Definitely cheating this time as I’m writing this before the end of March, at least I’m posting it on the 31st though! 21 What is the narrowest genre RPG you have ever played? How was it?I don’t think I’ve ever played an RPG that was so narrow in genre… Cold...
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March Madness – Non-D&D OSR Blog Challenge (Part 2 of 3)
Continuing the March Madness! 11 What post-apocalyptic RPG have you enjoyed most? Why?This is a tough one. I’m a fan of Gamma World but whilst I think it’s fun it wasn’t my favourite to read. I think ultimately I’d probably choose The End by Tyranny Games. Quite the controversial little...
Continue reading...March Madness – Non-D&D OSR Blog Challenge (Part 1 of 3)
Continuing on from the D&D posts I’m now leaping into the non-D&D posts! This challenge stems from the blog Tomb of Tedankhamen and was supposed to be a March daily posting challenge. As with the February one I’m chunking this up into 3 posts of 10 (well 10, 10 and 11)....
Continue reading...A Late Entry – D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge (Part 2)
A continuation from the previous post of what was supposed to be a Daily Posting challenge for February. Day 15: What was the first edition you didn’t enjoy. Why?AD&D 2nd Edition. Multiple reasons. I bought it when I wasn’t really gaming and tried to use it to reinvigorate my hobby....
Continue reading...A Late Entry – D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge (Part 1)
So I totally missed this (and the follow up which will be subsequent posts!). The D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge was (from what I can see) set up by Stelios V. Perdious who is the author of the d20 Dark Ages blog. The intent of this challenge was to...
Continue reading...Questions – How do you play RPGs?
In the last post I talked about how to play tabletop games in general and I made reference at the end of the post that RPGs are a little bit different. RPGs have the same “Action & Outcome” element in the main particularly in relation to conflict resolution but they...
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So in Indie RPGs there are 2 terms which seem to form the cornerstone of how gameplay works. Kicker – Dramatic scene described by the player with their character in the middle of it.Bang – The action that drives the story, usually instigated by the character. These 2 aren’t exclusive...
Continue reading...Why Don’t Superhero RPGs Work?
Ok so the title is a generalism because Superhero RPGs actually do work but why aren’t they more popular? Let me explain. Comic books are going through a bit of a resurgence in recent years. This is in part due to the success of movies based on Marvel (Captain America,...
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Triggers
When writing a framework for a campaign you generally have a trigger that helps you shape the overall plot. That trigger can come in a variety of forms and it usually isn’t fully formed when it first comes to you.One of the best triggers in D&D games for me has...
Continue reading...A Touch Of Class
When you’re creating a character for any RPG you tend to come into that process with a bit of a plan. I think the majority of games tend to you lead you down the path of choosing a class, archetype, career or other type of character label. For ease throughout...
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