From : Dice Monkey Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : 1e D&D, B/X, Dungeons & Dragons, Undead, Vampires, Wolves
This encounter happens with the party about 300 feet from
Richmond's lair, which is a ruined castle. There is something of a
clear path through the forest to the ruins, but there are thick
woods to either side. I've included co-ordinates so you can follow
along on a hex map with 28 columns of 19. (Originally, I'd had the
encounter begin farther from the lair, by about 1000 ft, since
that's where Richmond could've easily [...]

From : Tenkar's Tavern Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : campaigns, gaming thoughts
The last time I ran a SciFi RPG it was SpaceMaster for my group
when we were down to two regulars. All I remember is lots of charts
and lots of blaster fights, usually with the PCs solidly behind
cover and ambushing their opponents. Probably the only way to
survive a combat using the SpaceMaster rules ;)
Stars Without Number is a much lighter system than SpaceMaster by
far. That all being said, running a fantasy based OSR game is
something I could almost do in my sleep. Not so sure I can say the
same for a scifi based OSR game. I suspect I need to change tracks
in my head, as I don't want this to just be "D&D in space".

From : Obskures.de | Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Geekseins Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Rollenspiele, Spiele, Ankündigung, Fantasy Flight Games, POD, Print on Demand, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3. Edition, Warhammer Fantasy Rollenspiel 3. Edition, WFR3
Fantasy Flight Games. Es gibt mal wieder einige neue Krtchen fr
das Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition. Diesmal ist Grey Order
Magic fllig.
Fr 6,95 (+ Shipping) erhlt der Old Worlder Wannabe die neue Print
on Demand Erweiterung mit 15 Action Cards, 2 Item Cards und 3 Rules
Cards, die diese Illusionisten und Trickbetrger selbstredend
aufwerten.
Macht FFG jetzt alle paar Monate ein weiteres Kartenpckchen, um
das Luftschloss eines lebendigen Rollenspiels aufrechtzuerhalten.
Irrealitt gehrt mit Sicherheit zu den Spezialgebieten von
Tischabenteurern, aber dass diese Vermarktung funktioniert,
verwundert dennoch ein wenig.

From : Obskures.de | Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Geekseins Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Rollenspiele, Spiele, Ankündigung, Call of Cthulhu, Modiphius Entertainment, Sarah Newton, Trail of Cthulhu
Achtung! Cthulhu – Three Kings (Modiphius
Entertainment)
Modiphius Entertainment. Die ersten beiden ersten Abenteuer
Achtung! Cthulhu – Three Kings und Achtung! Cthulhu –
Heroes of the Sea von Sarah Newtons im 2. Weltkrieg angesiedelter
Zero Point-Rollenspielkampagne mit Tentakeln gibt es jetzt auch fr
das Rollenspiel Trail of Cthulhu (Pelgrane Press).
Smith Adair bernahm die Konvertierung.
“Wartime roleplaying...
...with tentacles!
Achtung! Cthulhu brings you a two-fisted wartime TRIAL OF
CTHULHU roleplaying game setting packed full of fiendish Nazis,
terrifying ancient mysteries, legendary war machines, and enough
writhing tentacles to fill ten Reichstags!
Three Kings is the first in a series of standalone adventure
supplements in the [...]

From : The Geek Life Project Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Fanboy, Geek Life, RPG
Wait! What? You’re not celebrating Towel Day! It’s that
special day of the year that you can really let your geek flag fly.
Because it’s [...]
From : HeroPress Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : star wars, real life, film
This seemed a fitting post for today.
From : Tenkar's Tavern Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : campaigns, gaming thoughts
So, after discussing the idea with my Saturday Night
group, the majority is leaning towards Stars Without Number. There
was also interest in Razor Coast, but that would be a trick and a
half to make it low level and episodic. I could do it I'm sure if I
avoided the major plots, but then that avoids most of what makes
the Razor Coast what it is.
I figure we'll run SWN, which is a great choice as it's a strong
rules system and is free in PDF, which allows us to expand the
field for the "drop ins" part of this campaign.
I'll be throwing Starships & Spacemen in behind the scenes, as
seems to be made for episodic play (it's inspiration is the [...]

From : A Character For Every Game Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Adventure, Dodecahedron, Fantasy, Basic, Download, Dungeons & Dragons, Dyson's Dodecahedron, Erdea Manor, Free, Labyrinth Lord, Random Tables, RPG
Somehow I forgot all about the old Dodecahedron’zine when
I compiled my list of ongoing projects. And to be honest, I’d
pretty much dropped the idea of going back to publishing my 12-page
zine in favor of putting work into the blog and publishing the
finished works in a commercial format.
But then I started working on these monster character classes
(I’ll post the final versions of the centaur and goblin
classes later this week)… and I realized that this is exactly
the kind of material that the Dodecahedron was made for. But before
I could start working on an issue with monster classes, I really
needed to finish off Issue 5 – part two of Erdea Manor.
Since the material for Issue 5 was written in December, it was
about damned time I put it together into the zine in addition to
the blog and of course Dyson’s Delves (that’s right
– if you want Erdea Manor in print, you have two choices now
– you can print out the two issues of the zine, or you can
pick up a copy of Dyson’s Delves which has it along with a
few other adventures from the history of the blog and [...]

From : Creative Mountain Games Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Industry News, Kickstarter
Over on icv2.com, they have put together a top ten list for
Kickstarter projects of a tabletop gaming nature. See more
here! In a related article, Matt Forbeck provides some
analysis for the success of the top funders here!
Furthermore, check out the detailed comparison of
"IndieGoGo.com versus Kickstarter.com" by James Mathe here!

From : Nemesis Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
Combined Spellcasting. This article was made
due to a request of a Mage Blade player. The question was : "How
can a spell have multiple spell casters and what is the benefit?"
Well actually the answer is quite simple! Each caster must design
the spell, that requires multiple casters. It can be a spell where
all casters have the same role, or it can be a spell that each
caster takes a specific role (for example casting a different
element).
In the case that all the casters cast the same spell,
the system goes like this : -Each spell caster must start casting
at the same initiative and the spell is finished when all spell
casters are finished. -The spell has + 1 spell level of the
designed spell level. -The spell has spell power = total [...]

From : The Delvers' Podcast Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Actual Play, Labyrinth Lord, Podcast, D&D, D&D and Kids, Dungeons & Dragons, Erol Otus, Female Gamers, Kids, Playing RPGs with Kids, RPGs, The Delvers, Tomb of Horrors
DM Notes:
- This episode is the full recording of our Tomb of Horrors
Actual Play.
- To get an idea of what you are in for, check out our Tomb of
Horrors Actual Play trailer.
- Rather than write extensive show notes, I will follow up with a
companion episode next week.
- If you have specific questions about this episode and you want
them answered on the companion show, please send an email to
feedback@burnedfx.com with the subject “ToH AP”
Special Thanks:
Thanks to NPC Cast for creating a commercial for this episode.
Check out their show at http://npccast.wordpress.com/
Credits:
This episode uses many sounds from freesound.org. Please see our
credits page for the full list.
TV clips used under non-commercial fair use.
Contact: If you have any general questions or feedback, please
send an email to feedback@burnedfx.com
Original article: S1 – About 30 Years
©2013 The Delvers' Podcast. All Rights Reserved.

From : d20 Pirates Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
The last scenario for the Come Hell and High
Water series, "The Ends of the Earth," finished in a very
open-ended way. Because of that, it's hard to provide a direct
sequel to it. For that reason, I'll be presenting a few possible
ways to continue the story, depending on the choices of the PC's.
Detailed here is one option.
-Nate
RetributionThis scenario is Part 16A of theCome Hell and
High Water campaign, an adventure series for the Skull &
Bones historical setting, for [...]

From : d20 Dark Ages Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Must Have, Soundtrack Saturday, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack
"Maybe the best D&D music ever comes from Basil
Poledouris's soundtrack for Conan the Barbarian. Every
player of a fighter or barbarian wants to be Arnold. If you play
this, they will be. Of course, if you play it, don't expect them to
find diplomatic solutions to problems."
--Mike Selinker, "The Definitive D&D Soundtrack," Dragon
272, Sept. 2000.
Let's face it: the original 1982 Conan the
Barbarian movie would probably have sucked without this
awesome soundtrack. Yes, there's bloody combat as Conan carves his
way across the world, but there's lots of introspection, wherein
the music plays as [...]

From : HeroPress Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : star wars, comics, rachel, wedding, paul, real life, flashback, film, magazine, action figures
Like many younglings of my generation, Star Wars spoke to me
in ways other movies never did.
People often talk about being "blown away" the first time they saw
the Imperial Star Destroyer rumble into shot during the opening
sequence of Star Wars.
It didn't have that effect on me - for me it was totally normal; in
my 10-year-old mind's eye that's what spaceships had always looked
like. This was space stuff as it always should have been!
My dad took me to see Star Wars when it first came out and
it was one of those rare films that really bridged the age gap.
From seeing Star Wars on the big screen, with my dad, in
1977 a fanboy was born.
I started a scrap book (cover pictured above) of Star
Wars newspaper and magazine articles, along with the "Who's
Who"s from [...]

From : Of Dice and Men Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Miniatures, Free Stuff, Conversion, Dungeon Crawling, Fun, Wargaming, Generic Fantasy Skirmish, Skirmish, Monsters, Mordheim
"Way I hear it, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew
our skins into their clothing. And if we're very, very lucky,
they'll do it in that order."
Knight-Captain Zoe Washburne, Lanthian
Kingsguard
Bandits, brigands, thieves and cutthroats - there are always men
who look to make a living outside the law. While most operate
individualy, robbing innocent travellers and those who stumble down
the wrong back alley, groups of these miscreants can make for a
surprisingly tough nut to crack.
While working on a "Kingsguard" list, and its variants, I thought
about making [...]

From : Quag Keep Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
This is the Pacesetter incarnation of the Vampires supplement for
Chill. It was released in 1985 and comes in at 96 pages. Inside the
covers you will find ten fully fleshed out vampires that can be
used in a Chill campaign. The cover for this book has always
bothered me a little. Not because it was disturbing in any way but
because the vampire on the cover looked a little too cheesy for me.
In my mind he looked half porn star and half dandy.It wasn't until
the release of The Beautician and the Beast that I realized that he
looked way too much like Timothy Dalton (for the record the worst
Bond ever). As much as I love zombie movies I have to rank vampires
as my favorite horror monster. There is nothing like a cold and
calculating undead to make one shudder in fear.
From the back of the 96-page sourcebook:
"VAMPIRES is a collection of stories, portraits, and accounts of
ten bloodcurdling creatures who haunt the nights of our legends,
the wastelands of our fears. Each of these vampires is not only the
center of horrific reports and tales, but is also a fully drawn
non-player character designed for use with the CHILL role-playing
system."

From : The Other Side Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Zatannurday
Superheroine redesigns seem to be all the rage today.
Here is a Zatanna redesign by Meredith McClaren.
http://iniquitousfish.blogspot.com/
I like her look here to be honest. The vest still pulls in
elements of her old style. I would have made her pants
pinstripes myself and of course given her a top hat.

From : The Bleeding Scroll Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Horror, Writing, NPCs, RPGs, Movies, Thoughts
"He went up, both terrible and gracefully, advancing one little
step after the other. When he sang, the entire universe listened
with awe and disgust combined..."The horror monster is a thing of
terrible beauty. It's not just terrible, and it's not just
beautiful, but a combination of both of them. A monster that is
terrible alone is a monster, maybe even a frightening one, but it's
the kind of fear so commonly associated with "boo!" movies, this
movies where the monster says boo and we're all supposed to remain
frightened for the rest of the movie, those movies which utilize
[...]

From : Enderra Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Links, Worldbuilding
Just a bunch of assorted links for you: Transscript and discussion
of the Indiana Jones brainstorming sessions.- highly recommended
People actually do build elaborate secret tunnels etc. In this
case, the BBC reports on Mafia hideouts. The Antarctic Snow Cruiser
… Continue reading →
From : Ennead Games Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Name, Places, RPG, name, road, street
- Ropemaker Boardwalk
- Frog Beach
- Kent Lagerberg Parade
- Chieftan Crossing
- Ezerhan Kadri Fords
- Demon Fords
- Bullfrog Garden
- Thyra Holden Curve
- Embalmer Cross
- Skalla-Gauk Bjarnisson Plaza

From : Obskures.de | Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Geekseins Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Rollenspiele, Spiele, Tabletop Spiele, Ankündigung, Eternal Lies – Strange Aeons Edition, Jeff Tidbal, Jeremy Keller, Pelgrane Press, Will Hindmarch
Eternal Lies (Pelgrane Press)
Pelgrane Press. Endlich! Das Warten hat ein Ende. Mit dem
Erscheinen des hauseigenen Online Magazins See Page XXMay/June 2013
flatterte das Angebot zu der seit Jahren angekndigten Trail of
Cthulhu-Kampagne Eternal Lies (Will Hindmarch und Jeff Tidbal mit
Jeremy Keller) ins Haus.
Der britische Verlag bietet verschiedene Vorbestelloptionen an.
Die Strange Aeons Edition beinhaltet das PDF mit 388 Seiten vorab,
Artwork, eine signierte Hardcopy voraussichtlich im August 2013,
Dein Name in den Credits, ein Vorkaufsrecht fr die Limited Edition
und bei Bedarf gleich noch einen passenden Soundtrack dazu.
“A decade ago, a band of occult investigators battled
against the [...]

From : Exchange of Realities Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Impractical Applications, bad first impressions, impractical applications
I talked this week about ways of handling the party disliking
your slated-to-be-important NPC, both to do and to avoid.
I’ve been lucky; most of my NPCs have only gotten that
reaction when they were meant to. But as a player I’ve seen
them go well, and I’ve seen them go poorly. There are two I
can think of who were at the extremes---and who, to aid comparison
more, had two thirds of the party worth of overlap between
them.
The first of these was Dalowag. He ticked the group off partly
by being one of the focuses of what felt [...]
From : HeroPress Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : disney, star wars, Wolverine, film, saturday morning matinee, Thor, wonder woman, comics, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Fantastic Four, funny, superman, batman
From : Stone Kobold Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
In nearly 15 years of participating in the online D&D world,
I've come across and collected a huge pile of netbooks, documents,
files, and other treasures. It's time to share them with the world,
since many of the sites they were found at are no longer
around.
I'll be housing them at Stone Kobold's Secret Stash, a folder on
Google Drive that everyone is free to browse and download!
All files are complete and unedited for content. All I'm doing is
turning them into PDF files, formatting them for modern viewing
(since a great many of them are [...]

From : Imposible Boulder Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Game Chef 2013, Chroma Team, Teaser, Character Sheets, Game Chef
The clock is ticking on Game Chef 2013 and submissions are due when
it is no longer May 26th anywhere in the world. Naturally, with
less than 48 hours left on the clock I have decided that my time is
better spent updating my blog than actually working on the game.
It's all part of the creative process, I swear!
I have stepped away from designing and proofreading to tease the
character sheet for my entry and without further ado, here it
is:
I could explain everything on this sheet to you, but I think it
will be more [...]
From : Keep Rollin' Sixes Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Dungeons and Dragons, Age of Worms, Dungeons & Dragons
DM NOTES from 2005
From : Keep Rollin' Sixes Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Dungeons and Dragons, Age of Worms, Dungeons & Dragons
Part 5
From : Epic The RPG Blog Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : #earthdawnappreciationday, Earthdawn Appreciation Day, #Earthdawn
I shallregale my tale of the first encounter my kids remember from
Earthdawn, which they talk about to this day. So I was running the
starter adventure for 3e for them, and we're at the cadaver men.
Sean is playing an archer, and of course wounds a cadaver
man...never a good idea...worse when there's only two players. So
the Cadaver man rushes up and slam Sean's archer's head into a
tree,

From : realmwright Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
Roa - taken from Ra.
The Draken god of the Sky, the Sun, Fire, and serpents. Roa is so
enormous that he takes up the whole of the heavens. The sun is
merely one, burning eye of the great snake. Everything in creation
falls under his gaze, but so very little on the earth is worthy of
his consideration.
Draken strive to be noticed by the endless serpent. Their lives
must be very laudable indeed to garnish even a fleeting glance from
the Eternal One.
Humans lost contact with the Draken of the tropics for many many
[...]

From : HeroPress Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : star wars, HeroPress, wedding, real life, HHGTTG, film, superteam, cool website, book
Today is a day of international geek celebration, it is Towel Day
(
honouring the memory and work of Douglas Adams), Geek Pride
Day (
the anniversary of the opening of Star Wars in
1977) and The Glorious 25th Of May (
a special day for fans
of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels).
Oh, and it also happens to be my wedding anniversary!
So make sure you do something particularly geeky today to mark
these great events and please join me in a dignified rendition of
the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation's Complaints Department theme
song -
Share And Enjoy to welcome our latest recruit:

From : Emergence Campaign Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : d20, Game Rules, Background, Characters, Classless d20, d20 Point Buy, Role Playing Game, RPG
The Path to Survival has never looked this good!
To continue the list of Eclipse defenses we'll once again be
starting off with one that deserves to be on the top of the
list.
- Reflex Training (Perfect, Variable Options) lets you do more
than you normally could. For an emergency defense the best option
is the limited use version that allows you to basically insert a
private standard action in the middle of someone else's action.
Obviously enough, that offers you some wonderful defense-or-escape
options. You can use that extra action to cast a protective spell,
move away from an attack or [...]

From : Emergence Campaign Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : d20, Game Rules, Characters, Classless d20, d20 Point Buy, Role Playing Game, RPG
Eclipse was intended to patch as many of the problems with d20
as I could possibly manage, It's certainly not perfect, and (of
course) has a few brand-new holes all it's own – but I like
to think that there aren't all that many.
The way to stop Rocket Tag is to take the emphasis off of
getting in the first shot (and, incidentally, to make the fights
last longer). Thus we'll be looking at Defenses in Eclipse –
and how you can defend against a huge attack more cheaply than you
can build one.
There are some basic ways for defenses [...]

From : Aggregate Cognizance Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Flashback Friday, Mekton Zeta
In honor of the Mekton Zero Kickstarter, I'm doing something a bit
different for a Flashback Friday. It's a flashback of some of my
old material that I've recovered from the Internet Archive. This is
the only Mekton design I was able to get (the archive is very
spotty for my old website for some reason) but I'll also be
reposting some other stuff like house rules and campaign outlines
over the weekend. I've cleaned up the design a little bit and
expanded on it. Hit the link below for the Google Docs sheet
(sorry, no mecha design sheet...yet).
EMA-120 [...]

From : Rising Phoenix Games Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Claustrophobia!, Products, experience, game design, rules
I’ve been working on the experience and advancement system
forClaustrophobia!Theoriginalgame didn’t have rules for XP
because I figured gnomes would die before they had a chance to
level, or that sessions would be once off affairs. After
play-testing and thinking about it more, I figured it was necessary
and an important way to award players [...]

From : ST Wild On Roleplaying Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Dystopic Campaign, Actual Play, Demon: the Fallen
Miami did his downtimes this fortnight to gather some more
information on his unsolved murder. I'll post up the prop kit
from his murder a little later for those who want to see all of the
connections themselves. For now, suffice to say, he and his
wife were killed by members of a Miami University fraternity who
raped, mutilated and killed his wife and *merely* mutilated and put
him into a coma - he later died of his injuries and his body was
taken by Prometheus for possession. One of the other frat boys
called the police who arrested the [...]

From : Wombat's Gaming Den of Iniquity Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : RPG Editing, writing tips
Welcome to a Wombat's Writing Tips article. Check out the
main page for more.
Today we detour deep into the editing process.
I've been following John Adamus's article series entitled Editing
Out In The Open. If you haven't, click through immediately and go
catch up. The two examples of editing he gives really open up the
process and give a great overview of what to expect if you've never
worked with an editor before.
His latest article gives an example of Game Flavor Text. We got to
talking on G+ and he talked me into Line Editing the same
manuscript [...]

From : Points of Light Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : dnd next, 5th edition, gencon
If you have not already heard, at this year's GenCon GaleForce Nine
is offering an exclusive book containing some pre-generated
characters, and four adventures intended to run you from level 1 to
10, and the winning sheet from the character sheet contest.
Oh, and if you pre-order it you also get a free mini.
A lot of people are understandably miffed that this is going to be
a GenCon exclusive. I do not see any reason for it, as people might
be able to afford a $30 book, but not the ticket prices, possibly
travel fees, and/or the [...]

From : Emergence Campaign Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Background, d20, Game Rules, Characters, Classless d20, d20 Point Buy, Role Playing Game, RPG
Actually, you do not want to have to rely on these to save
you.
It’s often called “Rocket Tag” – the
premise being that when offense far outpowers defense, whoever
strikes first tends to win , with all other factors becoming
distinctly secondary.
Remember: even in d20 terms, a near-duplicate of your party as
you were three levels ago – possibly with some cheaper items
– is a “balanced encounter”. If that fight would
turn out to be a disaster if the slightly-downgraded copies roll
high for their initiative while the actual party rolls low…
then your party has too much offense [...]

From : Bad DM's The Good, The Bad & The Gamer Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : WizKids, GenCon, Starter Set, Attack Wing, tournament, Star Trek, promo card
As part of their release of their new miniatures game Star Trek:
Attack Wing during GenCon, Wizkids announced yesterday that it will
be hosting sealed/constructed format mini-tournaments in the
tournament hall. As explained in the release on their
website:
"In these sealed/constructed battles, players will be grouped into
pods of 4 players. Each player will receive one of the
initial 8 expansion packs by random draw. Players must use
the expansion ship they receive to fill out a 100 point build
(players will need to bring their own collection of ships from the
Starter Set and/or expansion sets which will be available for
purchase at the WizKids Games booth). Players in the group
will be paired up randomly for the first round of head-to-head
play. The winners from the first round will play against each
other in a second round to determine a final winner of the
mini-tournament. The [...]

From : Dungeons Deep and Caverns Old Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : House Rules, Pathfinder RPG, Musings, Fantasy
It's no secret that I like Pathfinder. While I've become somewhat
disillusioned with the excess of rules and wish the game was
somewhat lighter, it is still one of my favorite games on the
market and my go-to choice for fantasy gaming.
However, I'm very aware of the problems that are inherent to both
Pathfinder and other games based on the d20 system. For example,
it's a very common belief that the d20 system begins to break down
at higher levels. While I don't think the problem is as drastic as
some would make it out to be, the [...]

From : The Pathfinder Chronicles Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Campaign, Research, Personal, Pathfinder, Paizo, Design, Creation, Advice, RPG, Opinion
This will be the last of my how to build a campaign world posts on
my own site for a little while and in a funny way this one does not
really relate to building the world, more about how you are going
to play in it once it is built. Sandbox games are named after
the idea of a kid in a sandbox. They make their own fun from
their imagination. They may build a castle and have an epic
war trying to knock it down or treat the sand as the dunes of a
faraway planet. The direction [...]

From : Paper Brain Games Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories :
This is the third installment in a series of character builds
designed for players new to Savage Worlds. The builds take you from
character creation up to the first Legendary rank. The first few
character builds will demonstrate how to create characters which
progress like those in traditional fantasy classes. So far we've
seen theThe Fighterand The Thiefcharacter builds.In this
installment

From : Tenkar's Tavern Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Swords and Wizardry
Art By Matt Bulahao
'Lectric Lizard
Hit Dice: 4 (20 HP)
Armor Class: 3[16]
Attacks: Bite 1d6 plus 2d6 electrical damage (save for half)
/ Special
Saving Throw: 13
Special: Successful attacks against a 'Lectric Lizard with a
metal weapon inflicts 1 point electrical damage on the attacker.
Two or more "Lectric Lizards within a 10' distance of each other
generate an electric field, charging the air. Save each round in
the area or take 1d4 electrical damage (save means no damage -
penalty of -2 to the save if wearing metal armor)
Move: 9
Alignment: Neutral
Number Encountered: 2-8
Challenge Level/XP: 6 / 400
'Lectric Lizards grow to an average size of 5' from head to tail.
Generally only agressive when [...]

From : Casting Shadows Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Leagues of Adventure, Saturday Seeds, roleplaying games
This seed is being planted for Leagues of Adventure. Aimed at
scientists and inventors, it touches on ideas of competition,
jealousy, and social obligation… with just a hint of brutal
murder. My Saturday Seeds also reappear onAncient Scrollon random
Saturdays~ The seed The seed involves a series of robberies and
killings happening near the club … Read more

From : The Grinning Skull Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : 15mm Miniatures, Grinning Skull Miniatures, Miniatures, Science Fiction, The Oggam, Wargaming, 15mm, 15mm heroic, 15mm.co.uk, Aliens, empire of og, Game, Grinning Skull, Grinning Skull Miniature, grinning skull miniatures, historical, http://15mm.co.uk/Grinning_Skull_Min
So, the day has come for my very own miniatures range, Grinning
Skull Miniatures to be available on general release! It’s
been a long journey to get them from their humble beginnings to the
fully fledged range as they are, and I’m really glad that
this project has bore fruit! The excellent team at 15mm.co.uk
[…]

From : Asparagus Jumpsuit Date : May 25, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Catalog, Roleplaying Games, Pathfinder
Character creation and leveling up can be confusing, even for
experienced players. There's a lot of keep track of, including
abilities to choose and statistics to be recalculated.
The Character Workbook line for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
is a series of game aids designed to walk you through the process
and help you keep track of all those changes. It's not a character
sheet -- you'll still need one of those -- but it will help you
make sure you've filled out your character sheet completely and
correctly. You'll never have to worry that your character has been
short-changed. If you [...]
From : Dastardly Designed Games Date : May 24, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Song of Ice and Fire
Going to have character creation and watch Game of Thrones
episode one today. Will probably play some too.
From : NERD TREK Date : May 24, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Tabletop Gaming, star trek board game, star trek game, star trek next generation game, star trek the next generation game, star trek tng game
WizKids/NECA, LLC (WizKids), the leader in collectible gaming,
announced theDominion War Organized Play eventfor the forthcoming
Star Trek HeroClix miniatures...

From : Nearly Enough Dice Podcast Date : May 24, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : News, Podcast, Random, Reviews, RPG, Video Games, episode, episode 98, idea brewing, liz, mike, reviews, rogue legacy, sauerkraut station, space station, web games
With your hosts, Liz and Mike! Mike wastes some time
reviews some online casual games. Liz sends her descendants down
into a Dungeon to die! And we spend some time in the inky blackness
of space.
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Website: www.nearlyenoughdice.com
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iTunes! Leave us a review! Rate us! Subscribe!
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General Podcasty stuff, including feedback:
podcast@nearlyenoughdice.com
Geeky Week!
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Mike couldn't go to Tuesday
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Liz has a LOAD of mage to fill you in on!
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UK GAMES EXPO THIS WEEKEND WOOOOoooo!
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Mike has a Raspberry Pi!
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Game of Thrones / Doctor Who chat
News

From : Of Dice and Men Date : May 24, 2013 GMT
Post Categories : Serenity, Free Stuff, Conversion, Fun, Firefly, MiniSix
So, while perusing my old gaming notes on my laptop, I found a
conversion I had worked up for running a Firefly game a
while back. I borrowed liberally from the MiniSix Perdition
setting, which is pretty much Firefly's 'Verse with the
serial numbers filed off. I added some Perks, Complications and
rules from other settings, and a few of my own devising, including
rules for making ships more of a part of the crew.
Today, I'll post up some of the character creation stuff, and next
time it will be the ship creation guide, along with a few [...]