A different kind of Ether…
Posted by Runeslinger on August 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
It’s no secret that this blogger holds a certain affection for the pulps, in whatever form they might take. With that understanding, it is no surprise that if weird science were to be brought up, we might soon be discussing any number of devices or properties related to the Ether be they from HEX, or … Continue reading →
Category Product Overviews, The Blog, Under the Hood · Tagged with Aethercon, Interview, roleplaying
Gothic Horror in Print
Posted by Runeslinger on June 24, 2016 · 5 Comments
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
Posted by Runeslinger on June 12, 2016 · 5 Comments
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 →
Category BRP, BRP/RQ, Casting the Shadows, Mythic Britain, Mythras, OpenQuest, Product Overviews, Runequest, RuneQuest, RuneQuest, Stormbringer, The Blog, Under the Hood · Tagged with Imperative, Mythras, Mythras Imperative, roleplaying, Runequest, RuneQuest 6th Edition, running games
Riddle Me Steel
Posted by Runeslinger on November 4, 2015 · 1 Comment
I moved to Korea a long time ago and in the early days of my time here, it was not as easy to keep up with developments in RPGs as it has since become. One of the games that I missed when it was new, and in fact did not even hear about until it … Continue reading →
Category Product Overviews, Technical Questions, The Blog, The Riddle of Steel, Under the Hood · Tagged with Role-playing game, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, RPG Review, running games
Revelations Revealed
Posted by Runeslinger on June 7, 2015 · 8 Comments
Backers of the anticipated Red Planet release for Exile Game Studio’s beloved Hollow Earth Expedition line were treated to an exciting planetary conjunction this weekend. Revelations of Mars is complete. Those who backed the project at the PDF and above level were sent download codes from DriveThru on Friday to get their first complete look at … Continue reading →
Category Hollow Earth Expedition, Product Overviews, Revelations of Mars, The Blog, Ubiquity · Tagged with HEX, Hollow Earth Expedition, Kickstarter, Revelations of Mars, Ubiquity, Ubiquity Roleplaying System








