Eugene Fasano: Introduction 5e players to Arkadia and new campaign settings
A setting is about giving players options, more opportunities and tools to play the type of character they want to play.
Keeping your character alive: Tomas Härenstam talks about the Alien RPG
Is the Alien RPG purely about staying alive?
A look inside Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mythos with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Tips for keeping these Cthulhu horrors scary and an interview with author Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan.
The alien races of Grimmerspace: An interview with Rone Barton
The Sundermages were once human, But they're far far from it at this point. When you read the book, you'll understand why the cenobites go to them for advice.
Play D&D as yourself in a fantasy world: An interview with Legendlore RPG developer Steffie de Vaan
Crossing does change you into a D&D version of yourself, so you become a Bard, or a Wizard, or a Fighter with actual fighting Feats - just to boost your odds of survival a bit.
One Hit Die’s Spencer Estabrooks talks about mimics, the Devouring Dungeon and how to make a good D&D show
So this season, the party is trapped in a dungeon that is constantly shifting rooms (like the movie Cube). Their goal is to find the "Fountain of Experience" so they can finally level up.
Ramping up the tension with the Book of Mirrors in the feminine horror RPG Bluebeard’s Bride
When running a horror game you need to do more than just listen to what they say, you also need to pay attention to how they say it, what makes them cringe, and what their body language reveals about their actions.
Bloody Demon Slayers: A game about monster hunters on their periods
Bloody Demon Slayers is essentially a magical girl game about people who get powers on the periods. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sailor Moon.
“Chasing our own tail” The RPG community on political correctness: An interview with Sarah Newton
My gut feeling is that our society in general and our hobby in particular is in danger of chasing its own tail on this one. Our sensitivities can become too “meta”, in the sense that we can end up censoring ourselves from discussing historical and cultural phenomena and closing down debate in the interests of not challenging anyone’s preconceptions or comfort zones, and I think when that happens we’re actually falling prey to tactics of factions who are against precisely that diversity, liberty, and cultural sensitivity we’d like to champion.
The other best selling fantasy RPGs of 2018
There’s no doubt that Dungeons & Dragons had an amazing year. Dungeons & Dragons 5e toped the ICv2 bestseller charts every quarter. The natural rival is Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder, and this game also had an interesting year with the playtest for Pathfinder 2e underway.…
