Bodymods

November 18, 2008 from cyberpunk2020.de
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, cyberpunk2020 
Following up on the “Farm your body” article I found the great site of Marcia Nolte. I don’t understand what she writes (I guess its dutch), but she does have some amazing pictures: It’s cheaper t[...]
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Bodymods

November 18, 2008 from cyberpunk2020.de
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, cyberpunk2020 
Following up on the “Farm your body” article I found the great site of Marcia Nolte. I don’t understand what she writes (I guess its dutch), but she does have some amazing pictures: It’s cheaper t[...]
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Building Character: Jarvis Ebner

November 17, 2008 from UncleBear
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, RPG Hub 
Occupation: Bookstore owner Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no criminal record Marital Status: Unmarried Age: 33 Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania Description: Jarvis is pale, underweight and of average height. His [...]
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Impressions: Deadlands Reloaded

November 17, 2008 from UncleBear
Filed under: Other Systems, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
One of the problems with convention games is that you only get to sample a small slice of a game. In addition to the time constraints, some of the more complicated aspects of a system may get left out to facilitate new p[...]
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Shadows of Cthulhu

November 16, 2008 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: Other Systems, RPG Hub 
Right now, I'm happily devouring Reality Deviant Production's True20 product, Shadows of Cthulhu. Since I received this Friday, I've missed out on a good bit of sleep reading through it, and I'm happy to report it look[...]
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Rifts Session Seven: A Deal with the Devil?

November 15, 2008 from The Outsyder's Blog
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Rifts 
When we left off, the party had gone in search of a rune sword that their patron wanted returned. They defeated a pair of warlock marines and we ended the session with both a prisoner to interrogate and a base of operat[...]
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Top and Bottom 10 RPG Rankings of RPGnet & theRPGsite

November 15, 2008 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: Other Systems, RPG Hub 
I found stats for the Top and Bottom 10 RPGs rated at theRPGsite and RPGnet. I didn't find anything like this on ENWorld, but would be interested to see the data on that or any other sites folks might have: Top theRP[...]
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Interview: Crafty Games, Publisher of Spycraft 2.0, Fantasycraft and Mistborn Role-Playing Games Part 1

November 15, 2008 from LivingDice
Filed under: RPG Hub, Spycraft 
Recently, I had the honor of chatting with the three gentlemen at the core of Crafty Games. Crafty Games made a name for itself with its "Spycraft" line of games, but is now working on "Fantasycraft" and the new "Mistbor[...]
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Paying the Buy-In

November 14, 2008 from Critical Hits
Filed under: Dread, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars 
When starting a new campaign (or even just planning a one-shot), it's tough to get people into a new game. Thus, the game usually ends up being D&D. Now, there's nothing wrong with it being D&D, but with so many [...]
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Friday’s Bucket of Links

November 14, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub, Traveller, pathfinder 
The Best of this weeks RPG Bloggers NetworkNot since the dark days of the 1980’s has there been so much interest in post-apocalypse gaming. Enworld carries news of the new version of Twilight 2000, imaginatively ca[...]
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Review: Helix

November 13, 2008 from RPGCentric
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, Review, news 
Last month, I was approached by an independent publisher to review their new RPG called Helix. If you want to learn more, you can visit their site at helixrpg.wordpress.com. Synopsis The RPG is described as “[[...]
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Spell Books and Spell Variety in Savage Worlds

November 13, 2008 from Tales of the Rambling Bumblers
Filed under: Campaigns, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
In the real world magicians (or people who thought they were magicians) had spell-books full of spells and bits of magical lore that served as textbooks for learning and performing magic. If you wanted to cast a spell, s[...]
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What’s New in Pathfinder RPG?

November 13, 2008 from Jonathan Drain's D20 Source
Filed under: Featured!, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Third Edition 
With the D&D fourth edition licensing rules in question, Paizo is hoping players will latch onto Pathfinder RPG, their revised version of D&D 3.5 which is planned to become the standard rules set for for future i[...]
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Cybereye

November 13, 2008 from cyberpunk2020.de
Filed under: Cyberpunk 2020, Non-RPG, RPG Hub 
Tanya Vlach lost her eyeball in a traffic accident. I am attempting to recreate my eye with the help of a miniature camera implant in my prosthetic / artificial eye. The intraocular installation of an eye-cam will subst[...]
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Hot On The Press…

November 13, 2008 from HeroPress
Filed under: Call of Cthulhu, RPG, RPG Hub, Star Wars 
Six months on from our last review of the of the 10 most written about topics on HeroPress, here's a run-down of how things stand at the moment:(1) DVD - (up one place) While there is still quality TV around, I do find m[...]
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Everway: My Favorite Obscure RPG

November 12, 2008 from RPG Diehard
Filed under: Game Design, Other Systems, RPG Hub 
Zachary the First over at RPG Blog II wrote today about his favorite obscure RPG. In response, I dropped a comment about Everway, which to this day has the distinction of being the one game I’ve played more than any ot[...]
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Favorite Obscure RPG?

November 12, 2008 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Other Systems, RPG Hub 
So, this thread came up over at Mos Eisley, wherein we were to name our favorite little-known RPG and why we liked it. There are some great responses in that thread, but I'll throw out as one of my suggestions Legendary[...]
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Dial P For… Pictures!

November 12, 2008 from HeroPress
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds, podcast 
David Drage, host of the excellent Dial P For Pulp podcast, has posted the above short film as a teaser for the latest episode of his show, which includes not only a review of Hydra Miniatures' fine range of retro scienc[...]
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Impressions: Dirty Secrets

November 12, 2008 from UncleBear
Filed under: Other Systems, RPG Hub 
Dirty Secrets, written by Seth Ben-Ezra, is very interesting, very unique story game about crime that incorporates some board game sensibilities. In the interests of full disclosure I need to tell you that I’ve nev[...]
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Savage Worlds: Tips for Speeding Combat

November 11, 2008 from Tales of the Rambling Bumblers
Filed under: Advice/Tools, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
Nothing Earth-shattering, just some handy hints to keep things moving along: Use two decks for initiative. Have someone other than the GM shuffle the second deck while the first is in use, and at the end of a round when[...]
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Cutting Time from Character Creation in Rifts

November 11, 2008 from The Outsyder's Blog
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Rifts, Tools 
One of the most common complaints about the Palladium game system is the lengthiness of character creation. In my experience, the skill system is the number one cause of the process taking so long. So, in an effort to [...]
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D&D spells in Savage Worlds: Feedback?

November 10, 2008 from The Seven-Sided Die
Filed under: RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
I've been thinking about how to handle magic as it appears in D&D settings. I want to maintain the spirit of Savage Worlds, but I don't want to entirely re-write settings shaped by Vancian magic.[...]
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Bookkeeping-free provisions and torches in AD&D

November 10, 2008 from The Seven-Sided Die
Filed under: 1E, AD&D, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
In Savage Bookkeeping Joshua extends the minimalist bookkeeping Savage Worlds uses for allies' ammo reserves to group provisions and torches. Here's my adaptation of that system to 1e AD&D.[...]
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The Wormhole Nexus setting resources

November 9, 2008 from The Seven-Sided Die
Filed under: RPG Hub, Savage Worlds 
Ever since reading Lois McMaster Bujold's series revolving around Miles Vorkosigan I've wanted to play or run an RPG in that setting. It's brilliant space opera with a wide range of tech, political situations, and scales[...]
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GMing Godlike at MaceCon 12

November 8, 2008 from The Report
Filed under: Godlike, RPG Hub 
 I GMed Godlike this morning at MaceCon in High Point, NC. It was nice to see that my event was sold out.  I ran a Saipan scenario from 9am to 1pm. I had pregen characters and funny thing, the “coolest” cha[...]
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PROJECT Z Begins In Earnest…

November 8, 2008 from HeroPress
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds, podcast 
It should come as no surprise that I'm pretty cack-handed when it comes to supergluing miniatures together.I prepared my work space this morning, set out the Hasslefree characters that needed basing or limbs attaching..[...]
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a Mutant Future hazard

November 7, 2008 from Jeff's Gameblog
Filed under: Mutant Future, RPG, RPG Hub 
Glowclouds are free-floating radiation fields lying close to the ground. Determine the Radiation intensity level with a d10 as normal. Glowclouds of strength 3 or less are invisible to the naked eye. Intensity 4 throu[...]
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Microlite74 Is Popular

November 7, 2008 from RetroRoleplaying
Filed under: Microlite74, RPG Hub 
I've been too busy with political and personal stuff the last month to even think about this blog or Microlite74. I was therefore surprised discover that version 1.1 had over 550 downloads in the month it has been availa[...]
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Advanced Dungeons & Savages review

November 7, 2008 from The Seven-Sided Die
Filed under: 1E, AD&D, Featured!, RPG Hub, Reviews, Savage Worlds 
Advanced Dungeons & Savages is a good add-on for playing the implied setting of classic AD&D, but it would be better off putting more trust in Savage Worlds' mechanics.[...]
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Bucket of Links

November 7, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub, Traveller 
The best of this week’s RPG blogs. “YOU F***ING IDIOT! HAVE YOU BOTHERED TO READ THE D.M. F***ING G.?” - RPG Centric takes a look at the the much need skill of Conflict Resolution. A Friesian Minota[...]
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