Author Sarah Newton talks about what should really be at the heart of SF RPGs: the sense of wonder, and the conflict of great ideas. Sarah’s company, Mindjammer Press, is running a Kickstarter campaign, currently approaching x3 funding, for the next phase of the transhuman RPG. [Back this Campaign] A sense of wonder in SF […]
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Lost & Found: A Review and Play report of Trail of Cthulhu
This past weekend, I got a group together to play Pelgrane Press’ Trail of Cthulhu. Though the game came out in 2008, I never got a chance to play it, until now. Designed by Kenneth Hite, Trail of Cthulhu is one of several games powered by the GUMSHOE System. The design philosophy behind the GUMSHOE system is that in an […]
A Review of A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying as a Gateway Game
To say that HBO’s A Game of Thrones is a hit is, at this point, an understatement. People are downright rabid about the show! People who would ordinarily have nothing to do with a story of medieval drama are absolutely crazy about the violent, intriguing, and tragic world in George R.R. Martin’s books. What better way, then, to attract new people into the […]
Horse cosplay? Just add Dovahkiin
Some cosplayers know how to make that extra effort and blow us away. Step forward Elwenae – or should I say “ride forward” – as this cosplay set up includes an armoured horse. Skyrim’s a game that’s carved a deep niche for itself in geek culture. Years later; we still recognise it. Wow. (Via Fashionably […]
Cosplayer and Etsy artist: A chat with Karin Aela
I met Karin McClure at a comics convention in Scotland. Her detailed art immediately caught my eye. For example, this Middle Earth poster print looks like something you might get in a very expensive deluxe box set for a game. [I need this] You can see more of Karin’s work and buy prints and t-shirts […]
Was OSR just a scarecrow? A review of D&D 5e Player’s Handbook
This is a review of the Player’s Handbook for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons. It’s taken me a while get my sweaty fingers on the book… a long while. In the meantime there have been plenty of reviews and the great majority are overwhelmingly positive. But what does this mean? I’m a roleplayer […]
Wow! Impressive Female Draenei cosplay
The cosplayer here is Anna, better known as Feyische, and she’s impressively transformed herself into a Draenei warrior. Look at the feet and legs. She pulls of that forward bend on the knee so well. Combine that with the giant hoof on each foot and you’ve a cosplay that’s spot on and would leave you […]
Playtest and peak into Vow of Honor
Vow of Honor is a RPG from Ben Dutter that has a Kickstarter looming. Dutter, with experience of Kickstarter, is being very open about the forthcoming campaign. The the full playtest rules and document for Vow of Honor, as it stands now, freely available via Google Docs. There’s no download required. The link takes you […]
38 tips on how to play a character with a different gender to your own
Have you seen a roleplaying game go horribly wrong when someone tried to play a character of a different sex to their own? Was it a guy trying to play a woman? While some roleplayers prefer to play characters with a different gender to their own it is not always an easy thing to get […]
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 […]