My recent fun with Coriolis has me excited about sci-fi games. My friends over at Columbia Games (Creators of HârnWorld) have a new Kickstarter which looks super-interesting, High Colonies! A Hard Science Fiction RPG set in the 23rd Century. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/columbiagames/high-colonies?ref=ed64zo All pledge levels are digital PDF, so none of that shipping malarkey to worry about.… Read More
I’ve had some pretty amazing #rpgloot turn up in the last week or two, and as I am unable to contain myself any longer, you get to hear about it. Let’s rock! Old School Essentials After a barn-storming Kickstarter campaign, all-round nice-guy Gavin Norman delivered a long-anticipated B/X ruleset which he has lovingly re-crafted using… Read More
Today, I was thinking about spells, their effects, and the caster’s level in S&W… It may have been Erik Tenkar’s Tavern Chat Podcast that planted the seed. I’m sure there are other systems that have dealt with this already, but spells are cast to generally create some beneficial effect. The power of these effects dictate… Read More
In writing my current MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing project Ryecroft (a cemetery-crawl), it occurred to me that there must be a toll paid for desecrating or disturbing burials. After all, it’s a morally objectionable thing for most normal folk (I’d hope). Here’s my rough and ready rules… Desecration These rules are optional, but they do… Read More
