From the Attic: Fantasy Hero 1st Edition from Bat in the Attic
Prior to 1985, I played several other RPGs than AD&D 1st, Traveller, Call of Cthulu, Gamma World, as well as having familiarity with other systems like Runequest 2nd Edition.But my break with...
View ArticleThe Physics Of Uncertainty from Campaign Mastery
A bit of a departure from the usual today, with an article that is only indirectly game-related. Every now and then, you have to let your imagination run wild or it gets soft and flabby… normal service...
View ArticleChampions – United They Stand, Divided We Fall from BARKING ALIEN
Tomorrow is the official, last session of my Champions campaign, "The New Champions", based on the world setting created by my friend Will and which I last played in my first year of college prior to...
View ArticleSuperhuman Face Palm from BARKING ALIEN
My Champions game has ended and honestly I can't say I'm not happy it's over.The final session was brutal, not just in the nature of the combat but in the excruciatingly slow time it took to get some...
View ArticleUpdated Musings from BARKING ALIEN
My gaming anniversary has passed and I am now in my 35th year of gaming. This will mark my fourth post in four days. A trend? Possible, even likely. With no major campaign to prepare material for and...
View Article[Gaming Library] Aaron Allston’s STRIKE FORCE: A Must Own GM Resource from...
At the Origins convention in 1981 Hero Games released what would become one of the best selling super hero role playing games of all time, a game that is still around and which has served as the IP...
View ArticleValue for money & the pricing of RPG materials – Part 1 of 2 from Campaign...
I’m going to step aside from the usual practice of talking to GMs about how to improve their game for a few weeks in favor of what used to be a popular subject around the watercooler-analogue – and...
View ArticleSuperhero combat on steroids – pt 1 of 2: Taking the initiative with the Hero...
Hero Game’s Policy on publishing house rules is both enlightened and occasionally maddening. They have no problem with people posting their own characters, or discussing their rules, or publishing...
View Article[Superhero RPGs] Changling of the Teen Titans: The Same Hero in Different...
Those of you who read this blog on a regular basis know that I consider Different Worlds magazine to be one of the great publications of what James Maliszewski calls the Golden Age of D&D. The...
View ArticleBy The Seat Of Your Pants: Using Ad-hoc statistics from Campaign Mastery
GMs are called apon to make decisions all the time. Sometimes we can make our choices off the top of our heads using common sense and our knowledge of the in-game environment/circumstances, sometimes...
View Article[Vintage RPGs] CHAMPIONS 1st Edition — A Blast from the Past from Advanced...
The CHAMPIONS super hero role playing game is one of the best super hero role playing games ever designed, and the game to which all super hero rpgs are compared. CHAMPIONS wasn't the first role...
View ArticleSuperhero combat on steroids – pt 2 of 2: Moving with a purpose from Campaign...
Hero Game’s Policy on publishing house rules is both enlightened and occasionally maddening. They have no problem with people posting their own characters, or discussing their rules, or publishing...
View ArticleAn Adventure Into Writing: The Co-GMing Difference from Campaign Mastery
I thought that I’d talk a little today about the way Blair and I write adventures for the Adventurer’s Club campaign. Because we share the GMing responsibilities in that campaign – and I don’t mean...
View ArticleEnsemble or Star Vehicle – Which is Your RPG Campaign? from Campaign Mastery
For some time now, I’ve been aware of a subtle difference between the advice being dispensed here at Campaign Mastery and what really happened in the games that I run. At first, I wasn’t entirely sure...
View ArticleSeason 4 Episode 22 – Let’s Go Dungeon Delving! from RPG Circus - RPGBlog
Welcome to Season 4 Episode 22 of RPG Circus Episode Topics Interview with Barrowmaze's Author Greg Gillespie Games with "Different" Dice Hosts Jeff George Show Links Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Relief...
View ArticleBeen There, Done That, Doing It Again – The Sequel Campaign Part Two of Two:...
If you’ve followed the advice that I proffered in the first part of this article, your proposed sequel campaign is now brimming with ideas but they are scattered and incomplete. Some of these campaign...
View ArticleGaming Solo…With A Group from BARKING ALIEN
I wanted to address a fairly common issue in role-playing games that I have been encountering more and more over the past couple of years and find out what other GMs do about it.At least I am going to...
View ArticleShades of Sky Blue: Variations on U.N.T.I.L. from Campaign Mastery
A book on the structures and natures of different governments within our world got me to thinking anew about perhaps the most seminal creation within the background of the Hero System – U.N.T.I.L....
View ArticleIf The Stars Aligned from BARKING ALIEN
I'm really pleased that my last post generated some actual discussion. Though it may seem a simple thing to some, its the part of my blog that I really enjoy the most. Don't get me wrong, its always...
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[HERO 6th] Conversion Project: Mass Effect from Life and Times of a...
I’m a big fan of Mass Effect. In my mind, Mass Effect is perhaps one of the most interesting sci-fi videogame rpgs to have come out since Star Control 2. Interesting aliens, a strong storyline and a...
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