I’ve played RPGs for about 34 years, so considering all the people I’ve played with over the years, it’s hard to pick and choose a few people out so many great gamers. They’ve all brought different perspectives and skills to the table. However, of people I have never played with, I would love to play with Ken Hite, who I knew back in my freelancer [Read the article]
Although there are entire books written on the subject, I’ll focus on the three keys to what I see as a successful campaign. First off, it needs to actually play out fully, in other words, end properly. Too many campaigns are started and never finished, usually through no fault of anyone, it just works out that it never really ends and there’s no satisfying conclusion, [Read the article]
Never played Elder Scrolls Online, and I’m really late to the party on watching this video. However, I loved it so much I had to bring back Take a Break Sunday…
Currently, I am running the Three Kings Achtung! Cthulhu adventure using my own homebrew system. This followed a lengthy campaign in the Warhammer Fantasy role-playing game universe, and prior to that we played some Trail of Cthulhu. My horror bent has been driving our games for a while, so it might be time for a change of palette.
We’ve all had strong influences at one time or another. For gaming, most of my life was spent playing with friends and family who either came into the game around the same time as I had, or on their own had come into gaming generally around the same time or much later. As a result, I usually had as much or more experience than those [Read the article]
I’m constantly surprised in games by my player characters’ actions, so this is tough to single out one instance, but there is one time that a player shocked me enough that it stands out among the rest. We were playing Daring Entertainment’s War of the Dead campaign (though I rejigged it a bit) and the players had escaped a cruise ship of undead only to be standed [Read the article]
Apart from the actual game itself, what is involved in my ideal session? This has evolved over time and, although I have less time than ever, my expectations are higher than ever.
We have a wide range of options to devour books these days. While we used to be at the mercy of the publisher’s decision, thanks to Kickstarter, we now often have the choice of getting our gaming books in hardcover, softcover or digitally – or all three! So what’s your preference?
Undoubtedly, RPGs have given me greater confidence in everything. I was the typical geeky kid, bullied and pushed around until I found RPGs. Then, developing confidence through the games, I felt I could conquer everything and soon conquered my bullies and enjoyed a great childhood as a GM, running games for my friends, writing adventures and developing new RPGs. This completely changed my life and [Read the article]
This is another weird one as it doesn’t appear specific to my own gaming group, but any gaming group. I could google to find some neat examples, but I’ll focus on my own experiences.