DM: “So you walk into the bar and see a table in the back of the room. The room is somber and filled with smoke. Sitting at the table is a Dragonborn, a Tiefling, and an Eladrin.” Player: “This must be the odd group of adventurers the Mayor was talking about! By the way, what is the name of this bar…” DM: “Ummmm… (Looks at [Read the article]
“All DMs need memorable, fearsome monsters to populate their dungeons and challenge their PCs, and the Midgard Bestiary is designed and tested to provide you with the very best.” Last year I had the opportunity to work on an incredible project. Rich Green and myself, with the guidance of Wolfgang Baur, went through five years of Kobold Quarterly/Open Design publications to pull together a list of the [Read the article]
If you’re thinking of making your own RPG, you probably have an idea of what dice you want to use, what characteristics you want to model and how heroic you want the characters to be. Those are important to think about, but where do you go from there? Let’s look at some guiding principles that will help you make a system that flows. Simple RPG [Read the article]
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…
Hey! We have our first Favorite Site of the Month since the 2012 SOTY contest wrapped up, and it’s a great one! I’m a little ashamed to say that I haven’t been reading her blog for very long. It wasn’t until recently that I found myself absorbing her articles more and more often. She has this style of writing – well, I’m afraid to describe [Read the article]
I’ve been a gamer for quite a while. I’ve played quite a few editions of quite a few games, and I’ve had the displeasure of watching the tabletop role-playing game industry flounder. My hometown had four friendly local gaming stores, and they flourished for years. They flourished right up until the industry took a dive, and all four of them had to close shop. This unfortunate turn [Read the article]
This is an adventure idea for the Serenity Role Playing Game, by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. The player characters are approached by a woman claiming to have the salvage rights to a derelict boat. She asks to be taken on a four-day journey to the Higgins Asteroid Belt, where a luxury liner has been disabled. She also requires assistance getting into the boat and retrieving [Read the article]
Lots of stuff happening around here, and one of those things is upgrading our Store. With some new Monster Minis and Exotic Mounts (as well as a super-secret project getting ready to kick off), it was time for an upgrade. Check out some of the new items below, and then head over to the new Store for the rest. I’m pretty proud of it, and [Read the article]
Dirtbike riding and role-players have something in common – they both require varying degrees of maintenance…
Silver Samurai is probably best known by fans for his appearances on the old X-Men cartoon show. This sometimes villain, sometimes hero has had a much larger history in the comics however, ranging from crime lord, to Hydra bodyguard, to a premier member of the Japanese Super Group ‘Big Hero Six’. You’ll find statistics for him as a Minor Villain in the Marvel Heroic Basic [Read the article]