Review: The World’s Greatest Screen
Recently I was looking for another customizable GM screen. While I was quite happy with the “Savage Worlds Customizable GM Screen” for a while, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to look if there...
August 31, 2011
Every RPG should have its own soundtrack!
On the weekend I started playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which is actually a prequel to the original Deus Ex that was released over a decade ago. I like the game a lot...
August 30, 2011
Call of Cthulhu / Fluff/Inspiration / Gumshoe System / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG / Savage Worlds
The Cold War and the Cthulhu Mythos
In December 2008 I first read about Charles Stross’ short story “A Colder War”. Imagine an alternative timeline where the cold war ends in 1984 because the Soviets mistake a joke made by...
August 29, 2011
Ask The Readers: What’s your favorite Steampunk RPG?
My recently-discovered love for the music of Abney Park and their upcoming roleplaying game Airship Pirates has made me quite excited for all things steampunk again. And even though steampunk is probably not...
August 26, 2011
Ashen Stars!
Today when I came home from work I found my copy of Ashen Stars in my mailbox! Finally! I have been waiting for this day for a long time. I think I preordered...
August 25, 2011
Role-Player’s Cant
Tell me if this has even happened to you. You sit down to play for the first time with a group of gamers who’ve been at it for a while (be it a...
August 25, 2011
“Iron Dynasty: Way of the Ronin” Giveaway Contest
Today I am going to give away a free PDF copy of RealityBlurs’ awesome Savage Worlds setting “Iron Dynasty: Way of the Ronin”. If you want to learn more about this great game,...
August 24, 2011
Gen Con 2011, a retrospective… Part 4!
I fear this whole Gen Con retrospective might be getting a little old, after all Gen Con ended 2 weeks ago. With all the complications I’ve had to write these posts you’d figure...
August 24, 2011
What I like about “The One Ring”
“The One Ring – Adventures over the Edge of the Wild” is the latest roleplaying game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and I dare to say it’s the best so far....
August 23, 2011
Gen Con 2011, a retrospective… Part 3: On to other stuff…
So we’ve covered role-playing games (and I missed a couple of things but I’ll get to that in my next post), other games and minis, but there is so much more to do...
August 22, 2011
Get 20% off until September 20 on selected DriveThruRPG titles
As in the months before DriveThruRPG has provided us with a coupon code that gives you 20% off of the following products: Vampire Hunter$: Modern OGL Compatible SAWS+ Character Sheet for Pathfinder Field...
August 22, 2011
D&D is rubbish! Or is it?
EN World’s Morrus shared three videos created by Nikolas Lloyd three days ago. In these three videos its creator explains why he thinks early D&D was rubbish, why mid-period D&D wasn’t great and...
August 22, 2011
Ask the Readers: One campaign, several GMs
Regularly I hear or read about campaigns in which the gamemaster is not a permanent position held by just one person, but everyone from the group takes on the GM’s mantle from time...
August 19, 2011
First Look: The Kerberos Club FATE Edition
Arc Dream Publishing’s The Kerberos Club has been released three times over the last few years. It’s first version used the ORE system, the second version used Savage Worlds and last but not...
August 18, 2011
Freebies / Game Design / Gumshoe System / Legacy D&D / Music / News & Reviews / Other Systems / Random musings / RPG
From Weird West to Barbarians of the Future
Today I want to share a couple of things I stumbled upon during the last days. Tomb of the Overfiend Weird West is definitely one of coolest old-school games ever conceived. It’s extremely...
August 17, 2011
Gen Con 2011, a retrospective… Part 2: Other games and minis too!
And we are back… Welcome to part 2 of my Gen Con retrospective. When we left our brave traveler he was in the midst of the four best days in gaming, Gen Con!...
August 16, 2011
Converting the Spouse: An Ongoing Quest – Part 3
When last we left our valiant adventurers, they had climbed Mt. Doom and were about to toss the Ring into the giant Volcano… wait… think that is a different story. Ah yes! Now...
August 15, 2011
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