Really pleased with your new +3 magic sword? I wonder if that’s easy. It has a personality. Does that come into play often? What if this was a famous singing sword… would that have any drawbacks? Steven Ray explores these issues in a short animation made at the Ringling College of Art and Design. Time […]
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A look inside: Sertorius
We’re lucky to be able to present a look inside Bedrock Games’ forthcoming Sertorius RPG. This content is from the unfinished book and so may change but the following is a generous quota of artwork from the game plus a hunk of the book’s opening text. RPGs often don’t publish according to schedule but if […]
Triple Ace Games’ fantastic Hellfrost maps
Last year we examined whether you could could make giant maps from commercial banners and it turned out that you could. This year Triple Ace Games shows us what you can get by buying professional maps. Hellfrost Al-Shirkuh canvas map This is a special collectors map made with archival quality canvas and eco-solvent ink. It’s […]
Is this the ultimate GM kit bag? Chester!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/731983185/dont-starve-chester-plush/ [Back this Campaign] I don’t know the game Don’t Starve but a scan of interesting toys brought Chester to my attention. Look at him. What a striking fellow. In game he’s a walking chest, a cute creature that will follow you around and act like a treasure chest on legs. Hence; Chester. The Kickstarter […]
What’s my motivation?: A Review of The Fire Within
It isn’t just a question posed by pretentious, budding actors everywhere, but also something often heard across the table at role playing sessions. Whether you create a character yourself or get handed one the GM pre-generated for you, often you want something a little more colourful that a bunch of skills and numbers. The Fire […]
The Pathfinder Dice Arena rolls towards Kickstarter funding
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225737959/pathfinder-dice-arena/ [Back this Campaign] The team up of Paizo and FunTo11 on Kickstarter for the Pathfinder Dice Arena lets you play the iconic Pathfinder characters in a tournament. The area-tournament is there to explain why these characters might be fighting in the first place and avoids the damage dealing or luck aspects of some dice […]
Wizards without Coats: Random
You know when you know! < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Oh, let me guess, random encounter? Hey, GM! Are you a fan of random encounter tables? How do you handle them? Do you have a random encounter table for each type of location? Do you apply situational modifiers? Coincidence checks? Are your random encounter […]
Tea versus evil: A review of the Discworld board game The Witches
The Witches is the second of Martin Wallace’s Discworld board games. It follows Ankh Morpork. In Ankh Morpork I found myself dropping friends in heaps of trouble for fun and to win the game. In The Witches I found that you were often better off helping each other out – particularly when it came […]
Wizards without Coats: Flames
If it works for Orks… < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Ah, the Black Knight, you got your armor redone, Flames, huh? No harm in adding a bit of decoration to your armour, right? You could add a design that makes you seem more fierce and scary – a good battle tactic. You could have […]
Total Party Overkill: a review of The Long Hard Mile
The Long Hard Mile is a PDF adventure suitable for use with any version of Metamorphosis Alpha, the original science fiction role-playing game, published by TSR in 1976. Since then, the game has been released in four different editions and several revisions, most recently with a print on demand version of the corrected and expanded […]
