Making NPCs come alive!
After bashing NPCs on a previous post I think this time around I’ll show them some love. I won’t claim the advice I’m going to give is wholly original. It’s the collected wisdom...
January 26, 2011
Review: The Book of Unremitting Horror
As a GM I love the horror genre. I think I have some talent for setting up a creepy atmosphere on the gaming table and I love confronting my players with unsettling mysteries....
January 25, 2011
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Letting go of that NPC
Attention: Slight rambling ahead, with a point to make about RPGs somewhere in there, you have been warned! I recently finished reading the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson (that’s the girl with the...
January 24, 2011
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From the Kobold’s Lair
Recently I have posted about Open Design’s latest patronage project: Midgard! And while pondering if I should become patron myself, the plan to do an interview with the three designers formed in my...
January 24, 2011
World Building Part 6 – Get Smart, Get Sneaky
There is something my mama always used to tell me, “There is nothing new under the sun.” It has been said before, but I will say it again. Steal EVERYTHING. I don’t mean...
January 21, 2011
Review: Courts of the Shadow Fey
This time around, I will be bringing you my review of Wolfgang Baur’s Courts of the Shadow Fey, an adventure for 4e D&D designed for characters ranging from levels 12-15. The adventure spans...
January 21, 2011
Bridging the Gap part II
Back again with another tip on using something from a newer game in an older one. One of the biggest problems in most games has to be how the party got together and how...
January 20, 2011
Review: Gamma World
I have been doing some extensive coverage of Gamma World this week on my blog, providing various thoughts on the game, and now it is time for, dum, dum, dum… my final review. ...
January 19, 2011
Sandbox in Space
Last week I posted about my plans to run a Star Trek game sometime in the future. Focus of the campaign will be the adventures of the USS Daedalus (the first ship of...
January 18, 2011
Ask The Readers: Fighting Gamer ADD
Currently I am having a bad case of gamer ADD again. I start a gaming project, scrap it, think about running a game using system A, then I switch to system B while...
January 18, 2011
Review: Amethyst Foundations
Over the past few weeks, on my blog, The Dump Stat, I have been taking a look at the Campaign Setting, Amethyst: Foundations, a new supplement produced by Dias Ex Machina and Goodman Games. Now, that...
January 17, 2011
Resolute, Adventurer & Genius has been released!
Blue Hex and Stargazer Games are proud to announce the release of Resolute, Adventurer & Genius, a roleplaying game of pulp action and adventure written by Andrew Modro and Jason Cabral, with visual...
January 17, 2011
World Building Part 5 – Macro meets Micro
I want to advise going against both using micro and macro world building alone and actually combine both of these techniques into a happy middle ground.
January 14, 2011
Free Stuff Friday: Vikings & Valkyries
Some of you probably know Mazes & Minotaurs the old-school game which is much younger than it claims and which is set into Mythica, which is a mythic version of ancient Greece. Today...
January 14, 2011
What about Kobold Quarterly, specifically the winter issue, number 16? A review…
The publishers of Kobold Quarterly, Open Design Publishing, provided us with a review copy of their latest issue, the winter edition of their excellent publication, number 16. Michael has written about the magazine...
January 13, 2011
Roleplaying in the world of Star Trek
I still remember the late 70s, early 80s when I first watched Star Trek on TV. My parents actually introduced me to the series, since they were fans themselves back then. Luckily for...
January 12, 2011
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Fortune Cards, my two cents…
There’s been a storm in the Twitterverse and the Blogosphere, a storm of FORTUNE! (Fate would have sounded much cooler, thanks designers at WotC for ruining my opening line; you are the cause...
January 11, 2011
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