RPGs for Kids: The Savage Peanuts

The Savage Peanuts is a role-playing scenario for kids, in which the players must rescue a boy who has been kidnapped by feral peanut people. I use the term scenario deliberately. This is not an adventure; the story is n[...]
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Creating and Implementing Technology.

Do you have a piece of equipment you’ve been wanting to add to your game? Well, grab your corebook of choice and we’ll cover four basic considerations for implementing new tech into your game. I’ll be using[...]
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TrollTips #4: 5 ways to get started that aren’t in a tavern.

“You all meet in a tavern…” Ugh! Chances are that you’re probably already groaning. Getting started with an RPG campaign can be fun, but this old trope needs to be retired. Here are 5 alternate wa[...]
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Beasts & Barbarians for Savage Worlds

It’s been too long since I touched anything to do with Savage Worlds. It’s no fault of the rules or anything like that. It’s just if I’m tinkering or playing with a game I tend to not thing about [...]
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The Ivory Tooth of Kostoss

Looking to spice up a game with a unique item? Behold: the Ivory Tooth of Kostoss! The Tooth is a figurine, about three inches (eight centimeters) tall, carved from an enormous tooth. The tooth might better be called a f[...]
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Review: Olympian Breed a Savage Setting

Olympian Breed Starter Game Reference by Palewolf Publishing Price: FREE Pages: 8 Uses/Requires: 1. Savage Worlds Deluxe Edition 2. Savage Worlds Super powers Companion 3. Savage Worlds Fantasy Compaion Why Ancie[...]
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300 x.p. for 3 minutes

The new revision of the Savage Worlds RPG has something neat that captured my imagination and inspired me to an idea that could be used in just about any game that runs on x.p. This will piss off those who think that awa[...]
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The Space 1889 Ship Builder

As teased earlier, Savage Troll Publications is proud to present the SPACE:1889 - Red Sands Cloudship, Gunboat, and Ether Ship builder for the Savage Worlds rule system. You can download the trial version and give it[...]
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The idea of Interludes

I have been very much into the idea if running Savage Worlds for a week or so. It's a game that manages to look kind of plain when read, but everyone I've heard of who have run it have come away raving fans. We'll see if[...]
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Tools: Space 1889 Ship Builder

I'm creating some new campaigns with Cloud Ships for Space:1889 - Red Sands. Part of the effort involved porting over my old Cloud Ship designs to the new Savage Worlds format. Part way through I decided to create a too[...]
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RPG and card play – whimsy cards and suchlike

Those of you who have read this blog from the beginning (What? Haven't you all? Go back and read up. I'll wait here) might remember a post I did way back about whimsy cards. I've found something which brought them back t[...]
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SPACE:1889 – The Burning Desert

The Savage Troll is proud to present a new MapTool/Savage Worlds module set in Frank Chadwick's SPACE:1889 setting which was Savaged by Pinnacle Entertainment Group in Space:1889 - Red Sands. The module comes from Tal[...]
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Make Your Own Introductory Box

Number of Views :622I just read an article over at How Not To Run A Game Business in which the author, Fugaros talks with John from Merlyn’s, the game store in my hometown. In a few months, I’ll be returning [...]
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News from Around the Net: 30-DEC-11

“It’s the end of the year as we know it and I feel fine…” (apologies to Michael Stipe and the rest of REM for paraphrasing the lyrics to “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I[...]
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2011 is behind me, 2012 is coming…

So, the year is nearly in the bag, and a new one looms ahead. Let's look back a moment. What did 2011 bring to the table? For me one of the best moments was when I scored both The First Fantasy Campaign, and a British 1[...]
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Ouroboros University: An Introduction

The fey city Ydalir is home to the oldest known university and the madrasah of the City of Brass educates creatures from across the planes who can survive voyage to...Visit the original post, Ouroboros University: An Int[...]
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News from Around the Net: 23-DEC-2011

This must be the “It’s nearly Christmas” edition of “Around the Net”! If I haven’t mentioned it enough already, I wish everyone reading a very happy holidays – from Cthulmas and [...]
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My New Year’s Wishes

Christmas is almost here and the impending doom of 2012 is right around the corner. So in an act of defiant denial, I now present my hopes and wishes for the new year of table top RP gaming. Acquire and Play Shadowrun. S[...]
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Savage Worlds Christmas Creatures – WereSanta, Krampus, Fairies

Welcome to the Krampus Christmas Blog Carnival! Tales from The Savage Troll is proud to present three new creatures for use in your Christmas themed games: The Were Santa, Krampus, and a Fairy. While we reali[...]
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Encounter Design

I”ve started working on my two Savage Worlds games for Orccon 2012. Since one of the games is going to be in a fantasy setting (the game’s called “The Hall of the Munchkin King”), I’ve been [...]
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Savage Worlds Poker Deck for MapTool

Lib:PokerDeck I've had several requests to handle a deck of cards outside the initiative system for the MapTool Savage Worlds Framework. Sunday morning, I added a new Library Token called Lib:PokerDeck . The Framewo[...]
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Convention Game Ideas

While perusing through my brain for idea for the upcoming Orccon 2012, I came up with a couple of interesting ideas for one-shot games. Ghostbusters: Terror at the Tournament of Roses! Synopsis: This is the second insta[...]
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News from Around the Net: 09-DEC-2011

I don’t know about you… But as the holidays get closer to closer and my gift shopping doesn’t get done, my blood pressure starts to rise. So imagine my surprise when I started hearing about “Kramp[...]
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Rocket’s Red Glare!

There is something just so cool about strapping on a jet pack, putting on a be-finned faceless helm, grabbing your Mauser C-96 automatic pistol, and once dressed, leaping into the air on a jet of flame. Whether it is the[...]
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Review – Player Races: Dragon Men

If your Savage Worlds campaign has a place for dragon men, this product will have a wealth of useful material to do so.  It provides a number of tools for crafting the specific type of dragon men you need in your campai[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 06 Episode 16

Season 06 Episode 16 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Tappy and Bill With special guest: Shane Lacy Hensley from Pinnacle. Listener audio feedback. [...]
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Game Design and Risk vs. Reward, or Why Game Balance Matters

  Last week I was briefly involved in a Twitter conversation with Sean Preston, Michael Wolf, Tracy Barnett, and Marshall Smith about whether Pathfinder RPG or another system (Savage Worlds) would be...Visit the o[...]
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