Villains, Aren’t We All: Evil and the Gaming World, Part 4
It's funny how things in your life can dovetail so nicely when you're working on a project. I just finished rewatching Episode III of the Star Wars saga, and it…[...]
When Life Interferes (or, “Damn It, I Meant To Blog Today”)
So, I've been a bad, bad girl about my blogging lately. I've not been flogged yet -- not that that would motivate me one way or t'other -- but damn…[...]
1st Transatlantic Setting Design Challenge
This post on Story Games I find quite exciting. A month to design a game, using a previously published system? And the additional commitment of having to also be a…[...]
Review (kinda): Zombies!!!
Tonight we didn't play Zombi, which would make that the second week in a row. Instead, we played Zombies!!! which made a small amount of difference. Less plot, more frantic…[...]
Differing Methods of Character Generation
Over the last few years I've come to appreciate different methods of character generation. I'm not especially keen on point allocation systems due to concerns that they are unrealistic because…[...]
Alternatively…
And the reason I'm a crazy-magnet may be entirely due to me being interested in shit like this. Maybe I'm a normal magnet? I'm the crazy one....[...]
I have come to the conclusion that I am a crazy-magnet.
There must be another way.[...]
Legendary Vapourware thread…
Not really sure whether I'm pleased or depressed.... But Qabal and The Project Sourcebook didn't make the grade for this list on RPGnet of Legendary Vapourware even though it's 9…[...]
I, for one, welcome our human-faced fish overlords…
A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001).…[...]
Villains, Aren’t We All: Evil and the Gaming World, Part 3
It's one thing to go head-to-head with an Evil being. And still another to play an Evil character. But what happens when you're minding your own damn business and someone…[...]
Villains, Aren’t We All: Evil and the Gaming World, Part 2
Now that we've had a bit of introductory discussion about Evil, let's move into the most intimate placement of Evil in a game: within the Character. An interesting comment was…[...]
Film Review: The Illusionist
I really enjoyed this movie. It showed all of the overt magic and illusion which we would associate with stage magery albeit with the benefit of camera tricks to make…[...]
Villains, Aren’t We All: Evil and the Gaming World, Part 1
Comments really are the sweet spot on a blog, aren't they? I get such great ideas from someone bouncing off a post I've written and before you know it, you…[...]
I need a concept artist
I hate the fact that I'm crap at drawing. I can describe stuff but I'm finding more and more that I want to find a concept artist. I want to…[...]
This guy ain’t rolling his own dice in my game….
"Ladies and gentlemen, some dice stacking moves" I don't want this to be a link blog but....go watch...it's a flash video...[...]
Story Games. Just Bloody Great.
Good gaming blogs are hard to find. I'm building some of the better ones into my blogroll there but one of the best I've found is Story Games. I love…[...]
“Immersion”
I like a lot of the roleplaying blogs that are out there. They're straight-talking affairs and whether you agree or disagree with th definition of "swine" or whether you agree…[...]
Work?
Ideas At the moment we're not taking unsolicited ideas. We've moved all of the current ideas to the wiki which is, I'm sure you'll agree, a much better place for…[...]
Zombi Review
Jeff Rients writes about 5 old games he feels were overlooked. While I can agree with the ancient (James Bond, Lords of Creation) and the venerable (SpaceMaster) and perhaps even…[...]
What makes a popular game?
This thread on Story Games reports an interesting statistic. Dogs in the Vineyard has sold between a thousand and two thousand copies. The sales figures for DnD aren't ten times…[...]