http://www.rpgbloggers.com The best in tabletop RPG blogs Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en rpgbloggershttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/UflCW_t82-0/ After days, weeks, months, years or whatever, it&#8217;s over (or at least, it&#8217;s about to be and you&#8217;re just settling down to the resolution). The major antagonist is out, the country has been liberated, the god is sealed, whatever. The question is, where do you stop, and what do you...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/UflCW_t82-0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.exchangeofrealities.com/2010/09/06/some-ending-considerations/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/uoWPiMAHkjE/front-page6720.php First off, please excuse the eye patch. I don&#8217;t remember what happened last night, but I seem to have had a bit of an accident&#8230; and my head is absolutely throbbing. Too much partying I guess, am I right? (I always seem to have the worst luck at these events.) Anyway, I&#8217;m super...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/uoWPiMAHkjE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page6720.php http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/7H9ntmnGdcE/cheap-alternatives-to-miniatures I was researching cheap alternatives to miniatures again and got some interesting results. In 2007 I calculated from the RttToEE miniatures list that a twenty level campaign will use approximately 540 different miniatures. In 4E you have thirty levels but fewer encounters per level, so 20 levels in...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/7H9ntmnGdcE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.d20source.com/2010/09/cheap-alternatives-to-miniatures http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/XjC_ktqVu00/d-basic-set-part-18.html Treasure: This section begins with a cursory explanation of the treasure tables, and also provides the exchange rates for the different types of coins. Electrum is given a concrete value for the first time here, being worth half a gold piece. Previou...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/XjC_ktqVu00" height="1" width="1"/>http://mahney.blogspot.com/2010/09/d-basic-set-part-18.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/PYpgyreLgvk/ The Freeport Companion: Pathfinder RPG Edition (affiliate link) does a great job of translating Green Ronin&#8217;s classic setting into the Pathfinder RPG system.  I also have the Savage Worlds version of the book, and somewhat prefer the Pathfinder implementation. The &#8230; Continue reading...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/PYpgyreLgvk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativelyAnomalous/~3/tP3La73QV7o/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/nJk12awJkV4/ The new edition of Gamma World doesn&#8217;t come out until next month, but at PAX I got a chance to peek inside the box. Mike Mearls and the friendly WotC staff at their booth gave me a tour of the contents and allowed me to shoot some pics. I&#8217;m posting all of the pics, even the ones that...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/nJk12awJkV4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gmoracle.com/?p=357 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/IVGG62Ii-PM/ On September 1st I announced a Fantasy Craft giveaway contest in order to celebrate Crafty Games latest release: “Time of High Adventure”. There have been 30 eligible comments and two late entries which couldn’t be considered. Instead of rolling my trusty d30, I used random.org to generate a truly...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/IVGG62Ii-PM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/sQ0Eme7Mbho/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/5vRJ7FqUVes/castle-of-mad-archmage-poster-maps.html Good news for fans of the Castle of the Mad Archmage!Our erstwhile cartographer, Joe Bardales, has come up with a comprehensive set of poster maps covering levels 2-13 of the dungeon! Here's just a sample of the wonderfulness that awaits your downloadi...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/5vRJ7FqUVes" height="1" width="1"/>http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2010/09/castle-of-mad-archmage-poster-maps.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/DCMqs9yw2a0/    After they first appeared in our Marvel Super Heroes game, Smartclothes migrated into quite a few games &#8211; and developed considerably along the way. Most other games called for far more standardized systems than a super-hero game, as well as considerably more detail. Given that those other...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/DCMqs9yw2a0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruscumag.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/rifts-style-smartclothes/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/5YeWQLOxJzE/ I&#8217;ve been struggling with this review for a few days, and I can&#8217;t quite come to terms with how it is I feel about this new Red Box as a starter set to D&#38;D.  I&#8217;m also struggling to find for whom exactly this set was designed for.  Was it for the completely new players who [...]<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/5YeWQLOxJzE" height="1" width="1"/>http://newbiedm.com/2010/09/06/newbiedm-review-red-box-starter-set/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/aRE-31Db334/at-mines-of-madness-adventure.html Here is the first adventure in the Tendrils of Fate&#160;adventure path, At the Mines of Madness. It's written entirely by me with some maps redone by Victor (aka ThePlaneswalker) and takes place in Eberron (specifically the Shadow Marches). Unfortunat...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/aRE-31Db334" height="1" width="1"/>http://daegames.blogspot.com/2010/09/at-mines-of-madness-adventure.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/BynwiMiFBeA/geomorph-83.html Today's geomorph was inspired by an old tourist map of some European crypt that I discovered in a box of forgotten souvenirs. I found the layout to be interesting, though I had to change things radically to fit into the geomorph template. The result is crypt complex that only be accessed directly...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/BynwiMiFBeA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.risusmonkey.com/2010/09/geomorph-83.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/PqU_edn-gGI/forgotten-realms-issue-15-fallen-idols.html This issue begins with Foxilion Cardluck running for his life.&#160; He has the fabled Timepiece of Dragons hoisted over his head and is being pursued through caverns by a highly diverse group of goblinoid creatures. Luckily for him, the rest of the ...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/PqU_edn-gGI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.aherotwiceamonth.com/2010/09/forgotten-realms-issue-15-fallen-idols.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/6guTC-lzAqA/they-think-theyre-people.html "Why do monsters have feats?"As far as I know it's because the designers felt the need to have both characters and monsters purportedly play by the same rules. Why did they feel that this was necessary? I have no idea, as from past experience I've disc...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/6guTC-lzAqA" height="1" width="1"/>http://daegames.blogspot.com/2010/09/they-think-theyre-people.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/T0QlXupkAjQ/ Ooh, more ships for Traveller! I love space ship designs. Pictures would have been nice, but deck-plans for all 13 ships is pretty cool. Oh, the latest issue of Mongoose&#8217;s house magazine also has flora and fauna for Earthdawn, horror scenes for Traveller, and a preview of Cthonian Stars (a...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/T0QlXupkAjQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.purplepawn.com/2010/09/signs-portents-84/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/J2YCIQFsV4I/clearing-my-blog-house.html I got to sit down today and go through some of the blogs for more than a hurried 15 minutes in the morning and discover a bunch of great new blogs out there. Problem was my blog roll was stuff with a bunch of dead weight. Any blog that had not posted in as least two months was unceremoniously...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/J2YCIQFsV4I" height="1" width="1"/>http://gothridgemanor.blogspot.com/2010/09/clearing-my-blog-house.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/VgxbOORpy-g/warrior-rogue-mage-so-good-i-nearly.html Don’t bother reading my drivel, go and download Michael ‘Stargazer’ Wolf’s splendid Warrior, Rogue and Mage. If you can still remember this blog exists after, come back.Back? Good. Warrior, Rogue and Mage (WR&#38;M) is a complete, light fantasy RPG...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/VgxbOORpy-g" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFreeRpgBlog/~3/wdw9dBmLJjw/warrior-rogue-mage-so-good-i-nearly.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/NLfimS8AXVY/alt-1977-retro-funk.html As a child of the disco era, born in the heady days of the mid 1970s, I spent my earliest years listening to the dulcet tones of Tom Jones, the experimental sounds of Led Zeppelin and the smooth sounds of old-school soul and chunky bass of funk. I look...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/NLfimS8AXVY" height="1" width="1"/>http://vulpinoid.blogspot.com/2010/09/alt-1977-retro-funk.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/Mvth-hz0vi4/new-world-of-darkness-is-not-for-me.html I cannot help it. I have tried. I have really tried to read a nWoD book and plan to run a game, but no. It is not interesting.I tried to run W:tF and it was fun storytelling, but when game changed to technical where you actually needed Forsaken setting...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/Mvth-hz0vi4" height="1" width="1"/>http://cradleofrabies.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-world-of-darkness-is-not-for-me.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/GDjYlj3orj8/ Hi everyone. My links list is showing it&#8217;s age. Time for an update and refresh. What would you recommend? Bear in mind my predilections for 4e D&#38;D with an old school spice blend. What am I missing? Filed under: RPG<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/GDjYlj3orj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://rpgtreehouse.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/got-any-spare-blogroll/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/3WUq0ke13Do/ Pentology by Trevor Cram is a 60 card deck system of fantasy symbols. Trevor supplies a number of games to start with, but are hoping for more contributions. Games range from 1 to 3 players. The deck lends itself to storytelling games, as well as a small amount of combat mechanics (RPS). I think...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/3WUq0ke13Do" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.purplepawn.com/2010/09/pentology-cards/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/0QtJhx3s-d4/ ION Guard is a setting/organization supplement for the ICONS game that presents a new intergalactic organization of heroes. All of the ION Guard’s members wear a golden ION Fist, which provides them with a suite of superpowers including flight, bla...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/0QtJhx3s-d4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GamingBrouhahaRpg/~3/slb-bzIOXuc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/C9YprKTnbN0/gharlakhs-pulv-and-shereshi-algol.html As I'm using the LOTFPWFRPG rules for my second Planet Algol game, I thought it would be an interesting experiment to "reskin" the LOTFP demi-humans into Algol-appropriate beings. GHARHIONS A variety of vat-grown synthetic humanoid engineered by one of the Ancients' civilization for demanding...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/C9YprKTnbN0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanetAlgol/~3/evo3VJkOu_s/gharlakhs-pulv-and-shereshi-algol.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/C9YprKTnbN0/gharlakhs-pulv-and-shereshi-algol.html GHARHONS A variety of vat-grown synthetic humanoid engineered by one of the Ancients' civilization for demanding subterranean labour on such projects as mining, construction and the like. Gharhons are man-sized, but broad, massy and flabby, possessing over-large hands and feet. Their skin is dead...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/C9YprKTnbN0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanetAlgol/~3/evo3VJkOu_s/gharlakhs-pulv-and-shereshi-algol.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/OCTPMY_m9ds/ We have a winner! Congratulations to Ben Hall, who lives in the UK! He's won the two Savage Worlds books and the action deck! Related posts:Cthulhu has claimed another victim! Er&#8230; we have a winner!The International Savage Worlds contest: Win the Explorer&#8217;s Edition and Deadlands...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/OCTPMY_m9ds" height="1" width="1"/>http://trollitc.com/2010/09/savage-winner/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/qZbcy9I8PjQ/ I hate astroturfing. Astroturfing, for those that do not know, is an act of media manipulation where a party tries to stimulate a grass-roots community response. Usually by dropping hints in the ears of people respected in the community about a given topic or  trying to steer conversations in...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/qZbcy9I8PjQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.livingdice.com/5108/battlefoam-brigade-and-special-ops-brigade-website-similarities-a-concerted-attempt-at-astroturfing/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/drR902CgX8E/news-in-review-for-aug30-to-sept5-2010 It was a bit slow for 4E News this week, being in that odd transition between August and September with the Labor Day Holiday approaching, but there were still some very nice pieces that are definitely worth mentioning. This week from official channels, Wizards of the Coast offered the new D&#38;D...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/drR902CgX8E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/news-in-review-for-aug30-to-sept5-2010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/uhLzcgRIu_M/ Season 03 Episode 14 LIVE from Gateway 2010 The hosts and the listeners discuss the games we ran on Saturday at Gateway2010 in Los Angeles. Laughing Moon Chronicles. Join us a Orcon2011, February 18-21 (Presidents&#8217; Day Weekend) at the Sheraton Gateway (next to LAX).<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/uhLzcgRIu_M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HappyJacksRpgPodcast/~3/Ymsidbs3roE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/YQfKtEcF0v8/ Well, I&#8217;ve gone and done it. I have taken the gameplay thus far for my Google Wave game and compiled it into a more reader-friendly format. It&#8217;s not a whole lot of text thus far, but I really feel like the game is off to a fantastic start, and I&#8217;m blessed to have super-awesome,...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/YQfKtEcF0v8" height="1" width="1"/>http://theactionpoint.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/tales-of-brittanis-shadows-rising-story-hour/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/JylSgpuFZi8/ I&#8217;m currently mulling over whether or not to pick up a copy of the WotC board game Castle Ravenloft. On a very superficial level, it looks pretty neat. It&#8217;s got some nice minis (nearly all previously released as D&#38;D Miniatures, but these ones are unpainted),...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/JylSgpuFZi8" height="1" width="1"/>http://thekyngdoms.com/keith/?p=701 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/7sYwOAXhDcw/ So you&#8217;ve written your roleplaying game. You&#8217;ve acquired some artwork and maps. You&#8217;ve done the layout. All that is left is to get the thing on to paper. Easy, there are several great printers who will accept small orders or print on demand (I&#8217;ll share my experience with...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/7sYwOAXhDcw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.dicesystem.com/?p=577 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/YMkQ6c6WHu0/homeschooling-gaming.html I just wanted to thank those of you for the feedback via comments and email yesterday when I was talking about gaming with my homeschooled daughter. It's really cool to learn that there are other, homeschooling gaming families out there. One of the big things when you decide to homeschool your...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/YMkQ6c6WHu0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgblog2/~3/uaJYxQ-D59c/homeschooling-gaming.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/9Aszc-SauqE/more-images-from-city.html Racing OrnithoptersDuring the annual "Champion of Innovation Competition" in 5888, flying craft&#160;powered by various sorts of raced through the canyon of streets&#160;down the length of&#160;Empire Island.&#160; The ensuing traffic disruption led to City eoldormen prohibiting such races in the...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/9Aszc-SauqE" height="1" width="1"/>http://sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-images-from-city.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/kMsbNSGVc80/sunday-matinee-clockwork-orange-1971.html Hi, hi, hi, my little droogies!This bit of ultra-violence came on my gazzies when it viddied on HBO and Cinemax back when I was just a young veck.Oh, hell, I can't continue this post in nasdat, no matter how much I would like to. A Clockwork Orange was...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/kMsbNSGVc80" height="1" width="1"/>http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2010/09/sunday-matinee-clockwork-orange-1971.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/1FfIM33A_0Q/ In the previous installments of this in-depth look at the Dark Sun Campaign Setting, we&#8217;ve examined the new builds for existing classes and the new races introduced by this well-hyped book, as well as the new options introduced for players such as character themes, wild talents and arcane...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/1FfIM33A_0Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://mygirlfriendisadm.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/review-dark-sun-campaign-setting-part-3-still-more-player-options/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/D36Ic5ifaYs/redneck-damnation-van.html source<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/D36Ic5ifaYs" height="1" width="1"/>http://jrients.blogspot.com/2010/09/redneck-damnation-van.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/RTPc0szWKcM/ I settled on a theme for this set of geomorphs &#8211; dead ends. No entrance will connect to more than 1 other entrance, and if it does connect to another entrance, it will be on the same side of the geomorph. Like one of those 4-way cap pieces in the various pipe-style games.<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/RTPc0szWKcM" height="1" width="1"/>http://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/geomorph-mapping-project-91/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/Yzvq-QpOALg/this-week-in-geek-3008-050910.html BuysThe big news is that I finally got the DC Adventures RPG. It's so pretty, I want to play it. Looking through it, I do find the character creation rules to be a little bit more complex than other systems I'm used to, but I just need to start making ...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/Yzvq-QpOALg" height="1" width="1"/>http://siskoid.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-week-in-geek-3008-050910.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/rGIW52sXh7U/vector-theory-295-object-oriented.html Hmmm...I guess I forgot to actually link my post back to Vector Theory.I don't think everything needs to feed back to Vector Theory but since I titled the blog post "Vector Theory #29", it probably should.What are design objects from the perspective of...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/rGIW52sXh7U" height="1" width="1"/>http://vulpinoid.blogspot.com/2010/09/vector-theory-295-object-oriented.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/kkV3RdltQq8/ Last week, I talked about overall strategy for making recruitment pitches to your foes. To further help you appeal to your audience, here are four basic types of recruitment pitch, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Join or die. This one is particularly popular, though one of the most...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/kkV3RdltQq8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.exchangeofrealities.com/2010/09/05/the-generic-villain-on-types-of-recruitment-spiels/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/eYNe8aArbKs/adventure-review-death-frost-doom.html Death Frost Doom is a low-level old school Dungeons &#38; Dragons crawl filtered through Sam Raimi's Evil Dead, George Romero and the works of HP Lovecraft courtesy of James Raggi IV, the outspoken auteur behind the popular Lamentations Of The Flame Pr...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/eYNe8aArbKs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.heropress.net/2010/09/adventure-review-death-frost-doom.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/G3_dRJJJYfI/vector-theory-29-object-oriented-design.html Object Oriented design is a concept that has swept across computer programming over the past twenty years (probably longer), but it seems to be something that has been restricted to the computer world, and hasn't really spread much further to my knowle...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/G3_dRJJJYfI" height="1" width="1"/>http://vulpinoid.blogspot.com/2010/09/vector-theory-29-object-oriented-design.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/kZ484sH9vMw/weekend-insanity.html Suffice it to say, the weekend was busy. Tomorrow, I may have a post up...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/kZ484sH9vMw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThePlayersSideOfTheScreen/~3/1WYxztsbpxg/weekend-insanity.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/40XoifICo_c/ Spica Publishing adds another to its line of Traveller support products. Allies, Contacts, Enemies &#38; Rivals is a book of pre-generated NPCs, including many individuals, crews for three ships, a complete marine striker platoon, and 48 &#8220;redshirts&#8221; for use in generic combat situations.<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/40XoifICo_c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.purplepawn.com/2010/09/traveller-npcs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/opesvDTdfAo/ One thing I&#8217;ve often wondered about is the distinction between simple, martial, and &#8220;special&#8221; weapons. To me it seems a nonsensical conceit to say a particular weapon is complex or simple. Oh, I know it&#8217;s done as a way to limit access to particular weapons to certain...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/opesvDTdfAo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.gmoracle.com/?p=272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/ovsuMmV5VuI/    For today, it’s another special request &#8211; a relatively &#8220;normal&#8221; fighter.    Taric Level Two Human Pit Fighter    Taric, along with most of his family, was captured in a border raid. Unlike most of the youngsters who were sold as servants, he was more rebellious than sensible,...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/ovsuMmV5VuI" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruscumag.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/eclipse-d20-taric-the-pit-fighter/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/2Ax5YhR7Ofg/further-digest-sized-booklets-support.html The top of the two pictures shows both the Encounter Critical box set that Lester/B. Portly gave to me, and the two Lamentations of the Flame Princess booklets I had made for me at a local print shop. The second pictures shows my current collection of digest sized booklets, as well as my sleeping...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/2Ax5YhR7Ofg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanetAlgol/~3/1a8U3Br_mmI/further-digest-sized-booklets-support.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/1YNo3BSYEIA/wfrp3-gem-of-aquos-advanced-actions.html By Kevin Morrell (aka KK the Splash) This is the second part of the Gem of Aquos series. In the previous article I listed the Basic Actions that come with being the Master of Aquos. In this part I discuss the Advanced Actions that can be learned to control Aquos. These Actions increase the power...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/1YNo3BSYEIA" height="1" width="1"/>http://gerallkahla.blogspot.com/2010/09/wfrp3-gem-of-aquos-advanced-actions.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/PkkYDlBTXSM/quick-fix-moving-forward.html Figured I'd take this moment to do a quick update on the future of this blog. It's still in its infancy, but the followers has just climbed to 15 and the visits per day are averaging in the 60s, so at least some people are reading it. Perhaps word of m...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/PkkYDlBTXSM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.realityrefracted.com/2010/09/quick-fix-moving-forward.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~3/wGXi7IgT5sg/ Our Forgotten Realms campaign kicked of this Saturday with classic action in the realms. It has been over four months since I have had opportunity to have some fun around the table. Teaching new players to play forced me to check from the books few times, but other than that, the players learned...<br/> <br/> [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rpgbloggers/~4/wGXi7IgT5sg" height="1" width="1"/>http://bagofgames.com/09/threads-of-sanity-1/