The Beholder is one of the most iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters. According to Wikipedia it has appeared in every version of the game since 1975 and it is one of the few monsters protected by Wizards of the Coast’s attack lawyers. There is no historical or mythological basis for the Beholder. It spawned from […]
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Designing a game world? How big is the sun?
When you design a world for your RPG how much effort do you put into astronomy? There are many reasons why you would want to keep the sky very similar to Earth. You’d want 24 hour days and 7 day weeks unless you want players to try and memorise new calendars. You might also want […]
Free RPG Day: June 16th 2012
Free RPG Day is as it sounds – excellent – and a chance to get your paws on some free RPG loot. Created by the distribution company Impressions, the goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire roleplayers to pick up a new RPG and give it ago. Persuading gamers to try new games is […]
A look inside the Ascendancy RPG’s Steam and Steel
Ascendancy – Rogue Marshal is an RPG from Broken Tower that came out in March 2012 and makes use of the FateStorm RPG system. FateStorm itself is a system that took five years to build, was inspired by Jung, Joseph Campbell, tarot and astrology and is described as a “virtual reality system”. Steam and Steel […]
Frog God buys Necromancer Games
Frog God Games, the RPG company behind The Northlands Saga, Fane of the Fallen and One Nights Stands has bought Necromancer Games. Necromancer Games was very active during the 3e era and promised 3e (and later 4e) games with an 1e feel. Their products included the likes of Necropolis, Rappan Athuk, City of Brass, Tomb […]
The live action Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 ad
I think it’s safe to say that it can be pretty hard to create TV worthy ads for any roleplaying (or related) game. Even the best attempts can come across as cheesy. Computer game companies, I think, have had the most success and they’ve done this by simply tapping into the games themselves and letting […]
6 amazing buildings that adventurers would distrust
You know the score – there are some dungeons, some structures and some buildings that any savvy gaming group would take one look at and be concerned. We’re talking about those dungeon doors that inspire wizards to stock up on anti-undead spells or the suspiciously long shadows that encourage the entire party to make sure […]
New World Record: Longest board game playing session
Brett Carow and Sam Hennemann are reported to have successfully broken the record for “Longest Marathon Playing a Board Game”. According to CBS Local the two friends from Minneapolis played Strat-o-Matic for 53 hours and 59 minutes. Hennemann told the paper; “I’m just really tired. I’m glad that we made out. We set this goal […]
Kickstarter project Tabletop Forge booms on Google+
Tabletop Forge is a Kickstarter project to build a Google Hangout app. It’s a very good sign that the campaign has exploded on Google+ with the interest. As adland says; “It’s gone viral”. At the time of posting this blog post Google+ comments about Tabletop Forge. It’s interesting to note that only a small percentage […]
Rio Grande lose or give up on Carcassonne
Hans im Glück is the German publisher who own the very popular board game Carcassonne. Carcassonne is also available as a computer game via Xbox Live – which goes some way to show just how global it has become. Up until this month Rio Grande Games had the rights to publish the English version of […]
