RPG heroes make very poor heroes
Dorkly.com have hit the nail on the head again, weilding their comedy hammer with skill and dexterity. I’ve done this. Have you?…
Break Out or Fall Out: review of Behind the Walls for Fate Core
Evil Hat Production has leveraged the power of Patreon and burgeoning support for Fate Core material to crank out some top notch supplements and adventures for their game. Unlike crowd-funding, which drives people to contribute toward a lump sum, the Patreon-model supports ongoing and regular content.…
Lone Wolves
Lone Wolves is an adventure designed by Bruce Nesmith for TSR’s Marvel Super Heroes Basic RPG. It was designed for a small group of heroes with a focus on heroes who tend to work alone.…
Burn, Baby, Burn: A Porphyry – World of the Burn Review
I had a strange experience at UK Games Expo, in Birmingham, earlier this year. While running a demo game, the voices at the next table frequently erupted in uproarious laughter and bubbling exuberance mildly disrupting our ability to hold cross-table conversation.…
A Billion Years in the Making: A Numenera RPG Review
The first offering from Monte Cook Games is the ultra far-future, science fantasy RPG, Numenera. Although Mr. Cook is best known for his work with the D20 System and the Dungeons & Dragons RPG, Numenera utilizes a completely new system designed with a focus on storytelling and bringing this unique setting to life.…
Mechanical Dragon for Pure Steam RPG
This mechanical dragon was shared by BomarrPunk on reddit. The illustration is by Alejandro Lee for the steampunk RPG Pure Steam.
BomarrPunk was asked what the status of the game was.…
Game of Thrones: Winter trailer
We’ve had teasers for Atlus’s forthcoming Game of Thrones computer RPG already – such as The Wall. This latest video from the studio is longer and is rather more of a trailer than a teaser.…
Heroes of Ruin walkthrough and teaser
Heroes of Ruin looks like it might be one to watch. I choose not to be alarmed by the fact that’s a game for the 3DS; after all, I can turn the 3D off (well; I could if I had a 3DS).…
Fffuuu says: Merchants in RPGs are greedy buggers
I think this ffffuuu-style comic is 100% true. There’s no doubt in this blogger’s mind that this is exactly how merchants, traders and shop owners behave in computer RPGs. I suspect merchants and traders might try this approach in some traditional tabletop RPGs too!…
Baptism of Fire review
Baptism of Fire is a World War II RPG. The book, available from Amazon, weighs in at 354 pages and makes use of the d20 system. If you’re a fan of military RPGs then it’s certainly worth looking at and I’ll risk the prediction that you’ll end up buying it.…
