Category: Role-playing

  • RPGaDay #28: Most Memorable Encounter

    I was stumped on this one, until I decided to broaden my interpretation. In 2010 I attended Gen Con for the first time in over a decade. I travelled down from Edmonton with a group of friends, and since it was my first time back in a while, chose to get the VIG, or ‘Very…

  • RPGaDay #28: Scariest Game You’ve Played

    The scariest game I’ve played, and I’m sad it hasn’t been topped since, is the first time I played Call of Cthulhu. I’d read H.P. Lovecraft and stories inspired by him for years, and I picked up the first edition of the game when it came out. But I didn’t have a chance to play…

  • RPGaDay #27: Game You’d Like to See a New/Improved Edition Of

    Not so much a game as a setting, I’d love to see World of Greyhawk get another fair shake as a campaign setting. Wizards of the Coast briefly and half-heartedly promoted it as a campaign world when it launched 3rd Edition. But it was quickly shunted aside for the more popular setting, Forgotten Realms. Which is…

  • RPGaDay #26: Favourite Character Sheet

    While there are plenty of really good pre-printed character sheets out there, my tendency has always been to write mine out very neatly in some form of notebook. Usually this takes up the first 2-4 pages; the rest I then use for campaign notes, maps, sketches, and so on. I tend to play fantasy RPGs…

  • RPGaDay 25: Favourite RPG No One Else Wants to Play

    Oddly enough, I can’t get anyone to play Fairy Meat with me (technically it’s a miniatures game, but it can be played in campaign mode and has character sheets, so I’m broadening the definition). Given the sense of humor shared by my particular group of friends, I’d think a game involving cannibalistic fairies would be right…

  • RPGaDay Roundup, Part 3

    This is Part 3 of my RPGaDay Roundup, if you’re just jumping in. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 by clicking their links. Day 19: Favourite Published Adventure I’m a huge fan of the Adventure Paths for Pathfinder in general. I think the concept of packaging a discreet section of a campaign, along…

  • RPGaDay Roundup, Part 2

    The RPGaDay Roundup continues! If you’re just joing us, Part 1 is here. Let’s continue: Day 13: Most Memorable Character Death When I was in high school, I had a Paladin I had managed to get up to 16th level. I started that guy in junior high school, and at that time it was my…

  • RPGaDay, Day 5: Most Old School RPG Owned

    I’ve culled a lot of my collection over the past few years, but I’ve kept a few things which mean a lot to me. One of those is a copy of Metamorphosis Alpha, an early TSR sci-fi game. If it came out now, it would certainly fall in the beer-and-pretzels category of role-playing games; light,…

  • RPGaDay, Day 4: Most Recent RPG Purchase

    I was going to show-off the D&D Starter Set again, but that was bought for me, not by me. No, my most recent game purchase was the updated rules for Kobolds Ate My Baby!, over at Drive-Thru RPG. I’ve owned and played the previous edition for years, but I wanted the latest edition so I…

  • GMs, It’s Cold Outside!

    In honour of the polar vortex spreading record low temperatures across North America, let’s talk about cold weather and adventuring. With the exception of a relatively recent Pathfinder Adventure Path ([shameless plug] Reign of Winter [/shameless plug]) and the odd adventure here and there, I haven’t seen a cold weather environment used to much effect…