Hey gamers, Tourq here, and it’s time to tell you about one of our prizes for the 2012 SOTY contest. There have been a couple of things that have helped reinvigorate the gaming industry in the last decade – downloadable gaming products being one of them. DriveThruRPG is at the top of the list when it comes to downloading RPG ebooks, and for good reason… [Read the article]
If there’s just one thing that I like about gaming, it’s great characters and great stories. Okay, that’s two things. However, there’s one game out there that really delivers when it comes to great characters and great stories, and that’s FATE. If you check out our Playing with FATE series, you’ll understand why. “Strands of Fate contains everything you need to tell stories of adventure, [Read the article]
Here we are again with another installment of finding a great RPG site! If you’re like me, then you never get tired of reading a variety of gaming blogs… and what a variety there is. Our favorite site for March is fun for me because they have stuff I’m familiar with, and some very interesting stuff that I’m not familiar with. A lot of the [Read the article]
The RPG Site of the Year contest is underway, and it’s time to start announcing the prizes! We have several sponsors this time around all donating prizes, and right now we’re going to talk about one of them… If you haven’t heard of Kobold Quarterly (and I’m sure you have), then you’d be missing out. They’re a great RPG blog and gaming resource, and offer [Read the article]
There are so many gaming blogs out there – it seems like once a day I discover a blog that I’ve never seen before. To be honest, when I came across The Free RPG Blog, I immediately sat up in my chair and started clicking through the posts. I mean, for fun I’ve been working on my own role-playing games for years, and here was [Read the article]
How many times have you been sitting at the table of a role-playing game and thought, “Hey, this is actually pretty freaking cool. I haven’t had this much fun in quite a while”? It happens from time to time, and hopefully more often than not. I remember the first time that happened with Dungeons & Dragons 4E. I built “The Shrine” quite hastily (pictured right) [Read the article]
What do Indiana Jones, Tintin, and a wizard all have in common? Saliston “Stonie” Andronus. That’s what.
Not a mixed-martial arts fan? Not a problem… I’ve been following Mixed Martial Arts since the inception of UFC in ’93. This is when a lot of boxing fans (and non-boxing fans) saw the amazing execution of triangle chokes and ankle locks, and saw them actually working. In RPGs (like Spycraft) a lot of these moves are used in-game, though seemingly improbable. Real-world fighting is [Read the article]
The Quirky DM has been a guilty pleasure of mine for awhile now (the site, not Quirky). I simply dig the site’s tone and content. So, of course it’s only fitting that they’re our favorite site of the month! Here’s Quirky: When Tourq told me that he wanted to choose Quirky DM as the site of the month, it was a dream come true. My original [Read the article]
The following content assumes that your game includes vampires, either as monsters, enemies, or player characters. The aim here is to help give them a more defined position and purpose for both players and GMs, but without including any mechanical stats. Enjoy!