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.
Savage Worlds Rome – The legionnaires are exiled to Britannia for having tried to kill a zealot prophet in broad daylight. Escaping the wrath of the crowds, they sail on the Nuntia, with a strange cargo on board.
Savage Worlds Rome – Getting the lion out of the burning room seemed like a good idea at the time. Then, another fire is detected on the stern of the boat!
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 to look at.
Even more than just miniatures though, 3-D terrain is something that has really exploded in my games. The pictures above were from my Savage Worlds – Weird Wars Rome game last year and it was a blast.
Something extra is added to games when you can actually see the relative locations of the various characters. And when a battle and activity is taking place in a variety of places, it’s great to be able to see what’s happening and where quickly.
I realize it’s not something everyone can do or even wants to do, but for me, it’s something that’s added greatly to the enjoyment of my games.
Justin Schmid
Justin started tabletop gaming in 1983 with Basic D&D (red box) and never looked back. He runs and plays in a wide variety of games, including Savage Worlds, Dungeon World, Trail of Cthulhu and many, many more.
He also writes professionally for role-playing games, including writing and creating Night's Edge an Alternate Reality Universe for Cyberpunk 2020. He went on to write eight more adventures and sourcebooks in the Night's Edge line, adding vampires and other supernatural perils to the already dangerous world of Cyberpunk.
As a freelance writer, he wrote The Bermuda Triangle for Call of Cthulhu, Shadows of the Mind, and Psi Wars for Conspiracy X and contributed to Last Unicorn's Star Trek RPG, as well as to Cybergeneration sourcebooks, and many other games.
When he's not creating imaginary worlds for his daughter, he's running games for his friends and writing new adventures or designing new game systems. He currently lives in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Looks great. I also love terrain and have recognized this as my “go to” when setting up a battle.