Pranking the players: Questions to the community at large
I have a firm belief that all Referees, Game Masters, Storytellers and Dungeon Masters have an innate desire to screw with their players from time to time. Sometimes that desire could be born out of a bad mood or out of an overly jovial and prankster mind set. Other times it is something born from […]
Ancient Titan – Generic Creature for any setting
Ancient Titan “I remember that day clearly. My raiding party was crossing the straits to the Isle of the Mist looking for some easy plunder. It was a good day, a day of song and good hard work at the oars. Then It rose from the waters. Like a man, but not, and made of […]
Quick Note – Cinematic vs taticial Combat
Quick Note – Cinematic vs Tactical Combat A quick question for the community at large: What do you prefer, fast and loose encounters presented in a cinematic way or more tactical looking at the game like a battle map? The reason I ask is that I have several ideas floating in my head to make […]
Transformers (again) A question answered!
I have (surprisingly) received a few e-mails about my Transformers post of a few days ago. Nothing from Hasbro begging me to sell the idea to them, but from a few people in the gaming community interested in some of the things I put down oh so long ago. The biggest question has been “what […]
Friday morning Game!
Go one over tothe link below to sign-up for my Friday morning game. Playtesting a new adventure by yours truly! Swords & Wizardry game “The Strange Case of Tobin Jakshyd” Hope to see some of you there Friday Morning!
Pseudomorph – Generic Monster for any setting (that someone else probably already did)
Given the pre-exstitent nature of this creature by other names and in other game systems I do not doubt it has already been done. However, a glance at Core, Whitebox and Complete did not show me one so I decided to give the creature my spin. Pseudomorphs are carnivorous, semi-sentient creatures that live in caves, […]
Transformers – Less than meets the Eye
Back when I was a kid, I loved Transformers (still do if anyone has read a few of my pure G+ posts). One of my first attempts at creating an independent tabletop game was actually an attempt at Transformers, using the toys themselves as the inspiration. If anyone here has ever looked at a Transformers […]
Quick Note – Scaling in Hero Scape (House Rule)
Over the weekend I began to play an out-of-print Hasbro game with my 8-year-old called Heroscape (generic example of play/game demo). during play my daughter asked a question that never crossed my mind, never crossed any thoughts from when I was big into the game back in the early 2000s. My daughter likes to rock climb, […]
Magic Items – Two magic items for any setting
It has been awhile since I’ve made a magic item so this is a nice change in a while. The following I cannot take complete credit for as my daughter is actually where the idea came from during last night’s Hero Kids game. On a side-note, playing a tabletop game at a Books-a-Million at 2100 […]
Quick Note – I am your master … if you go to MEPAcon
On the weekend of November 8th (specially the 9th) I will be running two games for the Swords & Wizardry OSR system at MEPAcon. If anyone is in the Northeastern PA or nearby New York and New Jersey and isn’t doing anything for that weekend. From 9 am to 12 noon on the 9th I […]