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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[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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[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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[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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[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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Street Level Villainy… and planning for M&M Saturday

Normally the concern with a Supers Campaign is coming up with enough villains.  I have a strange habit of actually cooking up individual rogues galleries for each of my players.  I find that doing this is actually more[...]
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A Quick Look at Supers Combat

Whenever I’m running a supers campaign, it usually takes a little bit of time for me to adjust to the way things go.  Combat in a supers campaign is a  dynamic affair as the sheer amount of collateral damage and [...]
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Supers and the Gaming Table

I’ll be perfectly honest… I’ve only run a single supers campaign before, but I think that still qualifies me to write about my experiences with it. Personally, I find the super-hero genre more relaxing [...]
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Recently reviewed at DriveThruRPG

I recently reviewed the following products offered at DriveThruRPG: Scenes of Space Hex Battle Maps by Jon Brazer Enterprises. Despite the gorgeous artwork and low cost, this product disappointed me somewhat … (Read m[...]
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[Mutants & Masterminds 2e] Character Generation This Weekend

Being a long-time HERO System guy, I’ve just recently had the opportunity to try launching a Mutants & Masterminds campaign.  Following a request from a few players to lay off the heavy Pathos in a game, but w[...]
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Happy Third Anniversary, HeroPress!!!

Three years! Who'd have thought it? Not me, for one. After my first two aborted attempts at a HeroPress blog (the first cruelly assassinated by its service provider and the second exploding from its own internal angst), [...]
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Character du Jour: Jonah Greyseer

“Just because you hear voices, don’t make you crazy. That’s what my old ma said to me. ‘Course, back then I knew all the voices I heard. I could hear Old Spikey down the road chastizin’ his [...]
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Greywulf’s Games of the Year 2009

Where would the end of the year be without the end of the year review posts? Nothing says New Year more than a look at what has been. Without further ado I give you Greywulf’s Games of the Year 2009! Looking back, [...]
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Character du Jour: The Suit

Ultramegaman was dead. Doc Nekron’s Death Beam had torn him apart into a billion billion atoms leaving no trace of Earth’s Greatest Hero. All that remained was his indestructible Ultramegasuit, lost floating [...]
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Stop! Hammer Time

Sorry had to do that.I just picked up "To the Devil... a Daughter", the last Hammer Studios film produced and their first "occult" based one (unless you count "The Satanic Rites of Dracula"), rahter than their staples of[...]
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Mal Havoc: I was waiting for this?

So back in the day I gleefully stole pretty much anything for my games. It was the 80's and we were all doing it. But one thing I remember fairly well was from The World's Greatest Superfriends. The episode was "The Lord[...]
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Arkham City: Aliens!

Sticking to the Golden Age “supers vs mobsters” paradigm might not be Four Color enough for some folks, and certainly doesn’t showcase the science fictional nature of either superhero comics or the Cthu[...]
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Name this Hero

I’m all out of braincells today, so hope you don’t mind me using some of yours instead. Here’s a hero who is as agile as Spiderman and almost (but not quite) as strong as Thing from the Fantastic Four. [...]
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Oprah, Queen of the Skies

Communique reads: It is only through the diligence of our noble undercover reporter that we can disclose the shocking news about Oprah’s plans for world domination following her retirement from mainstream media in [...]
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Arkham City: Some Influences

A number of things keep running through my mind as I put together my campaign notes. Batman When running a supers game, I think of roleplaying game sessions more as the equivalent of episodic television than a comic book[...]
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Arkham City: Villains

Adventures Into Darkness offers up a plethora of villains either lifted from or inspired by Lovecraft’s original works. The one that’s setting the tone for my campaign is Devilfish, a Deep One mobster. He set[...]
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Arkham City: 1953

My decision to set my Adventures Into Darkness campaign in 1953 came to me in a dream, eerily enough. It’s an obvious enough choice. The House Un-American Activities Committee was on the rampage, with McCarthy̵[...]
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Arkham City: The Landscape

In looking to turn Adventures Into Darkness into an ongoing campaign, my first consideration was location. Nowhere other than Arkham fit my bill, with Miskatonic University right there to provide all the weird science an[...]
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Review: Mutants & Masterminds Golden Age sourcebook

Read it now at Examiner.com [...]
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Small Press Week: Interview with Steve Russell of Rite Publishing

As part of Zachary Houghton’s wonderful Small Press Week, I got in contact with Steve Russell of Rite Publishing.  Steve started Rite Publishing himself and forms the (lively) backbone of the company.  I have tho[...]
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RinCon: Adventures into Darkness

At Rincon I ran Ken Hite’s Adventures Into Darkness, the “What If H.P. Lovecraft wrote Golden Age superhero comics for Nedor” mashup setting. A single adventure wasn’t enough, and it really made m[...]
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Character du Jour: Drifter Jenkins

Just as some people are destined for greatness, some are destined to be forgotten. Bernie Jenkins was such a one; a no-hope two-bit guy who drifted from baseline job to baseline job all the way across the US. It’s [...]
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The Nocturnals by Dan Brereton

Like many gamers, I am also a comics aficionado. When it comes to my favorite artists, Tim Sale and Dan Brereton run neck and neck. Sale’s lines are clean and elegant. Brereton’s paints are wonderfully wei[...]
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Character du Jour: Medusa

She stood, surveying the wreckage. While her eyes scanned for signs of life she mentally willed her hair, sending it searching among the remains of the plane, tossing sheets of warped and twisted metal through the air as[...]
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Mech and Manga out now!

From the Short & Sweet Dep’t: Mech & Manga for Mutants & Masterminds is available via PDF from RPG Now. I’m liking what I see so far, and expect a full review Real Soon. In the meantime, go drool [...]
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I may have to spring for Mutants & Masterminds…

I heard today that the new supplement, Mecha & Manga, is near release.  A little late, judging by Amazon’s publication date, but these things happen. I don’t watch much anime these days, but I’m a [...]
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Superhero Autopsy: Widowmaker

Here’s a little twist to my usual Character du Jours. This time around I’m going to present a character, then take him apart piece by piece. We’re going to look at how the character fits the concept, an[...]
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How to Build a Transformer

Ben asked how to make a Transformer using Mutants & Masterminds. Here’s how! Giant Transforming Robots are fun, not only to watch but also to build and play. They are Giant, they Transform, and they’re Ro[...]
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Plot Hooks in the News: Severed Feet Across Canada

In recent months, a bunch of severed feet have turned up in various locations in Canada. [...]
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Character du Jour: Full Metal Jackie

Major Jacqueline Jones is not your average soldier. Hardline, uncompromising and terminally allergic to anything resembling desk duty, it’s amazing she’s stayed in the service for even a single tour. Yet her [...]
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Krootchiks for Mutants and Masterminds!

Ahhh Kruthiks. I love them in 4e D&D where they’re the new posterchild for wrongness. This is a game where demons, devils, dragons and slimy tentacled beasties are par for the course, but Kruthiks as just plain[...]
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[Learning] Mutants Masterminds – Character Creation and Power Design Question

So far, my attempts to build a character in M&M have been sort of going smoothly, with a couple of hitches.  While I’m no stranger to d20, I can’t help but feel just a little bit lost as to what would co[...]
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Feedback Required: Mini M&M Campaign

Would you want super-Supers? Like, powerful enough to fly so fast that you can cause the Earth to spin BACK IN TIME?[...]
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Gadgets Gears: Steampunk Devices for Mutants Masterminds

“Welcome to Doctor Clockwork’s Device Emporium! We have gadgets for every discerning gentleman adventurer including the latest aerial locomotive devices, capture and containment tools and much, much more! Pri[...]
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[Learning] Mutants Masterminds, Second Edition

Part of the fun in being an RPG enthusiast is checking out new games, and learning from them.  Whether it’s a clever new resolution system, an interesting approach to character creation, or means to emulate a give[...]
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Character du Jour: Alexander Deerborn

Back in March I set down a challenge to Name This Hero. Almost three months later, and despite excellent replies and entries (thanks, all!), I…. um….. errrrr…… forgot to post the one I’d se[...]
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Possible New Gaming Soon….

Alright, well, my D&D 4E campaign is in full swing and we wrapped up our Hunter: The Vigil chronicle. Now it appears my gaming schedule is going to become a little bit more diverse and fuller on the horizon. Hopefull[...]
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Character du Jour: The Dispassionate Man

“There are 134 violent crimes happening right now in this city of ours including 12 murders, 17 assaults and 23 hit and runs. And I see every single one.” Mike Lacey is a detective with a gift - or perhaps a[...]
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Character du Jour: The Grey Wulf

“I am Wep-Wawet, the Grey Wulf, the opener of ways and sworn foe of Nun, the bringer of chaos. Who dares wake me?” “I…. uhhhh….. I’m Professor Brandy Bowen, Egyptian Antiquities curato[...]
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Supersize Me: Mad Brew the Villain

In cooperation with Vulcan Stev's hero-izing meme, Mad Brew reveals a fully statted version of himself using the Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Edition rules.[...]
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RPGBN Heroes: Watchmen of the Justice Avengers – Role Call!

When the world needs saving who do you call? The Watchmen of the Justice Avengers is the RPGBN’s own Superhero Group.  This stalwart band of heroes is ready to defeat your villain, fight the injustice, protect the[...]
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Character du Jour: Cirwaen Esgarelion

She stood apart, her head cocked to one side as she listened to multiple conversations in the bazaar. Making her choice, she moved forward. “I hear you need a guide.” she broke in, “I know that part of [...]
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Arkaen, Marshall and d’Vine

Here’s a quick’n'easy concept render for a superhero team inspired by the Powers from D&D. Hey, why not? If we can have Superhero Fantasy there ain’t nothing wrong with Fantasy-inspired Superheroes[...]
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Review: Warriors and Warlocks Part Trois

Ahhhh, magic. Where would our fantasy role-playing games be without it? In a pretty good place actually, and one of the magical options presented in Warriors & Warlocks is to take magic out of the hands of the PCs an[...]
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Review: Warriors Warlocks Part Deux

Moving rapidly on. Straight after the racial templates in Warriors & Warlocks we have the professional templates. As with the racial ones these exist to aid character generation not restrict it, and the player is fre[...]
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