I mentioned making up a character for 13th Age a few weeks back, but I didn’t get much into the reasons for that particular development. I was going to play in the first session of the current series of adventures for Fire Opal Media’s organized play. Yeah, I know, I’m not big on organized play. Even when I was big
Read moreToday Armored Gopher Games had a grand reopening gala, with lots of demos, music, and food. One of those demos was also the first part of one of Fire Opal Media’s 13th Age Organized Play adventures. Since I have the book, and have been pretty happy with what I have read, and I haven’t gotten to be on the other side of
Read moreA few months ago I picked up my first Forgotten Realms product in years. It was Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster’s Forgotten Realms, and while I still haven’t finished it (too much gamer ADD), what I have read has really reminded me of what I loved about the setting to begin with. So why haven’t I been back to the Realms
Read moreOver the weekend there was a bit of a dust up about why people like “old school” RPGs and what it means and how game companies are suppose to “take” gamers that embrace “old school” RPGs. In general, I think the topic was a little difficult to get one’s arms around, and led to lots and lots of really broad
Read moreI finished my read through of the 13th Age Beta rules. I have to say that I’m really interested in this game. My brain already started to ponder how to set up encounters, adventures, and campaign arcs the more of this I got through. In general, it feels a good bit like 4th edition, but that’s kind of misleading. It’s
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