Bodymods
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[...]Read on >>
Bodymods
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[...]Read on >>
Building Character: Jarvis Ebner
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 [...]Read on >>
Impressions: Deadlands Reloaded
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[...]Read on >>
Shadows of Cthulhu
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[...]Read on >>
Rifts Session Seven: A Deal with the Devil?
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[...]Read on >>
Top and Bottom 10 RPG Rankings of RPGnet & theRPGsite
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[...]Read on >>
Interview: Crafty Games, Publisher of Spycraft 2.0, Fantasycraft and Mistborn Role-Playing Games Part 1
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[...]Read on >>
Paying the Buy-In
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 [...]Read on >>
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[...] Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub, Traveller, pathfinder
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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 “[[...] Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, Review, news
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Spell Books and Spell Variety in 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[...]Read on >>
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[...] Filed under: Featured!, Other Systems, RPG Hub, Third Edition
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Cybereye
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[...]Read on >>
Hot On The Press…
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[...]Read on >>
Everway: My Favorite Obscure RPG
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[...]Read on >>
Favorite Obscure RPG?
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[...]Read on >>
Dial P For… Pictures!
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[...]Read on >>
Impressions: Dirty Secrets
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[...]Read on >>
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[...] Filed under: Advice/Tools, RPG Hub, Savage Worlds
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Cutting Time from Character Creation in Rifts
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 [...]Read on >>
D&D spells in Savage Worlds: Feedback?
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.[...]Read on >>
Bookkeeping-free provisions and torches in AD&D
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.[...]Read on >>
The Wormhole Nexus setting resources
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[...]Read on >>
GMing Godlike at MaceCon 12
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[...]Read on >>
PROJECT Z Begins In Earnest…
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..[...]Read on >>
a Mutant Future hazard
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[...]Read on >>
Microlite74 Is Popular
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[...]Read on >>
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.[...] Filed under: 1E, AD&D, Featured!, RPG Hub, Reviews, Savage Worlds
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Bucket of Links
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[...]Read on >>
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