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
Finito
The sweetest phrase I’ve typed in awhile: This is a Z entry in the Lexicon Of The Second Age. 🙂
Flyborgs, attack!
Not like we need another beer and pretzels game around, but still… X-Bugs
Funny
So, for my second to the last entry on the Lexicon of the Second Age game, I was digging up
Games I might want to run: #6
Donjon (site), Donjon (review), Donjon example characters — player-driven dungeon crawling — it seems as though this could be either
Character inspiration
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 85: Character Inspirations What inspires you to create characters? Do you have partially-developed characters in mind
Actual Play: InSpectres
So I got to run my first game of InSpectres on Friday when Jackie called off Necropolis (pleading no prep
Games I want to run #5 – My Life with Master
My Life with Master: a must-play as far as I’m concerned.
Games I might want to run #4 – Burning Wheel
One of those fantasy games that (like HeroQuest) I plan to try out with my DnD group after they wrap
Hamlet, the Masquerade
Rather, Hitherby Dragons: Hamlet 2: The Arrows of Fate “Eat of onions, but by no means garlic. Those slaves you
Fab Five
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 84: Five Games What five games would you love to run/play if you had a willing