Category: Specific RPGs
| June 22, 2011 | Posted by Patrick Benson |
Before I get to the the review, I need to tell you my feelings about ham. Trust me. There is a point to this. I do not like ham. Never have. I like bacon, pork chops, and pork roast, but I have never liked ham. I cannot blame this on ham though, because this is a matter of my personal tastes. You can serve a world class Virginia smoked ham prepared by Woflgang Puck and I probably still would not like it. Every time that…
| May 25, 2011 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
Looking to recharge creatively, I’ve been diving back into an old friend, my collection of pulp fiction. Specifically, this bit of inspiration came from the Robert E. Howard Conan tale, “The Servants of Bit-Yakin.” The first part of the serialized novella is a cliffhanger, for Conan stumbles into a trap as he explores the jungle palace ruins. It reads: He turned toward the arch — with appalling suddenness the seemingly solid flags splintered and gave way under his feet. Even as he fell he spread…
| May 11, 2011 | Posted by Scott Martin |
A new season begins tonight. It’s not the new season of a cooking show–honestly, hardtack is difficult to make sexy, even if you have Kitchen Stadium’s resources. No, tonight is the first session of the new 13 week adventure, Dark Legacy of Evard. I’m looking forward to welcoming new GMs into the fold; a few of our players from the previous seasons are stepping up to run tables for us this season. The constraints of module play makes Encounters (or other organized play, like Pathfinder…
| April 21, 2011 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
Back in December, I promised to deliver my rant on prestige classes. Instead, I ended up designing one. (Nothing in life goes in a straight line, it seems. Just curves, twists and unexpected opportunities.) Using the 3.5 variant Pathfinder rules, I submitted and had published the Dawa Defender, which is available as a free download, Wayfinder 4, over at paizo.com. Thanks to some development from editors Liz Courts, Adam Daigle and Ashavan Doyon, and company, and a particularly kicking illustration from Eureka contributor Hugo Solis,…
| April 14, 2011 | Posted by Patrick Benson |
Back in 2009 I proposed and launched the “Day of Fudge”, or DoF, with the support of some of the members over at the Fudge RPG Community Yahoo Group. Here is some background info from my personal blog (which is nowhere near as popular as this one due to the lack of pointy red felt hats): Every year the first Saturday of June is the "Day of Fudge" where fans of the Fudge RPG system are encouraged to run Fudge game events out in public.…
| April 5, 2011 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
I’m an unapologetic fan of the “Wheel of Time” series by the late Robert Jordan and its current author, Brandon Sanderson. (1) It was interest in trying out the 2001 roleplaying game based on the d20/Third Edition system that moved me to the GMing side the screen in the first place. I ran two solid campaigns using those rules. It went pretty well. Yes, the channellers can rule combat encounters (as they should, if you’re being faithful to the books) and the Aiel algai’d’siswai class…
| April 1, 2011 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
I hate press releases — really. Engine Publishing doesn’t do press releases, period, and I rarely read the ones put out by other companies. But this draft press release, which was leaked to Gnome Stew by an anonymous party whose name definitely doesn’t rhyme with Shmyan Shmancey, was too juicy to pass up: RENTON, Washington, April 15. Wizards of the Coast, the leader in hobby games, is pleased to announce the first preview of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (TM) 5th Edition. This preview, an “alpha” version…
