Freebies: The Microlite20 RPG Collection 2012
Microlite20 is a rules-light version of the d20 System, that is quite popular among the authors of this blog. Recently someone pointed out the…
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You can never have too many maps! An interesting Kickstarter…
The emergence of patron backed publishing projects certainly caught me by surprise. By now I am familiar with Kickstarter and other similar endeavors and…
Review: Ruined Empires
Ruined Empires is an 43-paged adventure for Abney Park’s Airship Pirates (read my review here) written by the games’ authors Peter Cakebread and Ken…
Lazy Friday Video Post: “Age of Oppression” Skyrim cover
I think I mentioned before that the soundtrack to the highly successful computer and video game “The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim” works perfectly as background…
Vaeringar Borderlands
Yesterday I continued to work on my SS&S campaign. I got some tips from Ralf Schemmann (thanks again Ralf!) on how to properly create…
Ask the readers: Tools of the trade, RPG book transportation!
I’m on the last leg of my current Mutants & Masterminds Dawn of a New Age campaign. It’s gone on longer than I planned…
The Known Lands of Vaneria
For the longest time fans of the Warrior, Rogue & Mage RPG have been wondering how the lands of Vaneria look like. This question…
Into The Odd
I think I have talked about Chris McDowall’s Into the Odd on Stargazer’s World already. It’s a very cool fantasy game with horror and…
First impression: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
Yesterday the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game by Margaret Weis Production has been released in PDF form. I’ve been looking forward to this game for…
The games I played …
Recently someone asked me to list all the games I’ve played or run over the years. It actually took me a while to remember…
I want to be a spy, the interplanetary kind!
My recent post about TV inspiration has me musing about all the different inspirations that influenced me as a gamer. Probably many of you…
And the winner is …
On February 13th I asked you to post your favorite gamer food recipes. Today I checked all the contest entries and picked the recipe…
Adventurer Conqueror King
This morning I stumbled upon “Adventurer Conqueror King” on RPGNow. It’s a roleplaying game based on OD&D and using the OGL that has a…
Inspired by Television
Television programs have long inspired role-playing games; we have adapted concepts from TV into games, like arcs, episodes, etc. Books on scriptwriting have been…
Review: Campaign Cartographer 3 and Addons
Campaign Cartographer 3 is definitely one of the RPG tools I wish I had more time to work with. When you design your own…
Geek Love Rules!
It’s Valentine’s Day, people, the perfect opportunity to get your significant other geek a gift from DriveThruRPG. Under the motto “Geek Love Rules” they…
Contest: Game Music for your recipes!
Earlier today I purchased a copy of the Game Music Bundle including one extra copy for a friend. This extra copy I will give…
Strategy game meets RPG
On the weekend I downloaded a game called “Rebuild” onto my iPad. In this game you reclaim a city one square at a time…
Diseases in roleplaying games
Earlier that week I have been coping with a nasty cold. My head felt like someone smashed it with a sledgehammer, I was freezing…
The trouble with social conflicts
I have been roleplaying for about two decades now but there’s still one thing that causes me headaches as a GM: social conflicts. Usually…