was formed shortly after discovery of the Slipstream drive and the first contact with...
November 7, 2012
NaGa DeMon: What’s In a Name?
One important part of any game design is coming up with fitting terms, names, et cetera. Alas I have to admit I am really bad at this aspect of game design. I have...
November 6, 2012
Review: ACHTUNG! Cthulhu – Three Kings
The possibility of links between the Nazis and the occult have been a topic of speculation for a very long time and eventually became a trope in fiction. Just think of computer games...
November 5, 2012
NaGa DeMon: The first step is always the hardest
Sometimes it’s really hard to come up with a good idea if you need one. For the last few days I’ve tried really hard to think about a cool setting for the game...
November 2, 2012
First Look: Barebones Fantasy Role-playing Game
I think I first read about Barebones Fantasy by DwD Studios a couple of weeks ago when I stumbled upon a post showcasing its cover on Google+. I have to admit that the...
October 30, 2012
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