2020 RPG Contemplation - The Science Fiction Options
Earlier this year I was running a Pathfinder 2E campaign in a homebrew setting, exploring, tinkering, getting to know the system with my players. Then "2020" happened and it all ground to a halt....
View Article2020 RPG Contemplation - The Fantasy Options
When I can I like to have two games going so beyond yesterday's Sci-Fi choices there would likely be some kind of fantasy option. There is always a D&D type game going with our group ... it's just...
View ArticleCyberpunk Red
Well it looks like there is finally a release date for the tabletop RPG rulebook and there is a really nice overview here. Somewhat to my own surprise I am looking forward to this. We were always more...
View ArticleChampions Complete
So ... it's been a while, but I have hopes of actually getting something going before the end of this wonderful year. Deprivation followed by a bit of hope can send you to strange places so I found...
View ArticleMutants & Masterminds Condition Cards
Something new here at the end of 2020 - something very useful in play! A lot of the action in M&M involves inflicting various conditions on PCs and NPCs. It's one of the reasons M&M is one of...
View Article40K Friday - December 2020
Well we haven't played a whole lot recently but some general army progress has been made... and not just with 40K.40K is still the big game here and we have played multiple games of 9th, I just...
View ArticleCatching Up
Dusting things off a bit here ... let's see ... lot of potential topics to cover here ... let's recap 2020 for now:RPG's - last year was awful, my longest break in 40 years of tabletop RPG's. The...
View ArticleTerminator RPG
So there's a kickstarter running right now for a Terminator RPG. It is past its goal so it should happen but it got me thinking about the whole concept. I was playing RPGs for years before the first...
View Article40K Friday Late Edition - Imperial Adventures with 9th Edition 40K
Time to start catching up! We have been playing 9th edition here, pretty much since it came out. I've mentioned it but haven't done any battle reports but I'll think about posting some up in the...
View ArticleICONS Menagerie
I admit I haven't run ICONS in a while but I still follow the game and figure I will probably run it in the not too distant future. A while back I decided to catch up on the steady stream of...
View ArticleICONS Adversaries
Every superhero RPG needs bad guys. Given that they typically come with character creation rules as a core feature though, I'm not sure anyone really "needs" a book full of them. Yet every superhero...
View ArticleICONS A to Z
This one is a little trickier to explain/judge than Adversaries or Menagerie. It's less a big book of stuff and more of a wide-ranging general supplement for the game. I know it was a set of...
View ArticleForced Character Grouping in Soulbound - and Elsewhere
I'm having a hard time finishing my read-thru of Soulbound and it took me a while to figure out what was dragging down my interest. I love the setting and think it's set up well for an RPG. It wasn't...
View ArticleThe Machina Wars for Mutants and Masterminds
The Machina: Visually similar to, but legally distinct from, those other transforming robots you've probably heard of...This is an interesting supplement for Mutants and Masterminds from Jacob...
View ArticleGW Goes to Numbered Rules!
It may be a sign of the apocalypse but Games Workshop is putting rule numbers into one of its flagship games! The article is here but the shocking - shocking! - image above conveys the important part!...
View ArticleNew Marvel RPG?
Looks like Marvel is releasing a new RPG. It has been ten years since the last one so we're probably due. Matt Forbeck has done a lot of good work on other RPG's so it's in good hands but it sounds...
View ArticleRifts Savage Worlds Kickstarter - Atlantis!
Well it's time for another Savage Worlds Kickstarter, in fact another Rifts Savage Worlds Kickstarter. The first run was in 2016, then another one in 2019 to expand the books with Magic, Coalition,...
View Article40K Friday Special Edition - Halfway through 2021
It has been a while since I made a 40K post but that doesn't mean I have not been active so I thought I would share some updates. We have played a few more games since my march post and the focus has...
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