New Displays for the Conan RPG
Getting back to my ongoing discussion of the Conan RPG by Modiphius, I thought I would take things down a different path today. So far, I’ve done a review on […]
March 2018
Pathfinder Second Edition Playtest
I have people around me talking about this. I have no interest in Pathfinder or the other big name game at the moment at all. But the drone got into […]
Settling on Sci-Fi: Why My Game of Starfinder Flopped
I played Starfinder…once. Let’s get it straight, though. The fact that this game fell flat for me was through no fault of the game itself or its publishers, Paizo. The […]
Bards in the Conan RPG
I believe the last–and only–time I played a bard was way back in AD&D 2nd edition. The character didn’t last long. He didn’t die or get killed. I simply retired […]
The Alternity RPG Returns
Growing up and gaming in the 80s and 90s, there were a lot of options for roleplaying games, but TSR stilled ruled the roost. Shortly before 3rd edition Dungeons & […]
Smoke and Mirrors
Hi players. I am here to let you know how to destroy every Pathfinder or D&D game ever devised by your GM. You can thank me later by breaking one […]
Roleplaying Teachable Moments from Last Night’s Game
Last night, I sat down with my family gaming group to wrap up the Vultures of Shem adventure from the Conan Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of core book from […]
Roleplaying Games and the Rule of Cool
Anyone who has read enough of my blogs or sat around and listened to me jibber jabber about roleplaying games for any length of time has almost certainly heard me […]
Fluidity of Combat in the Conan RPG
I mentioned in an earlier post how combat can slow down a game if you don’t know the rules. You end up going back and forth between the table and […]
Breathe
You will hear and read all the time about getting your game to live and breathe. This is obviously a metaphor, but what for? If you are new to role-playing and […]