Posts Tagged by OGL
| September 25, 2009 | Posted by Walt Ciechanowski |
One of the most fun things for me to do at GenCon is to wander the Dealers Room and check out the new stuff. GenCon is a natural place for RPG Publishers to launch new books and this year was no exception. One of the books that caught my eye was Fantasy Craft by Crafty Games. After the con, I received a free copy of Fantasy Craft for this article, courtesy of Crafty Games and Atomic Array. Crafty Games is best known for its stewardship of…
| June 30, 2009 | Posted by Scott Martin |
Matt Cruikshank has a long, passionate article request in the Suggestion Pot. Hop over and read it in full if you like. One element I’ll seize on is discussing open source/creative commons games. John Kim maintains links to a vast number of free RPGs. Among them are a subset of open and licensed games, conveniently gathered together as open gaming examples. Eleven open games are highlighted at that link, and many more exist out in the wild. (For example, one of my favorite systems is…
| May 26, 2008 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
So, your party is traveling through the woods or across that fantasy city, and you roll for a random encounter (‘cause, as a DM, that’s what we do, right?) You register the die roll result and refer to ye ol’ wandering monster chart. And instead of giving you a monster you can run right out of the Monster Manual, you see something like this: 3d6 bandits (Rangers level 4) And you go, “Uh, uh … uh.” Yes, it’s that again! It’s time to refer to…
