On day 18 of RPGaDay, I’m asked what is my favourite Sci Fi RPG? For this answer I’ll equivocate a little, as Sci Fi is not a genre I play a lot of. Star Wars wins for the most books I have. I like the universe and try to get around the “overshadowed by the movies” by setting my games in different time periods. But, still that’s not enough to [Read the article]
Day 17 of RPGaDay asks what is my favourite Fantasy RPG? Although I do really like Mouse Guard, my favourite Fantasy RPG would have to be Warhammer Fantasy Role-play (now out of print). If you insist upon an edition, I’d have to go with 3rd because that’s all I own, but I do reference 2nd edition materials extensively. The reason would be the setting. I really love the grim Fantasy world where [Read the article]
RPGaDay asks on Day 16, what was the longest game session I’ve played? In recent memory, I think around 8 hours is the longest single session I’ve played, but when I first started playing, I can remember sessions that spanned entire weekends. Maybe once I’ve retired and all my gaming buddies are retired, we’ll be able to do that again, but I suspect those marathon sessions [Read the article]
The question for Day 15 of RPGaDay is what was my longest campaign played? Having played for over thirty years, I’m can vaguely recall some long-running D&D campaigns from my youth, but it’s so long ago, nothing specific comes to mind. Instead, in recent memory the longest campaign I ran was about 5 years ago, a Savage Worlds home-brewed version of Mouse Guard that ran for almost two years. I [Read the article]
RPGaDay asks on Day 14, what is my favourite RPG Accessory? I love miniatures and terrain. So, those would have to be my favourite RPG accessories. I ran games for many, many years as theatre of the mind and that was okay, but I really like having a visual representation of what’s happening in the game, even if it’s not perfect or that detailed, it’s at least something [Read the article]
For Day 13, RPGaDay asks what is my favourite RPG Podcast? I actually listen to a lot of RPG podcasts. For a while, I used to have up to an hour and a half commute every day, each way, plus lots of driving over the course of a day. It’s much less now, but during that time, I started following a lot of RPG podcasts to help fill [Read the article]
RPGaDay asks on Day 12, what is my favourite RPG Illustration? This one has stumped me. I have no idea. There’s a lot of good art out there, but I can’t say there’s any one piece that stands out in my mind as my favourite of all time. So, I’ll put forward the one piece of gaming art that I have hanging in my office:It’s from a [Read the article]
For Day 11, RPGaDay asks who is my favourite RPG writer? Again, a tough question, as there are so many great RPG writers. It’s hard to pick one, but I’d have to say mine is Kenneth Hite. I met Ken at Gen Con back over fifteen years ago when I was a freelance RPG writer myself and a small group of us would hang out together at the [Read the article]
Day 10 of RPGaDay asks what my favourite RPG publisher is. This is a very tough one, as there are so many great companies. Games from Chaosium, Fantasy Flight Grounds, Evil Hat Games and many more all line my shelves, but I’d have to say that right now, my favourite would be Pelgrane Press. They produce top-notch products like Trail of Cthulhu and Night’s Black Agents, two of my [Read the article]
For day 9 of RPGaDay, I am asked what media I wish was an RPG. This is tough, since most everything has been made into an RPG, but I really like the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks and as far as I can tell (or Google can), it’s not been done yet. The series is well written and plays strongly to my favoured thieves’ world type [Read the article]