Ask The GMs: Systematic Systems Choice

How do you choose the right game system? The Ask the GMs questions here at CM never seem to stop, which is great, because they never fail to inspire new discussion topics. This one’s been sitting on the backb[...]
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The Week In Geek (extra portion)…

An extra round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Gamers Raise $178,900 For Haiti: Through sales of the 'special bundle deal', online pdf outlets DriveThruRPG and RPGNow raised an incredible sum to do[...]
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Picking A Generic RPG System

I was hoping to have my review of Rolemaster Rome finished by today, but it isn't quite finished. This weekend, I was looking at generic RPG systems to use with my Middle Isles campaign, and hopefully beyond. The hope [...]
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Review: Wushu Open

Wushu Open is a short, free and rules-lite roleplaying game created with the Wuxia genre of fiction in mind, although it can be used in any genre. Wushu’s author Daniel Bayn also offers two expanded versions of the gam[...]
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Random Disadvantages installments

Here are some random disadvantages to be rolled up. This is founded on my basic 7 GURPS defined common human disadvantages. Each of the 7 aspects are rolled up, to create some variety and challenge for the role-player. I[...]
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The Week In Geek…

A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Labyrinth Lord Advances: The Advanced Edition Companion for Labyrinth Lord is now available, allowing the introduction of "advanced" options into your old sc[...]
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Brotherhood; Prelude Chapter 3

BrotherhoodPrelude; Chapter 3trust is violated, questionable friendships are made and a new theme is introducedCharactersSam Greene, a shy, boyish sculptor to whom people look for friendship and kindnessImp, a manic-depr[...]
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[M&M] First Session System Impressions

Last Saturday was the first session of M&M I’ve ever run.  While the game was rather short due to the amount of time lost to logistics issues, I had a decent snapshot of how the game runs in and out of combat [...]
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The Young Ones

And now.  Something silly.Once in every lifetimeComes a love like this.I need you and you need me.Oh my darling cant you see.The young ones,Darling were the young ones,And young ones shouldnt be afraid.To live, love[...]
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Gen Con 2010, Ghosts and more

So I bought my Gen Con tickets for myself and my family.  We are committed to going now.Well I always was. Talked to my regular GM and he also wants to run some Ghosts of Albion games.  So even more G[...]
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[Mutant Future] Biohazardous Character Record

A few of us are planning to sit down and run a few Mutant Future playtests. We are hoping to rebuild the chargen from Mutant Future to be as entertaining as the system in Omega World. But we are also looking to see if t[...]
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“You Take 776,592 Hit Points Of Damage.”

My recent giveaway and discussions of the D30 got me to thinking of the odd-shaped dice we role-players use. Sure, everyone has a set of D4, D6 (bunch of those), D8, D10, D12, D20, and D%. They are the standard shapes of[...]
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Thanks, Jay Z, for the NPC

While listening to the radio I heard a Jay Z song that was pretty great. I checked out the video and was really impressed. Even if you hate rap, hang on to :50, :55, 1:28 and 2:03. That guy is going to make it into my Ch[...]
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My Saturday Reading: Generic Systems

Here's a few freebies I'm reading (or rereading) and comparing today, as we enjoy a snowy Saturday in Indiana with no place to be:-Mini Six-x6 Core Edition-Basic Roleplaying Quick Start-EABA LiteCan you tell I'm on the p[...]
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Star Wars: The Essential Atlas

Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is a softcover, coffee-table-style book that covers every Star Wars era from the pre-Republic days of the alien and powerful Celestials (who constructed the Corellia system) through the Sit[...]
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Hope you can read binary…

01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110101 01110011 01100101 01100110 01110101 01101100 00100000 01110100 01101111 01101111 01101100 00100000 01100110 01101111 0111[...]
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january 2009 for my girlfriend is a dm

My apologies for the lack of updates. We’ve been off to a slower start than expected due to scheduling hassles. Right now bits and pieces for various posts are lying in paper scraps stuffed in my wallet. Anyway, pe[...]
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Basic Traveller Templates

These templates were made to reflect basic proficiency with regards to the hours of training that would into their contemporary real-world counterparts. I plan to emphasize on specialized intelligence, because IQ is t[...]
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Star Wars – Alys Nere, Noble Huntswoman

   Alys is a daughter of the Nere family, which has held high positions in Coruscant’s judicial system for centuries. For most of her childhood, she was an ordinary upper-class girl, pursuing typical interests. T[...]
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Doom & Tea Parties: Death!

Remember a couple months ago when I was all "oh, man, Trollsmyth's game is really scary even though no one's died yet?"Yeah.Wednesday's session of the group game saw five rolls on the ever-hilarious Table of Death and Di[...]
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Lair of the Frog King

One of the first Mythic Game Master Emulator adventures that I attempted was a follow-up to an example combat that I wrote for Silverlode 1908. Specifically, it involved the continuation of the story of J. Robert Hinkley[...]
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The Most Embarrassing Player Death…

This is the story of how I (almost) died in session three of the on-going Rogue Trader campaign I’m playing in. It was, at least, a glorious near-death experience. The only reason I wasn’t rolling up a new ch[...]
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Building a Better Mouse Trap

As I mentioned in my reflections on my Burning Wheel games, I’ve decided to create a hybrid system that mixes the parts of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard that I love, with elements of other game systems like FATE. T[...]
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[M&M] Game Day Tomorrow

Okay. Tomorrow, my GM hiatus ends, and I start off with a new campaign, with a new system.  I’ve had some experience with running supers games already with the HERO campaign I ran a while back, but this is somethi[...]
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[Friday Map] Instant Wasteland – Just Add Dice!

Typically when I run a Gamma World-style game, I set it up somewhere that I’m familiar with, and then try to extrapolate what it might be like after the end. However, I decided to take a shot at creating a sandbox[...]
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So Who’s The Newest Member Of The Order Of The D30?

OK gang, time for the random drawing for the d30/Radioactive Cup giveaway! Taking Squidman's great idea, I'm going to let the d30 itself choose its new owner in just a moment. First, I need to compile all of the entries[...]
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Party Plans a Planeshift (Possibly)

Last Sunday's session included two firsts:  it was the first time we gamed with a player who was not present (via the PS3 Eye, a hi-def TV, a sound system and an online dice roller), and it marked the first use of t[...]
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Preview Of New Gamma World Art

Wizards has posted some small images on their website next to the new Gamma World items to be released in October. Kinda hard to see 'em at their current size (above), but you can make out the basic heavy-line art used.[...]
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Prince Mamuwalde for Witch Girls Adventures

I introduced Mamuwalde for the Unisystem game systems (Ghosts of Albion, Buffy, Angel), but in truth he works great for nearly any system that is modern horror. Given that Dracula is set up as a potential threat to the [...]
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[Call of Cthulhu] Call of ice

Call of ice is my recently started Call of Cthulhu campaign. Inspired by movies like The Thing, 30 Days of Night, Whiteout, The Abyss and reality series Ice Road Truckers I decided to use campaign to be set to something [...]
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Daily Monster: Skeletons

In what I hope will become a semi-regular feature, today I will take a classic D&D monster and give it the Risus treatment. Given that my attention is focused on my monster-themed Pirates vs. Vampire game, I'm going [...]
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Why I Love Thee, Vampire: The Masquerade

In my post about Vampire and My Humanity, I stated categorically that whenever I play this re-visiting of Vampire, it *has* to be Vampire: The Masquerade, as opposed to the newer Vampire: The Requiem. But why be so fasti[...]
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Advanced Edition Companion for Labyrinth Lord now available!

As most of you no doubt already know, the retro-clone Labyrinth Lord recreates the rules of 'Moldvay/Cook' classic D&D (the version of Basic & Expert D&D with the Erol Otus covers, from 1980-81).Now available[...]
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[M&M] Am I doing this right?

I’m fiddling around with Mutants and Masterminds at the moment, and I’ve been trying to come up with a sample build to get used to the trickier aspects of the game.  This post is going to get a little bit mo[...]
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Labyrinth Lord – The Advanced Edition Companion Is Now Available!

For those of you who ignored my warnings and risked the wrath of Orcus, by NOT joining the Labyrinth Lord Society, you now have your chance to read the Advanced Edition Companion – A Player and Referee Guide of Adva[...]
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[Thundarr Thursday] Savage Menagerie: Wolf-Ape

No. Enc.: 1d4 (1d6)Alignment: ChaoticMovement: 120' (40')Armor Class: 6Hit Dice: 9Attacks: 3 (claw, claw, bite)Damage: 1d6, 1d6, 2d6Save: L7Morale: 8Horde Class: IIWolf-Apes are a mutant hybrid of both the canine and sim[...]
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Talking Sexy To The Players

Prior to this chronicle, I never had to spend time researching women's outfits so that I could describe what an NPC is wearing to the PCs. Tartan capris as worn by Samantha Coston, blogger and aspiring screenwriter.Sexua[...]
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Labyrinth Lord Advanced Edition Companion Now Available!

And if you order TONIGHT (Feb 3), you can get the softcover at Lulu for under US$20 (plus tax and shipping) if you put in the coupon code "shadow". Hurry-- that code only lasts for another few hours (it's a Groundhog Day[...]
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A new decade really begins for some more gaming

Well, it’s after Australia Day and pretty much the end of the silly season where you run into so many public holidays. And this week, I knew that it was time to get off my backside in terms of sorting out my real t[...]
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Recordings from the Holocron of Kira Keldav – The Anti-Force

   Here we have something from Brian, one of the usual players – some of the notes and musings of his current Star Wars character, Kira Keldav.    Things in my experience typically exist in some sort of balance[...]
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Savage Menagerie: Wuudchak

No. Enc.: 1d4 (2d10)Alignment: LawfulMovement: 120' (40')Armor Class: 7Hit Dice: 5Attacks: 1 (bite or weapon)Damage: 1d4 or per weapon typeSave: L4Morale: 10Horde Class: XXThe Wuudchak is a short (2-3 feet tall), furry b[...]
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The Greatest Phantom Menace Review Ever

You'll forgive me if this is outside my normal purview, but this is the single-best critique of a movie--and all its faults--I've seen in a long while.That's actually Part I of a 7-part review (find the other parts here,[...]
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What’s on my reading list right now?

I don’t think there ever was a time during the last 20 years or so, when there wasn’t at least one roleplaying game book lying on my bedside cabinet. I actually believe it has gotten worse over the years, since I am [...]
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Taking Meta Gamemastery to Modern Worlds

... after reading through several source books (including Burrows & Bunnies), my mind ran rampant with extreme possibilities. I became determined to pull together a cyberpunk campaign that would leave the players wet[...]
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2e Tuesday

That's right, Gamma World 2d edition... what 2e did you think I meant?  Every Tuesday I will pick one of my favorite monsters from the fully illustrated bestiary included in the 2d edition Gamma World Basic Rules Bo[...]
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[M&M] City of Champions

Just to get it out of the way, no, I’m not running a mashup of City of Heroes and the Champions MMORPGs (though admittedly I’ve been tempted to try both of those.) Instead, I’ve been thinking of setting[...]
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What Is Good Role-Playing?

The great thing about rpgs is that they tend to be played by smart people. Being a gamer of limited cranial capacity, I benefit from socializing with people smarter than I.I am struggling to articulate a theory of assign[...]
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The Day After Ragnarok

The death of Patton ushered in chaos, as the Third Reich used ancient rituals to awaken the Midgard Serpent, and signaled the beginning of Ragnarok from Norse mythology. Americans, not about to be put down by a giant, wo[...]
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Psst! Department 7 Needs You!

A message from Department 7...Department 7, Cubicle 7 Entertainment’s official demo team, is recruiting. We’re looking to strengthen our demo teams with people interested in running, and teaching, our games at conve[...]
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I Blame Dan Abnett

I place the blame squarely on Dan Abnett’s head. I really do. As a grown-up geek, with a life filled with work, family and God knows what else, I had made up my mind to quit running roleplaying games cold turkey. I [...]
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