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Diegetic Character Advancement This post is an overview of different types and methods of diegetic character advancement. First, a definition. Diegetic Character Advancement:...
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This was originally posted elsewhere but is being reposted here to pretend that content exists. You're welcome.This is an essay about ten rules of RPG design. They're not the...
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Crawling Down From 1974“Dungeon crawl” has entered the popular lexicon as a description of any sort of adventure in an underground or ruinous space. It’s a common way to...
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Some of my fondest memories of gaming are related to playing some of the classic point-and-click adventure games, especially during the LucasArts period. I started playing them...
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An annual reflection and theory on crafting excellent roleplaying games.
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The last time I talked about the book Future Evolution, I mentioned that author Peter Ward and illustrator Alexis Rockman mostly did not engage in the kind of biological...
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A familiar fiction, expressed as an RPG session.
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Hack100 is a tabletop role-playing game system in which characters can be created in minutes and the vast majority of in-game actions are covered by around a dozen, rather than...
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TACTICAL COMBAT MECHANICS for Theater of the Mind Dungeon Crawls Front Piece From the Holmes Edition - 1977Running skirmish sized combat requires more than a party that can win...
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Pine Shallows now has an open third party license that invites people to make things and profit from their work! The license allows anyone to make adventures, mechanics, or...
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COLUMBO: So, Miss Anna, you own many books! And many gimmick books, I think? ANNA: Just so, Columbo. C: And who do you 'stan' most, do you think? A: Obviously G-- (I stop.) But...
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FIST: Ultra Edition is a tabletop roleplaying game about paranormal mercenaries doing the tough jobs no one else can. In the game, you belong to a legendary rogue mercenary...
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The last few years I've been playing short tabletop roleplaying sessions with my eldest kid (currently 8). As English is not our native language I was very happy to find that...
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A one-shot tabletop RPG for up to six players (and one GM); where you play orcs trying to infiltrate a human infested city and abduct Prince Theodore Holstein. The rules are...
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Over at From the Sorcerer's Skull, Trey has an idea for a spooky season campaign setting that really intrigues me. Trey wrote: "the world that the players' would know and...
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By now you've probably heard the good news, but just in case you haven't... Barkeep on the Borderland won the Gold Ennie for Best Supplement in 2023! Video of the awards...
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“There are many worlds. Some have passed and some are still to come. In one world the Lui all creep; in another they all walk; in another they all fly. Perhaps in a world to...
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Back in the aughts and the 2010’s, a decade ago now, there was a movement in older RPGs that I was part of - the “Old School Renaissance” or "OSR". The OSR still hasn’t really...
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The Monster Overhaul is a massive Role Playing Game bestiary designed for at-table utility. Monsters are presented alongside useful tools, ready for immediate use in any...
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The last time I wrote about Barkeep on the Borderlands, it was but a young Kickstarter with dreams of fully funding, and my own involvement was merely the future promise of an...
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The 5th Edition - B/X hybrid, 5B applies OSR principles of play to a ruleset compatible with 5e D&D material. Including: Four Classes (Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Magic-User) XP...
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The new LoTR set for Magic: The Gathering just came out, and—considering that the silly card game has had me in a chokehold for the last few months—it's no surprise that this...
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Posted on June 15, 2023 Worlds Beyond Number is doing a 2-shot using the RPG Roll for Shoes which sounds like a really charming rules-light system. I’ve been having a lot of...
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Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation. The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s...
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Over the past year and a half, I've been writing reviews of all the books I finish and posting them to a private social media feed. As part of my ongoing attempt to get myself...
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Have you ever wondered why we give such importance to gemstones? They touch our minds. Gemstones are symbols of wealth, markers of high fashion, and icons of envy and greed....
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For some time now, I've been working on a "horror" project set in the LANCER TTRPG universe. It's been difficult for a number of reasons, but I am happy to announce that it is...
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Space Aces is an homage to an undying love of happy, hopeful, & campy Sci Fi. A modular, lightweight, optimistic sci-fi tabletop adventure game toolbox for GM-led groups, co-op...
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I've been trying to catch up on the entire Cronenberg discography lately, including watching his son's work! Brandon Cronenberg is a fantastic director, walking down a path in...
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Shall We Punish The Baker For Leaving Out Their Bread?Art by James FennerThe first druids to escape reality quickly became lost in the manifold, unable to climb themselves out...