New Design Contest
A simple contest for everyone out there. I’m looking to make the Genius Loci Blog more unique in its imagery as such I am holding a contest. Until October 1, 2013 I will accept all submissions for a new banner image and text for the the blog (see the current old map and Ariel font). […]
30 Day Challenge – Day 8 So Many Voices Echoing
Despite the name of the post I have almost always been behind the Dungeon Master’s screen and have rarely ever stepped away from it to roll some dice. Others may be able to recount limitless alter-egos, knights and wizards, heroes and superheroes … I, however, have very few to account for in both my mind […]
Draken-Rider – Generic Advanced Class for any setting
An experiment in the creation and use of advanced (prestige) classes in an OSR rule-set. This isn’t complete (see the drake part) but will be soon. Opinions are welcome and greatly sought after. Draken-Knight As a Draken-Knight you are a warrior of divine resolve, courage and cunning. You have fought against the tide of chaos […]
30 Day challenge – Day 5 – Dice?
This is a strange one for me because honestly for me dice are dice. They are tools or impliments to the story and game at large and so have no value to me outside of that. Boring I know and I am sorry that I have no story or rationale on why I have some […]
Barking – Roleplayinggames.net – A place on the interwebs for gaming
I’ve started this post about twenty times since I first began to write for this blog. Every time I’ve gotten a paragraph or two down on paper and every time I’ve abandoned the post and have deleted the .doc file. I wonder why it is so hard to trumpet roleplayinggames.net to speak out in a […]
Bandwagon – Dungeons & Dragons 30 day Challenge – Days 1 through 4
I was away this weekend and seemed to have missed much. So Now I jump on the wagon and get rolling Day 1: How You Got Started Honestly I got started with Dungeons & Dragons with the cartoon and arcade games from the 80s. The actual roleplaying game, however, came about in AIT (Advanced Individual […]
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 […]