The Fighter Class, Part Twelve
As I’ve said in the past several articles of this series, I thought I wanted to pair Dungeon World with another game’s fighter to have enough to talk about. Then I read the Dungeon World fighter playbook, remembered how much ...
Roleplaying Games – The Veil and Shadowrun
You’ve seen some RPG ads or heard a podcast but want to know more? well we’re here to help. Today we look at two near future games, both in the Cyberpunk genre. The Veil (Samjoko Publishing) Blurb – ‘The ...
Hackers, Ultra-Truth, and Tool Checks
A look at the classic film Hackers, why it's much better than you think, and how it's depiction of hacking can provide an ultra-truth for 5e tools checks.
The Fighter Class, Part Eleven
I’ve been looking forward to this entry in the History of the Fighter since I started the series. I played more fighters in 4e (er, two) than any other class, and I absolutely loved the two playstyles. The first was ...
5 Ways to Save Your Campaign from Summer Vacation
This week on the Campaign Trail, I’m looking at vacations and how to make sure your campaign survives the summer months. Summer is awesome, but it can create challenges to running your scheduled campaign each week, month or whenever. I ...
Using Art in Your Game P4
Last time we covered what we’re able to do with the art terminology, what the art is, where and how it was done. This time we’ll talk about the art market itself and patronage. To begin, let’s define an art ...
Roleplaying Games – Monster of the Week & Mage the ...
So you want to try Roleplaying games, but need to know what’s out there? well we’re here to help. Today we will look at two modern supernatural games. In both you have the internet, guns, cars, and electricity in your ...
Living Clay People
I play a lot of fantasy 4X games. This shouldn’t surprise you; I wrote an egregiously long series on domain management games! Well, okay, there are wildly more games in the genre than anyone could play, and I don’t have ...
Scholastic Exploration and National Treasure
Happy 4th of July! Today, let's talk about how stealing the constitution is a great model scholastic exploration in tabletop games!
Top Ways to Incorporate a Fighting Video Game Feel Into ...
Fighting video games are set up for flying fists, feet and fireballs, all of which make for quick action and resolution. Such games seem to come in three varieties. The first type is the tournament style where you have two ...