Just my two cents December 21, 2010 • 4 min read What about In the Company of Minotaurs? A review… “I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps misanthropy, and perhaps of madness. Such accusations (for which I shall exact punishment in due…
Advice December 20, 2010 • 4 min read World Building Part 2 – First Things First So, you have officially decided that you are no longer satisfied with the many worlds that exist for role-playing and that you want to…
Just my two cents December 17, 2010 • 2 min read The Pathfinder Role Playing Game Reference Document UPDATE! My love for Pathfinder is well known around these parts. It is my poison of choice for fantasy gaming and the rule system I…
News & Reviews December 16, 2010 • 2 min read DriveThruRPG enters a Brave New World Just a few days ago I posted about DriveThruRPG’s upcoming POD service. As participant in the preview program I ordered Brave New World, an…
Advice December 15, 2010 • 3 min read And then she said, “Wait, Professor Jones can help us with this one!” Have you said that in a game? For the longest time that was taboo in my games, but these days I’m willing to consider…
News & Reviews December 14, 2010 • 3 min read STAR WARS license speculation When Wizards of the Coast revealed that they won’t be renewing the STAR WARS license a lot of fans of their SW RPG and…
News & Reviews December 13, 2010 • 2 min read The Largest RPG Download Store introduces POD A couple of days ago I have been invited into DriveThruRPG’s Print-On-Demand preview program. Yes, you read that correctly: In the near future you…
Advice December 10, 2010 • 3 min read World Building Pt.1 – Addiction and Acceptance Let’s say that game prepping for games is an addiction. In my mind there are stages to that addiction. The first stage is getting…
Humor December 9, 2010 • 2 min read Hit me Magus one more time! (With apologies to Ms. Spears…) Following the round 2 playtest for the Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic supplement, a few days ago Paizo released round 3, a revised version of…
Fluff/Inspiration December 8, 2010 • 6 min read Roleplaying in the world of … Warcraft?! Since D&D 4th Edition was released people have claimed it was WoW on paper. And while it’s probably true that D&D 4th Edition’s designers…
Legacy D&D December 7, 2010 • 1 min read Lamentation of the Flame Princess Sale You might have heard of Lamentation of the Flame Princess before. It’s a D&D retro-clone that does a few things differently than most others.…
News & Reviews December 7, 2010 • 2 min read Stargazer’s World is “Best Gaming Blog” according to RPG Blog 2 Every year RPG blogger, podcaster and ex-ENnie judge Zachary Houghton presents his picks for the best in gaming. Yesterday he posted his personal favorites…
Just my two cents December 6, 2010 • 1 min read Words of Power, part two of the Ultimate magic playtest… I’ve been a little quiet these past few days, real life, a bad cold and all that, but the blog must go on! This…
Freebies December 3, 2010 • 1 min read Arcane Secrets, for Arcane Heroes I am continually in awe of Michael Wolf’s genius. I also find myself inspired by his works. After reading over Michael’s little gem titled…
Advice December 2, 2010 • 3 min read Handmade Gamer Gifts The holidays are upon us, and ’tis the season for the usual agonizing over what to get your favorite gamer as a gift. With…
Advice December 1, 2010 • 2 min read Geeky Clean! This post is a bit of a follow-up to what I posted yesterday. Finding a unique gift for a gamer is sometimes not that…
Advice November 30, 2010 • 6 min read Ask Your Readers: Christmas Gifts for Roleplayers Christmas is approaching quite fast and people all around the globe are getting ready to purchase gifts for their loved ones. Roleplayers are usually…
Advice November 29, 2010 • 4 min read Learning to say no… It’s hard. There I said it! What? No, no get your head out of the gutter. What I meant was saying no when people…
News & Reviews November 26, 2010 • 1 min read DriveThru discounts for the Holiday season Again I can provide you with a coupon code that gives you a 20% discount on selected products at DriveThruRPG/RPGNow. The code Holiday2010BPCX which…
Blogging November 25, 2010 • 6 min read Reimagining ourselves… I recently read Superman: Earth One. “WAIT! This isn’t a comic book blog”, you say. I ask, bear with me for a minute I…