This week we are celebrating International GM’s Day and we’re not alone. DriveThru RPG run their biggest sale of the year this week. Here’s an idea. If you wanted to find a brand new RPG, not a sourcebook, supplement or set of art in the sale and you wanted to take advantage of the discounts […]
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Classic D&D inspired t-shirt in TeeFury battle: Dungeons & Ganon
This design is in a battle today at TeeFury. The contest is between this and another Zelda inspired design and TeeFury record which one sells the most. The Dungeons & Dragons design got off to a shaky start in the early morning but has clawed back votes and it is now neck and neck. It’s […]
A Look Inside: Wild Talents
This week we’re celebrating International GM’s Day with a big sale at DriveThru RPG. It’s the largest sale the retailer runs all year. So many great choices, lots of temptations… might make it hard to make a decision. If you’re looking for a new RPG to try how do you find one among all the […]
Kickstarting big-time: Mage the Ascension 20th anniversary edition
[Back this Campaign] True to form; The Onyx Path’s latest 20th-anniversary edition from the World of Darkness series is blistering a path of cash at Kickstarter. The campaign went live a few days ago, asked for $70,000 and funded pretty much straight away. At the time this blog post goes live there’s $265,766 in the […]
The World Hates You: A Review of Trigger Happy
“…that which does not kill you better run away.” Trigger Happy is a game about the sort of people who don’t like you or anyone else for that matter, because they’re misanthropic b****rds with guns and they’re going to beat seven shades of something out o’ you before they even start brainstorming potential opening questions. […]
5 tips for GMs running Legend of the Five Rings – from L5R’s Lead Designer
Yesterday was International GM’s Day. To celebrate the people who make your roleplaying enjoyment possible DriveThru RPG launched their biggest sale of the year. The good news? It lasts for two weeks. Want big discounts? Check out the sale. One of the publishers in the sale is Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG). You’ll find lots of […]
Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review
The 40th birthday for Dungeons & Dragons happened this year, the community celebrated it and the hobby basked in some positive press attention. Today is International GM’s Day and it seems a fitting day to look back at the hobby. As it happens, I don’t need to do any research for this at all. Sitting […]
25 tips to help your GM this International GM’s Day
Today is International GM’s Day and to celebrate I wanted to put together a list of tips that players could consider, tips for helping their GM. Such a list was beyond me so I reached out to Reddit’s /r/rpg community and to Roleplaying Games on Google+ for ideas. The result is this abridged list. These […]
International GM’s Day: DriveThru RPG’s biggest sale
March 4th is International GM’s Day. It began life as a forum post by “Spunkrat” on EN World, was championed by Mark Clover of Creative Mountains Game and is now a thing. DriveThru RPG/RPG Now are big supporters and today is the site’s biggest sale. The most expensive RPG ever made – Sanguine Productions’ April […]
Make your own chocolate d20s
Late last year Our Nerd Home published a useful guide on how to make your own chocolate RPG dice. You needed some dice, silicone mold and chocolate. The ONH team have a walk through that even I would attempt. Grab some Silicone stuff from Amazon, wrap your d20 in it but leave a hole you […]
