Randall C Ellis is the writer and designer of titles like Sojourner’s Quest and Sojourner’s Moon. Established in 2012, the publisher Sojourner Games began with the idea; We believed that an exhilarating answer to the Old School Renaissance need for an adventure fantasy role playing game was possible. In this guest post Randall discusses his […]
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6 tips for using free art in your RPGs
This guest post is from Chris Tregenza, the creator of the 6d6 RPG, and helps game designers get the most out of free art for their RPGs. Previously, Chris wrote 4 great places to get free art for RPGs which is a good companion piece to this post. The 6d6 Core 2nd edition is available […]
4 great places to get free art for RPGs
This guest post is from Chris Tregenza, the creator of the 6d6 RPG, and helps game designers, bloggers and even GMs find suitable artwork for their projects. The 6d6 Core 2nd edition is available at DriveThruRPG this week, is published under a Creative Commons license and uses Creative Commons art itself. The use of Creative […]
5 Costume Tips from The Leatherbound Geek
Do you ever have to work on costumes? Live action roleplaying, cosplay or perhaps just Halloween? Below you’ll find five tips from The Leatherbound Geek. You’ll also find a Kickstarter pitch which is a good way to get someone else to make geeky accessories just for you. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing, […]
Who on Earth? Getting to know mayamada
You might not yet have heard of mayamada but the company keeps popping onto my radar. Sometimes it’s an anime fan or a gamer friend who mentions the brand. Sometimes there’s a comic book Kickstarter. There’s even been a Geek Native post or two. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery I invited […]
10 ways to keep your Commoner or low powered character alive in Pathfinder
by J.M. Perkins – author of The Ultimate Adequate Commoner – the everyman’s guide to surviving and thriving. 1. When in Doubt: Run Away! Normal adventurers don’t retreat often, assuming (usually) that any challenge they are likely to face is ‘balanced’ to their level. Commoners never have this luxury, and so you should run away […]
Superhero Week: Create a Powerful Sojourner’s Moon Science Fiction RPG Character
Last year, during Superhero Week, Randall C Ellis wrote about What’s in a super hero character?. We’re pleased to have Randall back this year. The 2014 challenge – can you adapt a sci-fi game to suit super powers? Guardians of the Galaxy, for example, is that a sci-fi title or a superhero one? Both? Randall […]
Superhero Week: 6 Tips for running a Better Better Angels Game
Caleb Stokes is the author if No Security: Horror Scenarios in the Great Depression. This is a five star collection of scenarios suitable for a range of tabletop RPGs set in 1930s America. Over on Roleplaying Public Radio his Better Angels campaign called “The Spared and the Spoiled” caught the attention of Arc Dream Publihing […]
Expert advice: How to manage magic and mystery without annoying your players
Ari Marmell, aka Mouseferatu, is a novelist that many gamers know well. He’s written novels for the likes of Wizards of the Coast and White Wolf as well as RPG material supporting D&D 4E for Expeditious Retreat Press, Pathfinder for Adamant Entertainment and plenty of World of Darkness game material for White Wolf. The Rodent […]
5 Ways to Make Great NPCs
Elizabeth Strong is part of the Basic Adventuring 101 LARP webseries. In fact, Elizabeth is the writer and script supervisor for the show with the well written and worth a look pilot episode. Geek Native offered the 101 cast and crew a chance to share some game geek goodness and it was Elizabeth who stepped […]
