You know what’s cool? What’s cool is when you get a new game in the mail, especially when it’s something
Category: Musing
More HQ d20 rambling
One of the things I’m looking forward to in the HQ game with the d20 group is fights and conflicts.
What to do with that empty seat?
Lunchtime Poll #3: Imperfect Attendance How do you cope with the absence of a player, either in a single session
In Recent Events #3
“I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto,
More d20 -> HQ thoughts
Another thought from the same thread on the Forge, this one having to do with the idea that characters in
d20 to HQ gaming conversion
I’ve got an opportunity coming up to demo Heroquest for the d20 playgroup that’s been running since… oh… pretty much
Writing-Gaming Connection
[Wow. Tough to figure out what blog to post this on. I think it goes here by virtue of the
Generic Heroquest
Issaries has already comissioned a “generic” rpg game using the core HeroQuest rules and to be published with several sample
How to play Dogs when you don’t want to play Dogs
Based on the back-cover copy for DitV and incorporating a suggested alternative setting from the GM’s section: Dogs in the
Change is… eh.
Well, I went back to a slightly tweaked version of the original blog page; not due to negative feedback as
The Sorcerer/Amber Connection
So here’s an interesting thing: One of the main bits of preparation that you’re supposed to do (as the GM)
Getting Focus
While digression and kibbitzing has been a perennial complaint/joke/bugaboo around the gaming table, there was a point about two years
Game Contributions
Some great thoughts from ***Dave on Game logs: why to keep them, why not to, how to encourage them (both
eighteen again
After feedback and lots of questions from some folks, I’ve updated and reposted the write-up for eighteen. I think it
I warned yah I’d do it…
With apologies to various good golfing movies, the sport itself, the hobby of roleplaying, and Ron Edwards, I present an
Now on Deck…
With the exception of one Nobilis session… two weekends ago (egads)… there really hasn’t been much gaming going on this
Open Mouth A, insert Foot B
You know what’s intimidating? When the Ron Edwards PM’s you with “I’m utterly swamped, could you please address the questions
Neel meets Sorcerer
Neel Krishnaswami posts a Sorcerer One-Sheet to The 20′ By 20′ Room. Fully expect it to be brilliant, because it’s
A note to myself for future reference
With regards to running FATE (which I plan to use in the future for at least one if not two
Character mix-n-match
Doc’s Blog … Confessions of a Game Addict: Game Dream 3: Is it Me or is it Memorex? Some people
Unknown Armies meets Firefly
This weekend, I had a chance to play-test a Firefly game session using a stripped-down version of Unknown Armies 2nd
Sorcerer and the non-optimal character sheets
[I promise the actual play from Friday night is on the way. I’ve got it about half-written, I swear.] I
FATE and the El Dorado game
One of the questions I’ve been trying to answer when I look over a new game is “What do I
Best of the Best
Man, that was a fun martial arts movie… Anyway. Perverse Access Memory: WISH 99: Best Genre RPGs Pick three to
Which parts are you?
Lumpley, via the Forge I’ve got a theory. There’s Setting, System, Character, Situation and Color, right? I think that you
G/N/S translated into my own words, using examples
Okay. Once upon a time (about six months ago), I stumbled on some pretty good games via reviews on RPG.net
I lasted a whole week without spitting out any G/N/S terminology…
…and… Hmm. I think I’m going to go a bit longer, despite someone handing me (another) nice short definition for
Fudging Fate
“It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.” — Dame Rose Macaulay Okay, so
Game News
Green Ronin has the publishing green-light to revise and release Warhammer FRPG (my favorite ‘blood and rust’ game of all
Movie Logic is not like our Earth Logic
Intuitor Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics Saying that shards of broken glass are razor sharp is an understatement. A shattered window