RPGaDay starts on Monday!
The wait is practically over, August is almost upon us. We will start out with a sort of warm-up question about dice on Day 1, then move into topics which touch on aspects of the hobby we haven’t seen as often in RPGaDay questions, but which have been revealed as important in the responses. Some … Continue reading
Filling Empty Cups
That people ‘just don’t listen’ is a peril of conversation both online and off. It is worse when the person in question is seeking advice but won’t take it. Much can be said about the conditions and causes of faults in listeners, but does that accomplish all that we want? The target audience isn’t listening. … Continue reading
Gothic Horror in Print
Two topics which get mentioned a lot on this blog are the Ubiquity Roleplaying System and Triple Ace Games. A third topic of note is Horror. This post is about all three: Triple Ace Games’ ambitious project of releasing an in-depth series of source books for Gothic Horror. Some History Unlike many Kickstarter Projects which do not … Continue reading
From RuneQuest to Mythras
Over the coming weeks, as June becomes July, one of my favorite systems will be transforming once again. RuneQuest 6th Edition, the flexible and powerful iteration of this long-lived system by Pete Nash and Lawrence Whitaker of The Design Mechanism is casting off the name by which it has been known to re-emerge under the name … Continue reading
Deliberating on Dice
I believe that I like dice. I once received a YouTube comment on an unboxing video displaying some new dice designs, which in very pointed terms asked, ‘What the [expletive deleted] I would need’ such things for. It’s a good question, from a certain point of view, I suppose. I tried to answer as best … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 