Crabmen, Dire Corbies, and the like.
A recent Planet Algol post made me think of a long-lost-to-my-subconscious old Fiend Folio monster, the Dire Corby. Issue 3 of Fight On! magazine made me think back to the Fiend Folio's Crab Men. Makes me think about the[...]Read on >>
ICv2 Defends Indefensible WFRP 3rd Review
This is a strongly worded post. Before reading it, readers should know that I am a fan of Bill Bodden's work in general and that I do have a great deal of respect for him. I also think that ICv2 is an invaluable resour[...]Read on >>
Arete: Experience the Greek epic
Arete (pronounced are-E-tay) is a new role playing game from Expy Games based on greek mythology. The designer is Nick DiPetrillo, @DMingNicholas. Nick also wrote Zombie Murder Mystery, Sailing Stormy Waters, and many [...]Read on >>
Please Support Your Local Doctor Who RPG Fan Forum…
This was posted today on the Doctor Who: Adventures In Time & Space forums by Rassilon, the board administrator:Bulletin #1The Unofficial Official ForumAngus from Cubicle 7 has confirmed that there will be an officia[...]Read on >>
The Penalty Box
As a GM, I don't like killing characters. I despise the disruption of play and I hate seeing a player get bummed. So what to do about PC death?I like hockey. A lot. In hockey players sometimes get themselves into trouble[...]Read on >>
Every Angel is Terrifying
November 30, 2009 from The Other Side
Filed under: Game Design, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, World Building
Every Angel is Terrifying: The Secret and True Origin of the Slayer and WatchersNote: This is repost of something I did on the Eden Buffy boards a while back. I have been working on collecting all my notes from my [...] Filed under: Game Design, Other Systems, Play, RPG Hub, World Building
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On the Nature of Magic in Athanor
At first, I had thought there would be no magic in Athanor, at least not at first. One version of Athanor used the magic system from Grim Tales, while another used the D&D 3.5 version of rituals as presented in Unear[...]Read on >>
Rewiring your brain to Savage Worlds
It’s been a long time since I blogged about Savage Worlds. So I figured I’d start with some good advice to new GM’s and players. Basically, you need to rewire your brain. Savage Worlds is a great game[...]Read on >>
Tomb of Horrors – the smiley dungeon
This morning as I was eating breakfast, I wasn't reading the morning paper. For some reason I had totally forgot that I have a morning paper for a while, and instead did what a gamer does and read a game book. My four ye[...]Read on >>
The Path to Victory – Special
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Path to VictorySpecial – Finally, we come to the catch-all, the miscellaneous. The Special victory condition means that the PCs can do (or have to do!) something else non-combati[...]Read on >>
I have returned!
Please excuse my long absence. After a week in Sin City for my bachelor party my immune system was apparently shot and I got very very sick. After a full week of recovery I am back to peak condition... or a[...]Read on >>
At last, new game what is kicking
There was a period gaming did not run smoothly. I had ideas and was eager to play, but for some reason after last long Vampire: the Masquerade campaing lost my muse of storytelling. I don't say that I didn't want to play[...]Read on >>
REVIEW: Dog Town- Free RPG about gangsters
I've been sitting on this review for a while as I really wanted to do a play test as well as a review, but alas i've haven't yet had the opportunity. So I can't hold it in any longer. I'm like an over agitated bottle of [...]Read on >>
New Spell – Call to Arms
Found another file of old spells written for a now out of print d20 supplement, so I am going to tweak and rename them in the process of converting them over to Pathfinder. Starting with a useful spell for armies or [...]Read on >>
Canon Puncture 80: As Played By… Ryan Macklin
In this short episode, Rich Rogers talks to Ryan Macklin of the Master Plan and Voice of the Revolution podcasts about something Ryan calls "As Played By".[...]Read on >>
Desert Island Games
Over at Ratty Ramblings they've proposed an interesting thought exercise. Choose the eight games from your current collection you'd want if you were stranded on a desert island. You get to bring along all the material yo[...]Read on >>
Finding my own style – a years journey
I began in a similar way to most old school Dungeon Masters when I started playing Labyrinth Lord over a year ago, in that I would use just a few notes and go from there, expanding them in play to bring them to life, but[...]Read on >>
One of Everything – Dragon Magazines #1, #2
I've decided to take at least one element from every RPG product I own to use in my Gold & Glory campaign. To keep it from being a total mess I'll use my Seven +/- Two as guides. Also, I fully expect most everything[...]Read on >>
The Dynamics of Adding a New Player to Your Gaming Group
We recently added another member to our gaming group of one gamemaster and four players. This fifth player is someone a couple of us have known for a while, but up until recently we didn’t even know he was a gamer. W[...]Read on >>
Playing a Recognizable Archetype
“What would the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise look like if they were D&D characters?” I’ve asked myself this question numerous times over the last few weeks as I’ve watched old episodes of Start Trek: The Nex[...]Read on >>
Steampunk
Although I play D&D almost exclusively, I have considered a few other games from time to time – and may yet give one or two a whirl as a break from the usual game. One type of game I’d like to play is so[...]Read on >>
Win a copy of “Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons”
I love contests, and I love giving stuff away, that’s why NewbieDM.com has teamed up with Gator Games to give away a copy of Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons! All you have to do to enter the contest is follow bot[...]Read on >>
Its Not Easy Being Green
Going Retail Raises New Problems Being environmentally responsible is one of the fundamental goals of 6d6. Admittedly, we are in a business that involves working with metals and that carries a fairly heavy environmental [...]Read on >>
Design Thoughts: Privateer
So, over this weekend, I started doing a little bit more with Privateer, my game idea basically taking some themes of the Napoleonic War/War of 1812 and placing them out in the stars. This sounds like the sort of thing [...]Read on >>
Desert Island Games – who wants to play?
Inspired by the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, 'Desert Island Discs', I thought it would be fun to see if anyone would like to join me in a thought exercise of 'Desert Island Games'?The rules are simple:List the eig[...]Read on >>
[German RPGs] “Das Schwarze Auge” 1st Edition in English
Recently commenter Elias Eight requested an overview article about German RPGs. I really think this could be an interesting topic for a series of posts, so I started doing some research on the issue. And while doing so,[...]Read on >>
[Read 'Em 'Cause You Got 'Em] GURPS Thaumatology: Age of Gold
The Read ‘Em ‘Cause You Got ‘Em series charts my attempt to read all the books in my gaming library that crept in over the years and went overlooked for too long. I have to confess to a certain deficien[...]Read on >>
Your Own Hell , Ravenloft your Setting.
Looking at my old Ravenloft books and how much I've learned about history over the years, my definition of Tragedy has changed. Especially since I've become more humanist in my views.I've read some of the old Ravenloft n[...]Read on >>
Mapping Challenge – Day 31
Another one of the “big corridor crosses the geomorph” (with bonus tapestries and statues) as the start for this one. I also like the odd-ball corridor on the upper left with the big tapestries and three deco[...]Read on >>
Boglings
In Points of Light I introduced the Boglings a race of amphibious humanoids. Here their full stat for Swords & Wizardry.BoglingsArmor Class: 6 [13]Hit Dice: 2+1Attacks: 2 claws (1d3)Saving Throw: 16Special: Underwate[...]Read on >>
Scaling 4th Edition for Six Players
We’d all like to have a perfect set of five players every time we play D&D but in the age of constant busyness, it can be harder and harder to achieve. One way to get close is to build a pool of players and hop[...]Read on >>
The Wait Is Almost Over…
Doctor Who: Adventures In Time And Space is almost upon us!Those lucky enough to be at the Dragonmeet convention in London at the weekend were able to see, and play demonstrations of, the game and two very lucky people p[...]Read on >>
You May Need A Montage, But What’s the Montage Need From You?
There’s a long road to be traveled, a whole city to search for a missing objective, training to be run through, a magical ritual to be setup—in short, a long and arduous task that nobody really wants to deta[...]Read on >>
The different type of Gamer Geek
I just started watching Big Bang Theory. Of course, they had to make the Nerds-Geeks there a bit more cartoonish than more realistic geeks. Thinking about studio 60 and 30 rock, I was wondering if they could make a drama[...]Read on >>
More Game Jobs
Fantasy Flight Games is recruiting for two additional positions: a Fiction Editor [PDF] and a Roleplaying Game Producer [PDF]. The former will work on the company’s line of novels and graphic novels, while the latt[...]Read on >>
Inq. of the Week: Friendly Local Gaming Stores?
This week December is officially upon us, and with it comes the full force of the holiday season and all of the shopping that implies. I find it a shame that ordering RPG books online from places like Amazon is so much c[...]Read on >>
Taking a break
As with every long stretch of posts, I’ll be taking a short break from the blog for about a week as I recharge my gamer batteries. As always I’ll see if I can put up a short post or two during the interim a[...]Read on >>
Applying “Subdual Encounters” to Encounters vs. Solos
I was reading the section on encounters with dragons in the new Draconomicon book, and something stood out: At its simplest, a subdual encounter is one in which the dragon stops fighting and the characters win when the d[...]Read on >>
Adamant’s Extreme Sale
Through tomorrow (Monday, November 30th), Adamant Entertainment is running an major sale on its PDF products, with every single one of them just $1.00. This includes not only the company’s existing products, but al[...]Read on >>
Compiling
Sorry, but there will be no main update today: I’m compiling a .PDF of a large portion of the Eclipse d20 material on the site. That will be several hundred pages, so… Tagged: Classless d20, d20, d20 P[...]Read on >>
So I’m considering making a video game.
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my interest in game design applies just as much to video games as it does to tabletop fare. The main reason I focus on non-electronic projects is that I can focus most of m[...]Read on >>
Luke Skywalker Must Die
Playing in a licensed setting that you like can be fun. However, there is the problem of metaplot. If you are running a game in the Star Wars universe, there are a band of rebels running about, blowing up the Death Star,[...]Read on >>
Astounding Tales: The Fighter Class
I've renamed my new "no level advancement" project. It's now Astounding Tales of Swords and Sorcery which should have even less chance of being confused with Matthew and Jeffery's upcoming Astonishing Swordsmen & Sor[...]Read on >>
It Ended With Flames And Death
Is anyone home? It all began well enough, but soonthere were flames and death.With Brother Vurell's player otherwise occupied, Lextor and Feyd pressed on without him. Rather than travel south to the Freecity of Haldane, [...]Read on >>
Dragon Age: Origins – Spoiler-Free Review
Here's what I think of Dragon Age Origins: If you haven't played it, go now. Play. Play through to the end. And then, play it all over again![...]Read on >>
3 Rolls, 1 Check
This happens for many kind of skill rolls. An idea occurs to one player, who rolls a skill, which then prompts several other players to also roll. If a check is declared, then everybody rolls who can roll. You can't blam[...]Read on >>
Harold & Kumar Go To GenCon
On a Deadhead board recently, I read a post detailing what kind of erm, chemical help, the band was availing themselves of during the recording sessions for each album. Not sure how true it was, but it was funny as hell.[...]Read on >>
Quick Post: New Module Cover
It's the last week of classes in the fall term - whew!Now that things are slowing down, I've begun preparations in earnest for the my multi-level dungeon campaign called The Ruins of Mar.I'm using Dungeon Tiles for the e[...]Read on >>
Fred Hicks on Diaspora vs. Starblazer Adventures
Fred Hicks thoughts on the two FATE-based sci-fi games: Side by Side Comparison: Diaspora and Starblazer Adventures 1 people like this post. [...]Read on >>
Hymn Collections for the Week of 11/23
With all the holiday festivities, and lots of eating, I still managed to read some 4e posts, so here go my favorite 4e posts for this week. While still kind of struggling for other things to write about, at least I’[...]Read on >>
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