Category: Role-playing

  • RPGaDAY Nine

    What is a good RPG to play for about 10 sessions? Assuming we’re playing every week, 10 sessions works out to 2-1/2 months, which I would consider a short campaign. For short campaigns I tend to steer away from D&D or Pathfinder, and I look at some of my underplayed RPGs. Shadowrun or In Nomine…

  • RPGaDAY Day Eight

    What is a good RPG to play for sessions of 2hrs or less? If we’re talking a one-off, as opposed to a campaign, then I turn to my collection of Free RPG Day offerings. The vast majority come with quick-play rules and a short scenario, which makes them perfect for when you don’t have time…

  • RPGaDAY Five, Six, and Seven

    Sorry for the catch-up post, but a long-weekend of rest was too much to resist. Of course that just gave me time to think about gaming, so let’s knock these questions out so I can get back to it. Which RPG cover best captures the spirit of the game? So brand new that I haven’t…

  • RPGaDAY Day Four

    What RPG have you played the most since August 2016? Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition tops my play list over the last year, though if my regular weekly group hadn’t been plagued with attendance issues Pathfinder would have easily tied with it. But as I’ve mentioned a few times before, and posted here on the…

  • RPGaDAY Day Three

    How do you find out about new RPGs? Like most nerds in the current age, I spend a possibly unhealthy amount of time on the internet. I want to spend the maximum amount of time looking at cool stuff, so I subscribe to a number of game company newsletters so the new releases come to…

  • RPGaDAY One and Two

    And suddenly it was August! It has been a while, hasn’t it? My apologies, I was both ill and organizing a festival, and that ate my time like nobody’s business. But both those things are pretty much over, and August brings us to another year of #RPGaDAY. So you’re going to get sick of me…

  • Marginalia and Other Oddities

    I love introducing libraries of books in my campaigns. It’s the sort of treasure I’d love to find if I were an adventurer, after all. Cracking open a door no one has opened in centuries, only to discover shelf upon shelf of dusty manuscripts…oh yeah, you can keep your gold and gems (okay, maybe not…

  • Playing Card Treasure Generator

    I talked about why I started using playing cards as a random generator in the previous post. In short, as a young gamer I didn’t have the spare cash to pick up every new gaming aid that came out, so I improvised with what I had. And like any gamer, what I had were decks…

  • Playing Card GPC Generator

    I didn’t always have the budget for gaming that I have now. I’m certainly not complaining, it’s nice to be able to pick up a supplement if I want to, without having to decide to go without groceries or maybe hold off paying the phone bill for a bit. But I did have to get…

  • Mapping your World, Part 1: Getting Started

    Along with my renewed interest in campaign creation has come an interest in making good maps. My map-making skills are okay, at least when it comes to dungeon mapping. But I’ve always felt my terrain mapping skills were a bit…well, bad, if I’m being honest. Since I’m in the process of creating a new campaign…