Day twenty-nine. What Has Been The Best Run RPG Kickstarter You Have Backed? I can’t speak to best run, because I don’t know how organized or successful the numbers looked on the company side of things. From my perspective, as a backer, I can say that the return on investment that I got both for Fate Core and for Shadow
Read moreI’ve mentioned before on the blog that I have a weakness for monster hunting urban fantasy stories. My favorite Powered by the Apocalypse game is Monster of the Week. My wife and I watch Supernatural and Grimm together all the time. I even watched the short lived live action Dresden Files television series. For what it’s worth, the series may
Read moreWhen we think about Urban Fantasy, we tend to think about “what if all that magic stuff from folklore were real, and showed up in modern life.” There are variations on that theme, but the crux of it is imposing old folk stories on the reality we live in. Taking that one step further, what if we started colonizing space,
Read moreJust in my lifetime, I think there have been about 3,748 variations on The Three Musketeers in film and television. That might not be an accurate number. I’ll see if I can come up with some facts to back it up. But I’m fairly certain I’m not that far off. I’ve see traditional recreations with famous actors, wuxia action flicks,
Read moreLanguage and communication are very important. When a term gets used, sometimes that term is very broad, and has different connotations to different segments of the audience. For example, the term “space opera” has been used for Flash Gordon and Star Wars, and in that context, it means a broad action epic that involves space travel and alien worlds, but
Read moreI grew up in the 80s. I know a lot of people that grew up in that time period remember things like The Day After scaring the crap out of them, and being in a heightened state of concern over Global Thermal Nuclear War. I get that, and I remember that, but maybe I’ve always been a glass half full
Read moreAside from one playtest session of the upcoming Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius, I haven’t had much of a chance to do Star Trek gaming. I’ve got fond memories of watching the original series with my brother on Sunday nights, staying up past my bedtime to see the end of the episode. In many of those episodes, the crew
Read moreAfter doing so many Shadow of the Demon Lord reviews, and doing that on the heels of a few 3rd party D&D reviews, I decided I wanted to do a bit of a pallet cleansing and review some science fiction material for a bit before doing any more fantasy RPG books. I also decided that I wasn’t in the mood
Read moreOne of the things that I really liked when I first saw the D&D Basic Rules for 5th edition were the Backgrounds. I really liked the idea of having easily summarized character traits that, if roleplayed well, would result in a character getting Inspiration. The better the roleplaying, and the more the character defines their character, the more Inspiration. The
Read moreThe more I read through RPGs like Marvel Heroic, various Apocalypse World derived games, and Fate games, the more I am convinced that the feel and flow of various properties are definitely encapsulated better by more narrative oriented roleplaying games. I think Star Wars does well in a more traditional framework, because heroes shoot back or run from danger, use
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