Same site: Lumpley’s Gun Rules.
Author: doycet
Gold
lumpley games: Roleplaying Theory, Hardcore There’s… nothing I can quote here. There’s too much. Just go read the whole fucking
…make the worst actors.
“Hello, my name is Doyce Testerman, and I’m a Bad Player.” A painful revelation I’ve come to in the last
Well, a sourcebook’s a sourcebook, I guess
Girl Genius RPG, using the upcoming 4th edition Gurps. I’m not much of a Foglio fan… which is to say
The Amber news
Snarky Comment 1: News regarding Amber Roleplaying is so goddamn rare that any sort of news at all will be
Sorcerer and the Dark Side :)
So in sketching out the Shannon character for this post, I became aware of a really cool ‘dark-side/light-side’ thing going
Failure in Trollbabe
Ron Edwards is working on a final, hard-copy version of Trollbabe, trying to get it done in time for GenCon.
Sorcerer, part 1 — the Action
(See also my previous post detailing the PCs.) With the Sorcerer characters completed no later than 8pm (!), I wanted
Sorcerer, part 1
So, with the Consortium out of town for the second weekend in a row, I found myself starting to suffering
Resource!
Kate Monk’s Onomastikon
“I don’t want training, I want to know about the Death Star.”
Hitherby Dragons: Applied Theology She’s my lady. The first one in my heart. Oh, sure. She’s a wretched hive of
“… he will rig three gods to explode…”
Oblique Sian-reference (kinda) in Hitherby Dragons: Tantalus (I/IV) Nemesis looks to Zeus. “How many of these insults must I bear?”
“How could they cut the power?!?”
Via BoingBoing, Doom board game in the works. The game itself is set to be largely modeled after id’s upcoming
I’m not really a forum guy, but that just seems to be where the thinking’s at these days.
The Masters’ Council :: Gamemaster Workshop Forum.
Drawings of Robots
ROBOTS!
‘Scuse me while I gush
In the history of Nobilis, the first 20th century was different. So were the 400 wondrous years after that, but
And something else that would work for the under-10 set.
Shadows – A Roleplaying Game for all Ages
d20 skill-check hack
As noted here: Where d20 breaks down is when it shifts to non-combat rolls where the entire task (skill) is
Trollbabe, 2
Played a little Trollbabe tonight, because I feel like I understand the conflict system better than I did during the
d20 vs. the Dice Pool… or is it?
Overheard on The Forge :: d20 vs. 3d6, regarding “linear curves”. D20 combat is really a die pool system (rolling
Thinking outside the Toybox
There’s this thing in gaming that really doesn’t work: adding new optional things to a system that the players are
Excellent
RPG Theory: A Brief History of Fashion in RPG Design
Thought from Friday’s game…
“Next campaign, I’m not going to give a bonus to hit for coming up with interesting descriptions in combat: I’m
Greedy
One of the things I said in the comments on this post regarded the way that d20 (or some other
The Plot Point
A few weeks ago, Dave commented that we’ve been at this Nobilis thing for ‘about a year’. I believe my
Roleplaying with your kids
Prydain, the Hobbit, Pendragon… Good stuff. Personally, I’ve been angling to do some Paladin and/or Dead Inside with Justin, but
Fodder
A bunch of hand-drawn maps
Yet another fine campaign idea
What Was I Thinking?: Recruitment VtM meets Fringeworthy. Sweet.
XYZZY
Magic Words: Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century: a guide to past history and current news in the world of
Amberite
There’s a game I’d like to write up in full that I never will. Two reasons: One is simply that