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Interview with Martin Ralya

Exxar — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:14:58 +0000

The reason’ I’ve been quiet for the last two weeks is that I had quite a lot of work, including doing an interview for http://www.fantasy-hr.com“>Fantasy Croatia with Martin Ralya, the founder and owner of http://www.gnomestew.com/“>Gnome Stew and http://www.enginepublishing.com/“>Engine Publishing. We talked about blogging, http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/announcing-gnome-stews-second-book-masks“>Masks, http://www.enginepublishing.com/eureka-501-adventure-plots-to-inspire-game-masters“>Eureka and other stuff, and Martin was very forthcoming, providing some [...]

Pyramid 3/29: Psionics

Exxar — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:30:07 +0000

http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pyramid_3_29_psionics.jpg“>http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pyramid_3_29_psionics.jpg” alt=”" width=”250″ height=”324″ />The latest issue of http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/“>Pyramid landed a couple days ago, and I promptly picked it up. It’s a very crunchy issue primarily aimed at those who use http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/psionicpowers/“>GURPS Psionic Powers, but can of course also be used in other contexts. The articles within are: Expanded Psychokinesis by Christopher R. Rice, Random [...]

The second book from Engine Publishing revealed: Masks

Exxar — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:47:56 +0000

Martin Ralya of Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing http://www.gnomestew.com/gnome-gnews/announcing-gnome-stews-second-book-masks“>revealed today the next book that every GM’s favorite gnomes have been working on after http://www.enginepublishing.com/eureka-501-adventure-plots-to-inspire-game-masters“>Eureka. Well, as he said in the announcement, it was already kinda revealed in the Gen Con event listings that just came out, but Martin gave us the entire scoop. The book’s [...]

House Rule: the Cinematic Dual-Weapon Attack Tweak

Exxar — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:00:14 +0000

One of the main reasons I started this site is that I wanted a proper place to share my GURPS resources with the rest of the world. Funnily enough, I kept delaying posting any materials because I wanted to shape them up a bit fist and, well, I’ve posted none so far. But a discussion [...]

The Ogres are coming!

Exxar — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:47:31 +0000

http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ogre_6th_575.jpg“>http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ogre_6th_575.jpg” alt=”" width=”575″ height=”288″ /> Not the giant, smelly sort, but the gigantic, metal, nuclear-powered ones. Yesterday Steve Jackson published an http://www.sjgames.com/ill/“>open letter to distributors about the upcoming 6th edition of Ogre, the cult board/wargame which was his first design back in 1977. In the letter he revealed more information about the game than was [...]

The next book from Engine Publishing is 60% written

Exxar — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:14:53 +0000

Martin Ralya of Gnome Stew and Engine Publishing posted http://www.enginepublishing.com/news/our-second-book-is-about-60-written“>this on the company’s site yesterday. http://www.enginepublishing.com/eureka-501-adventure-plots-to-inspire-game-masters“>Eureka is one of the most useful RPG-related books I’m aware of and my personal favorite as a GM, so I’m very eager about their next title.

Mytheon

Exxar — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:00:51 +0000

http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mytheon_250.jpg“>http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mytheon_250.jpg” alt=”" width=”250″ height=”170″ />Mytheon is a free-to-play fantasy hack ‘n’ slash MMO released a couple days ago. I kept bumping into it every now and then in various online media during the last month or two, and through the several trailers released during that time it seemed like it could serve as a fun [...]

Let’s get this show on the road

Exxar — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:41:36 +0000

Although I didn’t plan to continue posting just yet, I felt inspired when I learned about Black Crusade. You can see the result below… And since it’s an appropriate occasion, I promise to post at least once a week from now on, even when I’m in a complete RL clinch. I hope to post more [...]

Rant: Black Crusade etc.

Exxar — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:29:41 +0000

http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/black_crusade_splash_575.jpg“>http://www.rpgcentar.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/black_crusade_splash_575.jpg” alt=”" width=”575″ height=”187″ /> Being out of the loop for the last week or two, it is only today that I noticed FFG announcing Black Crusade, a new game in the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay line. As much as I like those games (and indeed I like them VERY much), I cannot help myself and [...]

Necromancy

Exxar — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:05:40 +0000

If anyone is still reading this, I’d like to apologize for letting the blog die after Spiel, but one thing led to another and I ended up not having the time to post anything. I should have given a quick heads-up, though. Anyway, since I’m almost done with uni now I’ll be resurrecting the place [...]