Gearing up for PAX East
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli Dice… check. Paper and pencils… check. Laptop… check. So yes, PAX East is almost upon us, coming up on March 26-28, and I’ve been al[...]Read on >>
Does your DM Rock or Suck?
I suspect that’s skewed somewhat by the human tendency to complain and whine! What do you think?[...]Read on >>
Larry Elmore Interview
Allesandro Sacco put up a great new interview with Larry Elmore on the Acaeum forums. "Larry Elmore is purely and simply one of the best fantasy artists ever and surely one of my favourites. Many, many gamers remem[...]Read on >>
Kobold Quarterly Wins Gen Con Indy Marketing Fellowship
Kobold Quarterly has just been announced one of the first two recipients of a Gen Con Indy Marketing Fellowship! To encourage and reward deeper engagement in marketing their presences at Gen Con, we are awarding marketi[...]Read on >>
RELEASE: NAA D6 V1.3
Just in time for Spring Break is NAA D6 V1.3. This is the first “major update” which invalidates older versions (though those aren’t going anywhere yet) by tweaking rules, adding content and removing co[...]Read on >>
News in Review for March 1 to March 7 2010
It’s been a week of podcasts and updates, with not one but two new Chris Perkins vs. Robot Chicken D&D Sessions and the whopping eighty-eight page March Update from WotC! That update was huge and had tons of ru[...]Read on >>
4E Vault of the Clay Medusa
This past week, the winners of the Design a Dungeon Room contest were announced, and my entry – Vault of the Clay Medusa – earned a runner-up spot. You can download the entire collection of rooms here. You[...]Read on >>
Ancient Enemies Cthulhutech Preview
Some Cthulhutech coverage on the blog for everybody. Ancient Enemies is the upcoming sourcebook detailing the Eldritch Society and Chrysalis Corporation, the protagonist and antagonist sides of the shadow war side of the[...]Read on >>
GM’s Day Sale
It’s that time of year… Happy GM’s Day! And there’s a sale… Until the morning of Monday, March 8th, Open Design will be taking part in the annual GM’s Day Celebration Sale at DriveTh[...]Read on >>
March is “In Like A Lion…” with a Bunch of Errata!
Alright, so you might know the old saying about March – “In Like a Lion, Out like a Lamb” – which everyone interprets as meaning that the month starts out stormy and roaring, then fades into April, all gentle-lik[...]Read on >>
A Brief Introduction to Geheimkrieg
As the second World War trudges on, both the Allied and Axis powers begin to look for alternative resources to secure the final victory. Thus the Secret War, the Geheimkrieg has begun. UFOs have begun supplementing the L[...]Read on >>
Getting back on track
It's been ages since I've last posted here and I'm putting this post to remind myself that I need to start getting back to blogging. To explain my absence, I can only say that I've started a full time job in the past few[...]Read on >>
Help WOTC better their adventures.
I’m guilty of being on the boat of people who thought all the WOTC adventures for 4e were bad. But then when I read adventures like Village of Hommlet and Demon Queen’s Enclave I realize that they’re no[...]Read on >>
M&M Superlink
Earlier this week, we received communication from the Mutants & Masterminds Line Developer, Jon Leitheusser, that our M&M Superlink license query for the Geheimkrieg setting had conceptual approval. This is great[...]Read on >>
Our Next Campaign: Alternity
For our next campaign, we’re going Sci-Fi. We’ll be using the Alternity ruleset. Written by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker it was published by TSR in 1998, it had a short but bright life. There’s stuf[...]Read on >>
March Fo(u)rth for GM’s Day Sale 2010
DriveThruRPG is having its annual March 4th sale, and extending it a few days after that. In case you didn't get your fill from the Haiti bundle (and really, who could get their fill of RPG books?) there's plenty of good[...]Read on >>
Secret Project Update Club 3/3 – A Pile Of #spuc
In more general update news, I’m running a new Shambles scenario at the Endgame Oakland Minicon and you should come play it. I’ve also put some pendants and such up for sale in my Etsy store – it’[...]Read on >>
Review: Kingdom Builder Generator Pack
March 3, 2010 from The Spirits of Eden
Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, RPG, RPG Hub, news
Chaotic Shiny is well-known for its many generators, so a product like this is long awaited. While opening up a web browser is not exactly inconvenient, having a bunch of generators in one place is a lot better an option[...] Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, Legacy D&D, RPG, RPG Hub, news
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L5R – JYSB Campaign Report 4
Continuing on their way towards Cold Wind City from the Shaiga outpost, the characters com across a shrine to Oinari, fortune of rice, fertility, agriculture (and foxes) where the priest of the shrine is weeping as the s[...]Read on >>
This Week in Gaming News
Here is some random gaming news from around the universe for you folks today. March has finally arrived. That is important because this is the month when HBO is scheduled to make its determination on their 'A Game[...]Read on >>
It’s Now ‘Read an RPG Book in Public Week’
So… if you can, do it. The more demonic/pseudo-pornographic the cover, the better. I think I might try to read issue 14/15 of The Unspeakable Oath around impressionable children and easily offended parents… [...]Read on >>
March Plans
Leaving behind the ill-starred day of February, we move into March toward the Equinox and Spring. March gains its name from the Roman month Martius which is -in turn- named after Mars, the god of war, why even the name[...]Read on >>
News in Review for Feb 22 to Feb 28 2010
It was a podcast heavy week at the end of February 2010, and there was some great listening out there if you had the time to take a listen. So grab your headphones, and start punching up the podcasts! Of course, there w[...]Read on >>
Ten days later
I guess it's time I realized the inevitable, this blog is on hiatus. I never seem to find time to blog any more, and when I do I find I no longer have much to say. For some reason I wont give it all up, but let's say th[...]Read on >>
Fantasy Flight Games Announces Deathwatch, the Space Marine RPG
I think they were already on record about producing this, but it is nice to get an official announcement. Sometime this summer, presumably at Gen Con Indy, Fantasy Flight Games will release the third and last of the Warh[...]Read on >>
Off to ErieCon 2010
First off I apologize for not posting an ISO.When I started burning CDs I realized that I did not have all my normal tools installed as the result of a HD Crash several month ago. It will take me some time to reassemble [...]Read on >>
Review: 4e Module Village of Hommlet
February 26, 2010 from The Spirits of Eden
Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, RPG, RPG Hub, news
Like I said, even though I don’t DM 4e, I haven’t stopped playing or liking the game. When a friend lent me a copy of the Village of Hommlet, which is sadly just a reward for being an RPGA DM rather than a re[...] Filed under: Campaigns, D&D 4e, Fluff/Inspiration, RPG, RPG Hub, news
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Thanks WotC!
I haven’t had the chance to write up the full story, but I went through hell recently while trying to get some RPGA/DCI cards for the students at the after-school club: While we’re currently enjoying playin[...]Read on >>
Geheimkrieg – Design Choices
At the beginning of the year, Jonathan and I saw how much steam Nevermet had lost during the holidays so we brainstormed some ideas on how to feed the boiler so to speak. We concluded that first, the owners (which is Jon[...]Read on >>
Now An Official Savage Worlds Publisher
Today we are very proud to announce that Nevermet Press has been given permission from Pinnacle Entertainment Group to produce gaming products built using the Savage Worlds game system. In other-words, we are now an Off[...]Read on >>
Late to the Party…
... as usual.So I just discovered that Christian successfully cast raise dead on the destination unknown blog last week. Thank goodness! I just wish I'd known sooner, though. I've been seriously bummed since hearing it w[...]Read on >>
Flying Mice News!
Busy today with many projects, but not so busy as to miss telling you two great bits of news from one of my favorite RPG publishers, Flying Mice LLC:-In Harm's Way: Starcluster is finally out! Military space and sci-fi [...]Read on >>
Release of New Product Line: Kill or Be Killed!
I’m very proud this week to announce that Neuroglyph Games has released its new product line: Kill or Be Killed! This product line is devoted to bringing your Player-Characters action-packed battles against new a[...]Read on >>
Greatest Game Room Ever
This has to be the greatest game room I’ve ever seen. From the builder: I have been working on and off for about 2 years building our “D&D ROOM” to hold most of our collection and give us a cool pla[...]Read on >>
“N is for Neville who died of ennui”
Thankfully, my name is not Neville - for multiple reasons, but in this context for the apparent potential of dying of ennui if so named.I hate New York state. At the moment, this is primarily due to the soul-leeching win[...]Read on >>
How to Take Control without Powergaming
Many situations arise in a RPG where you are required to take control. You may need to lead a scene or you may be playing the villain, for example. The trouble is, taking control can easily escalate into powergaming. And[...]Read on >>
Review: Cthulhutech Vade Mecum
Aside from the Core Rulebook, if you purchase only one Cthulhutech book, you really have no excuse to pass up on Vade Mecum. This book is the pinnacle of the Cthulhutech line and the standard by which the rest of the boo[...]Read on >>
News in Review for Feb 15 to Feb 21 2010 – BASHCON Special Edition!
Well I have to say that this week ended really well, culminating as it did by attending the 25th Anniversary of BASHCon, my old college gaming convention! It was great to see so many Gamers gathered for the event and it[...]Read on >>
Interviewing Small Press
We have a whole host of great small-press RPG publisher interviews coming up here at RPG Blog 2. As always, I'm a big fan of the wonderful, eclectic, unique RPGs that come out of the small press of our hobby, and I'm al[...]Read on >>
Back from holidays – How’d I do on my RPG reading list?
Well, I made it through nearly everything I brought along, although I had a few late minute additions and deletions from my original list. Here’s what I ended up bringing along, how far I got, and what I think: [...]Read on >>
Owlcon XXIX
We'll be at OwlCon this year, which starts tomorrow!Look for us with the unicorns on our shirts. We'll have a few copies of our issues, including hardcover copies of Claw/Claw/Bite Omnibus 1.1 for you to peruse.[...]Read on >>
Limited Edition Erol Otus Print
Today, I logged into a forum I haven’t visited in quite a long time and received a nice surprise. The Acaeum, the comprehensive repository of information on Dungeons & Dragons collectibles, commissioned a work [...]Read on >>
Why Does the Press Hate D&D?
Between 1979 and 1992 there were at least 80 news articles written about the "evils" of Dungeons and Dragons. Obsession with role playing games as a cause of social ills dates back to the disappearance of Dallas Egbert [...]Read on >>
Release: NAA D6 1.1 What
Thanks to everyone who chimed in on various things the document had wrong, needed clarifications on, and other such things. Just for you guys, I made a new version of the game reflecting these changes. Contents wise, it [...]Read on >>
What is Goodman Games up too? A DCC RPG?
At the OrgeCave I noticed that Allan playtested a new RPG from Goodman Games in this article.Even with my association with Goodman Games I know nothing about this and the details are few. But it appears that a Dungeon Cr[...]Read on >>
Gaming around the globe
Newflash: RPG blogging generates negative income. To cover my hosting costs and pay the rent, I need to hold down a day job. My current job periodically requires me to travel overseas. During my last excursion, I learned[...]Read on >>
Wait? Is it 1982 again? More anti-D&D crap.
So the old "Dungeons and Dragons causes violence" meme has reared it's ugly head again. This time from the particularly lazy journalism of Ms. Laurel J. Sweet and the Boston Herald. Ms. Sweet put forth that g[...]Read on >>
Media finds D&D angle to campus killer Amy Bishop story
It's been a while since we've had a really good "stone cold killer loves to get some D&D" story run in the media. Last big splash I recall were some early- to mid-90s stories on wayward Goths who embraced White Wolf [...]Read on >>
Looking for players in Watford Hertfordshire, UK
The gaming group I belong to is looking for players and DMs. We are located in and around Watford, Herts, UK. We’d love some more people to join us, both experienced and beginner players are welcome. We are open an[...]Read on >>
On my reading list
It’s that time a year again – we’re off for a week of skiing which means I’ll have plenty of time to read during the evenings. Last year I went through about a half dozen RPGs, along with a coup[...]Read on >>
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