A ROLE PLAYING GAMES RESOURCE
If you get excited about new card, board, and roleplaying games (or just want to announce yours), then this Facebook group is for you. With very light posting rules (but still having a posting limit), it’s perfect for announcements of upcoming and current games that you’ll find on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and even Patreon. While it’s geared for tabletop games, you’ll also see accessories for those games. Things like…
When I first got into blogging several years ago, I found the concept of a blogging network to be really cool. I got to find and read several other blogs dedicated to gaming, while drawing in visitors to my site as well. It just kind of felt cool to be a part of something, right from the get-go.
Then the network that I joined stopped getting updated, and then it went down. Soon after, another network went up, and that was cool, but it also eventually went down. I don’t know the particulars about those two networks, but they were cool while they lasted. If you’ve been a reader of Stuffer Shack for any length of time, you might know that I’ve always tried to foster a community among gamers. Well, I feel it’s time to start up a new network, so I did.
But it’s not just a network; it’s also a simple little website that showcases all the cool RPG things that are out there. I’m going to put the spotlight on them, if you will. And why not? Cool RPG things (such as awesome articles, products, and resources) deserve attention, so I’ll be shining the light on them every chance I get. Maybe not everyday, but I can try.
So, check out the rpgSPOTLIGHT Network. It’s super easy to join, and there’s no long wait times, I promise.
Do you like buying things at a discount? DriveThruRPG is having a Halloween Holiday Sale. BILLIONS (billions?) of downloadable horror-themed products have been marked down by over 30%, including our Truly Terrifying Vampires (it’s about $2 right now). Or, here is a link to peruse all of the horror-themed items for sale. Happy haunting!
Venger Satanis does not shy away from the controversial… He is the author of Alpha Blue, an RPG that places sexual themes into a spotlight, and his new Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss puts an expletive directly into the title of each book. Regardless, his distinctive style provides content for a niche in the RPG industry that most RPG authors leave empty, and Venger has recently released Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss to empower fellow writers in creating their own unique creations.
To help motivate writers to put his tips to use, Venger is running an adventure writing contest. Winners receive $500, and their adventure will be published for free on OneBookShelf (art, editing, and layout provided by Kort’Thalis Publishing). To learn more about this contest and the man behind it, I went straight to the source for an interview. Continue reading “Interview with Venger Satanis. Also, a $500 Contest!”
Have you heard the hoopla? Kort’thalis Publishing came out with a scenario for their flagship game, Alpha Blue. However, there may have been a few people (namely OneBookShelf) who thought that “Guardians of Galaxy XXX” sounded a little too familiar to a certain current big budget movie. I guess that after some words between parties… yelling, fighting, lasers, and ‘splosions, both sides came to an agreement/compromise.
Enter Guarding Galaxy XXX.
I was a little curious about it, so I talked to Venger Satanis (the author)… Continue reading “BANNED!… or not? Guarding Galaxy XXX…”
It’s no secret… Shadowrun (any edition) has not exactly been a rules-lite game. It’s a meaty cyberpunk-fantasy dystopian setting with a very solid fan-base, and it also comes with a hefty set of rules for a very “simulationist” feel. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing (I have my favorite edition and have played many, many hours of it); I’m saying that that type of game isn’t for everyone.
Enter Shadowrun: Anarchy
Shadowrun: Anarchy uses the Cue System (from the same company, Catalyst Game Labs). It’s a rules-light RPG system that is all about getting started quickly and creating a story.
Using Cues, you’ll create a plot and narrate your character’s way through the story. Your character sheet has stats, gear, and abilities, and you still throw lots of d6s to resolve things, but there’s less dice-rolling and much less rules. It’s a simpler, faster, and more narrative system, and it still carries part of the Shadowrun mechanic (throw a bunch of d6s… 5s and 6s count as successes).
Most importantly, everyone is a player at the table, and everyone takes turns as the gamemaster throughout the session. It’s a collaborative type of narrative story-telling, as opposed to the traditional RPG setup. Included in the mechanics are Plot Points with which one can spend to do extra things, but more importantly to further the story.
I imagine that this is definitely not something where you’d be sitting there at the table, waiting for your turn and getting bored, because you’d be too busy leaning forward, engaged in the scenario with your friends. Actually, I don’t think I’d be doing it justice by saying that it’s a rules-lite game (it is); it’s better served to be called a rules-narrative game.
This post is in no way a review; I’m simply blabbing about something that seems cool that came out recently, and I think it could be a lot of fun. Currently, the PDF is $14.99. If you think this could be your thing (this version of Shadowrun), then check it out – I think I will…