Being big fans of Strands of Fate, if we get the chance to talk with Mike McConnell, you know we’re going to take it…
Recently I was given a sneak peek at Engine Publishing / Gnome Stew’s latest book, “Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master’s Guide to Session Prep, and asked to do a review. Let’s see how it goes…
My players and I are between D&D Campaigns. I’ve got the opening scenes laid out in my head, but I’m just not ready for that pivotal first session. Knowing what I had on hand, I gave my players three choices: I could run their characters in our side campaign through some purchased adventures (D&D 4e), we could try the quickstart rules for DragonAge (closer to [Read the article]
I’m not really an app kind of guy (I’m pretty sure app is short for application). I’m simply way behind the curve when it comes to iphones and apps, that there’s no hope for me to catch up. My son, however, got an Ipad a few months ago, and I’ve since developed an unhealthy obsession with Litebike 2, so at least I’m not completely oblivious. [Read the article]
I have recently had the privilege to read through two adventures from Blackbyrne Publishing – The Hidden Current and The Manor of Deceit. These are the first two adventures in the Dark Veil Campaign Arc, written for Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition. I received them as part of a contest the publisher was running as a random drawing among their twitter followers. In case you [Read the article]
Soldiers of Fortune is a new book from Author Matt James and Open Design (the people who bring us Kobold Quarterly). It’s designed for 4th Edition and features the Midgard Campaign Setting, though the mechanics really are not setting-dependent. The book features rules and ideas for Ward-based Adventures and Campaigns. It provides new mechanics for player characters as well as some new tools, and a [Read the article]
About a month ago I got a request to do a review for a new game, Zombie Cataclysm. I thought, “Sweet! Someone values my opinion, finally!” Then I thought, “Oh crap, what if I don’t like it? Can I do a negative review?” Then I said, “Sweet! Someone values my opinion, finally!” In the end, I just said to myself that I didn’t know the [Read the article]
I’ve enjoyed a lot of different games over the years. However, Deathwatch (the newest RPG from Fantasy Flight Games), has taken its place as my favorite roleplaying game of all time. You heard right, all-time favorite. For those of you unfamiliar with the basic concepts of the game, you can click here for a brief overview from FFG. Deathwatch is the third RPG from FFG set in Games [Read the article]
I buy a lot of RPG’s that I’m never going to play. In fact, for most of the games I buy, I do so intending on simply using them for inspiration or for exposure to new rule systems. A friend recently turned me on to the FATE system, and all I can say is that I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to start [Read the article]
For the longest time, I’ve meant to get some dice from Q-Workshop, but I kept putting it off. Then I read a great review by Bartoneus about them and I was sold. So, I made my order, got my dice, and couldn’t be happier. Then, I was talking to my buddy Mateusz over there in Poland (all of us internet dudes are buddies, right?) and [Read the article]