Tag Archives: RPGs
November 29, 2018 Coins & Scrolls on fast kingdom mapping
This method for quickly mapping fantasy kingdoms over on Coins & Scrolls is really neat. Start with a blank map, just coastlines. Add dots for major settlements, and color the hexes around them to identify the “core regions” of different counties/duchies. Then roll dice to expand those counties, determine undeveloped regions, and create enclaves. The […]
Tags: campaign settings, Coins & Scrolls, fantasy, maps, old school, roleplaying games, RPGs
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November 28, 2018 The DCC RPG Quick Start is brilliant
The DCC RPG Free RPG Day 2017 Quick Start is brilliant. Apart from featuring one of my all-time favorite covers, by Doug Kovacs, it includes everything you need to make peasants for a funnel; a fabulous funnel, The Portal Under the Stars; levels 1-3 for all of the classes; and a slightly stripped-down rule set […]
Tags: DCC RPG, DCC RPG Quick Start, Doug Kovacs, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Free RPG Day, Michael Curtis, Noble Knight Games, roleplaying games, RPGs
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November 27, 2018 Monsterhearts 2 is a scintillating jewel
Hot damn is Monsterhearts 2 a good book. (It’s also an amazing game in play, but right now I just want to talk about the book itself.) It’s lean, without an ounce of cruft anywhere on its frame. It’s devoid of blather. This is a bullshit-free presentation honed by years of actual play, design chops, […]
Tags: Avery Alder, horror, Monsterhearts 2, PbtA, roleplaying games, RPGs, story games
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November 26, 2018 The solo RPG Seppuku: Fury of the Samurai is splendid
I love solo RPGs and samurai drama, so I was excited to come across Emanuele Galletto‘s Seppuku: Fury of the Samurai. It’s a short solo RPG (5-10 minutes, depending on whether you write anything apart from your death poem), but surprisingly melancholy and impactful. The only peace my bold but headstrong samurai found was with […]
Tags: Emanuele Galletto, roleplaying games, RPGs, Seppuku: Fury of the Samurai, solo play
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November 22, 2018 The Flash on game prep
Wally West in The Flash (paid link) #82, summing up my approach to GMing.[1] maximum enthusiasm combined with zero prep If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope yours is a good one. I’ll be back in a few days! [1] It doesn’t usually go like the next narration box . . .
Tags: game prep, GMing, roleplaying games, RPGs, The Flash, Wally West
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November 21, 2018 Skinchangers beta
I downloaded Levi Kornelsen’s Skinchangers beta, which is free, and holy crap is the list of inspirations right up my apple cart: Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Neverwhere (paid link) meet Buffy (paid link) by way of Fate and Apocalypse World . . . yes, please! At first blush, it’s incredibly clever — and I love […]
Tags: Levi Kornelson, roleplaying games, RPGs, Skinchangers, story games
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November 20, 2018 Space Pirates of Drinax: a gorgeous Traveller sandbox
Space pirates! I buy 99% of my RPGs only in PDF these days, but when a product as special as the Pirates of Drinax (paid link) (PDF)campaign for Mongoose Traveller (paid link) comes along, my heart goes pitter-patter and I have to make an exception. It’s a sandbox campaign with a fantastic hook: The ruler […]
Tags: campaign settings, Mongoose Traveller, roleplaying games, RPGs, sandbox, science fiction, The Space Pirates of Drinax, Traveller
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November 19, 2018 Trollworld is rad
When my Tunnels & Trolls (paid link) hardcover arrived, I was immediately drawn to the glossy color section. I’d mostly ignored Trollworld when I read the rules in my softcover copy, figuring if I ran it I’d homebrew a setting . . . but this map has me rethinking that. Rrr’lff is Trollworld’s main continent, […]
Tags: campaign settings, roleplaying games, RPGs, Rrr'lff, Trollword, Tunnels & Trolls
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November 19, 2018 Google+ diaspora: RSS feeds
Like a lot of tabletop gamers, I’ve gotten tons of great mileage out of Google+. I started using it in 2012, and for the past six years it’s been my first stop for all things gaming-related. I met my Seattle gaming group through G+. I’ve made friends via the site. I’ve learned about oodles and […]
Tags: Aaron Griffin, Alex Schroeder, diaspora, Facebook, Feedly, Google Plus, Inoreader, Mastodon, MeWe, roleplaying games, RPGnet, RPGs, RSS feeds, social media
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November 16, 2018 Screw bigotry: “#DNDGate: Stories of Inclusivity In RPGs”
One more bit of schadenfreude for the toxic bad actors of the RPG world: Grim & Perilous Studios has trademarked #DNDGate for its forthcoming collection of stories about inclusivity in gaming of the same name. And filed at least one DMCA takedown against a DNDGater for trademark infringement. Delicious. Bigotry has no place in gaming. […]
Tags: DNDGate, Grim & Perilous Studios, politics, roleplaying games, RPGs
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