TGIF

Its been kind of a crazy week and I for one am very much looking forward to the weekend. Specifically Saturday. I intend on taking it easy...With my last few attempts to get the gang together for a game being somewhat un[...]
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A Twist in Time: Alternate Histories in RPGs

The latest iteration of my superhero campaign has just gotten underway. Being set (mostly) on an alternate-history Earth, it holds a number of elements that may be of interest to readers, especially if I explain the thin[...]
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Champions Defeated…Temporarily

Today is the second time in a row and perhaps the fourth time since the first weekend in Janurary that my players have bailed on me at the last second for our Champions game.End result, Champions is on indefinite hiatus [...]
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Obligatory 5th Edition post

My experience with an D&D beyond 1st edition could fit into a thimble. In the early 90’s one of my players wanted to run D&D, so she went out and bought the 2nd edition stuff. She ran a few games, but I don’[...]
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Waiting Up For Santa

Ever stay up waaay too late when you were a kid? You know, watching TV or reading comic books or even gaming. I am talking about far past a sensible bedtime to the point where you feel like you were run over by an 18-whe[...]
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Hero System in TWO Pages

HERO System basics Authors: The Bunneh and Narf the Mouse and HTML from Bluesguy from the Hero Games Forums Dice Rolls Hero System uses two kinds of dice rolls. Success Roll In a Success Roll, you roll under a number o[...]
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Back To Basics: Example: The Belt Of Terra

This is part four from two (yes, you read that right) in a discussion of the basic principles of creating adventures and hooking them together to form a campaign; I wasn’t originally going to include these examples[...]
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Eclipse d20: The God-Blooded Template

Quite a few myths and tales revolve around the sons and daughters of gods – but, oddly enough, such individuals are often little more than mortal. They often show some exceptional attributes or skills – but G[...]
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Back To Basics: Example: The White Tower

This is part three from two (!) in a discussion of the basic principles of creating adventures and hooking them together to form a campaign; I wasn’t originally going to include these examples, feeling that the pri[...]
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Advances in Game Design

Having played DnD 4e for more than two years now, I and my gaming group are suffering from the same issues as when I played AD&D from 1983-1988. In a nut shell DnD 4e takes so much liberty with character class and [...]
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Game Review: Fantasy Craft by Alex Flagg, Scott Gearin, and Patrick Kapera from Crafty Games – Chapter 1

Yesterday with The One Ring, I started my new approach of breaking down some huge books in my review queue into smaller, bite-sized chunks. I’m going to do the same today with Fantasy Craft from Crafty Games. Thoug[...]
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News from Around the Net: 02-DEC-2011

Did December sneak up on anybody else? Now I’m suddenly behind on my gift shopping and I never even think November waved as it zipped by… We have a ton of news today, so let’s dive right in, shall we? F[...]
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Hero Games Scaling Back

There’s an announcement on the Hero Games web page stating at Steven S. Long (line developer) and Darren Watts (president) are leaving the company. Jason Walters (general manager) will remain the only full-time emp[...]
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The Fading of HERO

Anyone who's followed this blog or my writings elsewhere know that I've always been a fan of Champions and the HERO System. IMO, the best published game system ever.Most are also likely aware that I was of the opinion th[...]
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Vacation Plans

As we roll into the holiday season, my business tends to slow down a bit. In addition, my Mom travels on her annual vacation to somewhere with ancient ruins, rich culture, amazing food and little to no toilet facilities.[...]
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HERO in Trouble

I’ve been a long time fan of HERO, having been introduced to the game by the Armchair Gamer, who ran a few campaigns using the system for me a long time ago.  I picked up the 6th edition, and while I’ve not [...]
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Champions Powers Up

After an unintentional break that lasted nearly two months, Dave (Night Knight), Marcus (The Power - pictured above), Jeff (Siphon Zero/Revenant) and I, have finally returned to our 4th Edition Champions campaign, simply[...]
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Oriental Adventures & The Legend of Green Snake

I was going through a box of my older DVD’s last night, and came across my copy of the 1993 Hong Kong film Green Snake. I really love this movie, which I think I originally saw at the WLA revival theater The Nuart in t[...]
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