I’ve always been a bit skeptical of modules. The only exclusion to this being the Tomb of Horrors, because let’s be honest, IT’S THE MOTHERLOVIN’ TOMB OF HORRORS PEOPLE! But I digress. I’m not a pre-made DM\GM sort. Part of what I’ve always found appealing is the creative design process of developing a fantastic [...]
SCARAB Gaming Convention is a relatively small con that is held just a few hours from my current hometown every January. This was my second time attending this con, because it was only the second SCARAB they’ve held. I don’t want to pretend this is a full review or “after action report” of the con, [...]
Better Late Than Never I’ve been running tabletop games almost continuously since 1981. I haven’t always been very good at it, but I truly enjoy it and have invested a great deal of time and energy into it over the past 30 or so years. Unfortunately, for a large portion of that time, I was [...]
Just as a quick FYI before I begin - Bittorrent networking is the most popular form of modern P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing. Since 2006, bittorrent sharing has been the primary means for users to trade software, music, movies, and digital books online. Torrents are very unpopular with the MPAA, the RIAA, and other copyright authorities, but [...]
Product Name: Grimoire of Grimoires Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Author: Joseph Carriker, Jackie Cassada, Matthew McFarland, Stephen DiPesa, John Newman, Malcolm Sheppard, and John Snead Interior Artist: David Leri, Jeff Holt, Brian LeBlanc, and Vince Locke Page Count:160 Price: $26.99 Hard Copy / $16.19 PDF From the Publisher Words of Power Hidden within the covers of innocuous [...]
RPGs Paizo has announced that they have started development on an official Pathfinder MMORPG in partnership with Goblinworks (headed up by ex-WotC brand manager Ryan Dancey). Angus Abranson, one of the founders of Cubicle 7, will be leaving the company next month. Visit e23 to pick up the very newest digital Ars Magica title: Lords of Men. Thanks [...]
Last time we’ve talked about the customized hero, which is a class or a race a kid specifically creates to supplement his gaming needs. This installment I want to show a different kind of hero, one much more rooted in Geek folklore… The Imported Hero I have created a race; I loved it in fiction [...]
Product Name: Legacies: The Ancient Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Author: Howard Ingham, Matthew McFarland, Peter Shaefer, Malcolm Sheppard, and Dean Shomshak Page Count:160 Price: $26.99 Hard Copy / $16.19 PDF From the Publisher Heritage of the Exiles After the Fall of Atlantis, mages wandered as exiles in the wilderness, forced to eke a living without [...]
RPGs Monte Cook takes a look at customization in Customized Complexity for Legends & Lore. Official Rules and D&D Errata Updates are out. Wargames New from GMT Games. Combat Commander: Resistance!expands upon CC: Europe and CC: Mediterranean by adding partisans and their war behind the front lines. This fourth volume of the Combat Commander series features special rules and components for [...]
Product Name:Hero Lab Publisher: Lone Wolf Development System Requirements PC running Windows 2000 SP4/XP SP3/Vista/7 500MHz Pentium III class processor 128MB RAM memory (256MB recommended) 16-bit color video with minimum 800×600 display resolution 20MB free hard disk space (plus additional space for more data files) Mouse or other pointing device Internet access (for licensing and to [...]
