Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011

D&D With Kids

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I ran an impromptu game with my niece (7) and nephew (9). I fully expected the 9 year old to get into the game and he did but the 7 year old took it to a different level of sophistication. When I first explained the concept of an RPG to the kids I told them that it was...

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Looking At Older Projects

Now that Firefight! is out I'm looking at projects that have been set aside to pick back up. I'm giving serious consideration to Adventur...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Firefight!

It's been quiet here for a while now. On top of renovating an old house It's also been because I've been quite busy writing software for making EPUBs, creating an EPUB for distribution, navigating the (sometimes byzantine) paths to the Apple and Google eBook stores, and creating the website...

Friday, July 15, 2011

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Gave Advanced Fighting Fantasy a whirl

We ran our test scenario where the heroine wakes to hear the village being attacked by goblins and orcs. The orc chieftain is kidnapping the mayor's son while his warg and warband wait outside. Here's how it went.Upon being driven awake by a commotion outside, our heroine leaps from her bed and tests...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Memories of The Forest of Doom

Advanced Fighting Fantasy landed on the doorstep yesterday. I'm only about half way through but I'm absolutely loving it. I played the game books as a kid and extrapolated from them a stand-alone system when I didn't even properly know what an RPG was. The 1989 version never made it to my hands which...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bulldogs!

I just finished reading Bulldogs! and I have to say that it does indeed kick some serious rump. First off, I have to say that I'm a big, big fan of FATE 3.0. Ever since Spirit of the Century landed in my lap I've been running all sorts of games with the engine; everything from Lord of the Rings to Star...

Friday, June 10, 2011

Old School Response

I've been reading as many responses to the release of Goodman Games Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG as I could since the game has piqued my interest. A few observations:More than once the use of Zocchi Dice was described as a gimmick. In 1974 D&D must have been hella-gimmicky. What were they thinking?And...

Thursday, May 19, 2011

It's Zooming By

The month is zooming by and this is the first post for May? Geez.I haven't played anything at all for the last few months. I have a big home remodeling project coming up which will push the play-less period out a little farther but it won't last forever. The first games in the queue are TechNoir and...

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Castles Keeper Guide is Finally Here

When I discovered Castles & Crusades back in the neighborhood of 2007 I heard about the mystical Castle Keeper Guide. Intrigued, I placed an order for the C&C Player Handbook and Monsters & Treasure manual. While my books were en route I was hoping that the CKG would soon be available for...