GM tips: 7 “Dos and Don’ts” for running Era Games!
With so many games, options and rules, it might be a bit daunting approaching the Era series. Thankfully, here's Shades of Vengeance's own Fred Harvey with seven tips to help GMs.
Alien Day: A Look Back at 40 years of Alien
20th Century Fox has launched the 40th Anniversary of this film dubbed the Alien Day.
Ace Combat 7: A High-Flying Throwback
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (actually the 15th game in the series) is a throwback to a gameplay style that is extinct.
Sex, Drugs, and Superheroes: A Misfits appreciation
Misfits aired on E4 in 2009 and ended up being one of the best original superhero TV shows of all time.
Game Science: Story structure as network graphs
Good adventure design is essentially a structured story that captivates the audience. And story structure is in its most straightforward nature a sequence of events placed chronologically by the designer.
Comedy in Games: 8 tips on how to make your RPG funny
I want my game to be funny but I don’t know how. Help!
Drown all the mascots: A Retrospective on Roller Coaster Tycoon
Created by Chris Sawyer and published by Hasbro Interactive in 1999, Roller Coaster Tycoon was one of the first games to tackle theme park simulation.
Make us whole: A Dead Space retrospective
If a thousand realities exist, ours is probably the lone one where this game made it to consoles. The series died a protracted death and survival horror moved on… but should it have?
Did Tolkien inspire Dungeons & Dragons?
Some of the most obvious Lord of the Rings influences are found in Dungeons & Dragons' original character races, creatures and classes: Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves and Humans were included, with monsters such as Balrogs and Ents — which are highly unique to the Lord of the Rings — also being featured in the game.
What Are D&D Grognards?
Originally the term comes from the Old French root word “grogner” which was used to describe someone who grunts, growls, or snarls like an animal.
