Look out of genre for ideas.
This thread on TheRPGSite looks for some ideas about how to populate a story based on the theme "Traveller: it came from jumpspace!. Some of the ideas are very good…[...]
Episode Four – 27th October 2000, PM
Skycrane and Psiren arrived safely on the rooftop of WatchTower and were greeted by a concerned INDIGO and the team Paramedic, Robert. Nothing could be done about Skycrane's smouldering flesh…[...]
sometimes you have to wear your work clothes to the doctor
SXSW covers "Confessions of Superhero" which shows the strange and seedy world of superhero lookalikes... We see Joe McQueen demolished by the heat inside his colossal Hulk costume -- on…[...]
Episode Three – 27th October 2000
Things started off innoculously enough as Donna the receptionist watched the rank and file of WatchTower New York file into the conference room. Jack introduced a new staffmember, Yellowfist, a…[...]
Watchtower: Just in over the wire
++++ADVANCE NOTIFICATION ++++ WATCHTOWER EYES ONLY++++ Five superhuman individuals have been contracted for operations unknown in East Coast North America, most likely New York. All operatives in the East Coast…[...]
Zombie Links
This isn't a link blog, but these are very fun. Zombie World News "ZombieWorldNews.com is , as far as we can tell, a departure from other Zombie sites. Instead of…[...]
Captain America and other patriots
From onegoodmove we have Stephen Colbert on the tragic death of Captain America One of my friends, Gav, mentioned the Civil War storyline. Cap represents the forces of liberty and…[...]
Episode Two – 26th October 2000
At 9 am, the doors to the conference room open and a motley crew of individuals file in. At the head of the table sits Jack White, the marble-faced CEO…[...]
Episode One – 24th October 2000
Tonight.... We introduced two of the characters to each other. Father Julian Devon, a priest with a secret, is taking his orphans to Liberty Island. Meanwhile, a young scientist is…[...]
Would I GM for money?
There's a bloke on StoryGames who's advertising his new business: Will GM for money. The price is $50.00 per month of weekly play, as of the 23rd of Febuary, the…[...]
Episode Zero: The Premise
Premise: Game start is June 2000. There are superheroes. There is no known definitive reason for their being, but they've been among us for decades. During the war years, the…[...]
Egalité
In a newish blog, 10 by 10, they opine about the potential lack of balance in superhero games. I mean - Superman and Batman teamups? How does that work out?…[...]
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…[...]
Pickup Games
We're not talking about games which are designed to get the GM a date with the hot new girl in the gaming club (as mabmorrigan will likely relate happily later)…[...]
Roleplaying As Education
I have a list that is rapidly growing of things to post here, but for some reason this is on my mind just now, so... When I was growing up,…[...]
Out-Of-Character… For Me, I Mean.
The most difficult character I ever had to play was one drawn from a stack of manila folders in a gameroom in Astoria, Oregon. It was a one-nighter session --…[...]
First Impressions
Congratulations -- you've managed to rustle up a handful of players, maybe even titillated them with a hint of what's in store for them. You've slogged through the char-gen process…[...]
TTN: Zombi
Tonight at TableTopNorth, I decided to eschew my plans of running 2300AD because, simply, the setup is massive and I don't know my players very well. They seemed to want…[...]
Gear Krieg love-in. Ooh yeah baby….
I really like Gear Krieg - two fisted pulp RPG. Mecha in WW2 just appeals, even more than superheroes in WW2 appeals (though psychics in WW2 appeals even more but…[...]