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[HERO 6th Mass Effect] Racial Templates: Council Races (Asari, Turians &...
Asari The Asari are perhaps one of the more recognizable alien species in Mass Effect. Despite coming off to the casual (and uninformed) observer as the token “blue-skinned space babes” the Asari...
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[HERO 6th Mass Effect] Racial Templates: Non-Council Races (Krogans &...
Krogans The warlike and brutish Krogan are a proud warrior race uplifted by the Salarians in a bid to fight against the Rachni. The Krogans won the war, but with their unchecked aggressions they turned...
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[HERO 6th Mass Effect] Power Translation: Warp from Life and Times of a...
In order to translate Powers properly in HERO, one has to get used to the idea of “Effects-based” systems. HERO powers are defined by small effects that are often stacked on top of each other to form...
View ArticleSeason 4 Episode 24 – The Professor, Mary Ann, and RPGs from RPG Circus -...
Welcome to Season 4 Episode 24 of RPG Circus Episode Topics Our Top 5 Deserted Island RPGS Hosts Jeff Brian George Show Links The Morrow Project Kickstarter Fate Core Rules Kickstarter PunkTown...
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Situational Tactics and Role-Playing Games from Emergence Campaign Weblog
“So… I’ve got two mutually-supporting castles and a small force of knights and some peasant militia to protect the royal court from a similar force? Man the castles, put the court in keep in the...
View ArticleWhat matters to your character: the value of the shameful secret from...
We’ve all made mistakes, done things that we regret, mourn missed opportunities. We all have shameful little secrets that we would not want to have exposed, usually deriving from our childhood or youth...
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Goal Setting 2013: Games I’ll Run from Life and Times of a Philippine Gamer
Hey everyone, since it’s the new year, the latest trend is not to come up with a list of resolutions, but to approach the year with a list of goals. So in the spirit of the new year, I figure I might...
View ArticleOld Dog Says…Know It All from BARKING ALIEN
Ready to learn how to make the special sauce?This is it bros and bras, the Colonel's secret recipe, the formula for Coca Cola, the ultimate thing I can pass on to the Next Generation of...
View ArticleRPGs I Have Played, and a few comments about them from G*M*S Magazine
You may be a better gamer than I am. Although I love to play, I’m really more of a writer/designer than a true gamer. I thought I’d make a list of rpgs I’ve played and maybe throw is some comments...
View ArticleSimulation vs. Playability: The Background Discussion for a Blog Series from...
Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be discussing how some games balance their desire to simulate a certain activity with the need for a game to be playable. Most of the posts will be dealing...
View ArticleTen Links in the Chain: Publisher News (26-JAN-2012) from Game Knight Reviews
Yes! Two links posts within just a couple of days of each other… Amazing, isn’t it? This one is all about the publishers. Dang they’ve been busy! Announcements, product releases, and all sorts of...
View ArticleHJRP0915 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 09 Episode 15 from Happy Jacks RPG...
Season 09 Episode 15 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Mouser, Kristel Show Notes: We discuss whether the presence of Bennies (or some other roleplaying reward system) improves roleplaying at the table or hurts...
View ArticleThe A-to-Z of Super Villainy from BARKING ALIEN
This April I am going to participate in the ever fun but not always possible to attend 'Blogging A-to-Z Challenge'.I found this one tricky the first time I did it as it took place right after my Muppet...
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[HERO 6th] City of Champions – Roll Call from Life and Times of a Philippine...
The HERO game has been officially started with the full roster of player characters in already. There’s still time to tweak the character builds over the next few weekends, but what we’ve got so far...
View ArticleSupervillainy A-To-Z: C is for Captain Infernal from BARKING ALIEN
Did you ever have one of those players who makes you want to dump this boring hobby of Role Playing Games to get into the existing and fast paced world of watching grass grow. No? I've got a guy like...
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Supervillainy A-To-Z: D is for Doomsayer from BARKING ALIEN
I am having one of those weeks. OK, actually, I'm having one of those lives. You know the kind. Like Charlie Brown has. Roger Ebert, film critic and genuinely funny individual, has passed at the age...
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Supervillainy A-To-Z: E is for Endgame from BARKING ALIEN
I almost regret using the following character as my 'E' entry. He is one of my greatest characters, let alone villains and after him all others will pale in comparison from this point forward. At only...
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[HERO 6th] City of Champions – Character Hooks from Life and Times of a...
Today I’m looking at the player characters in my ongoing not-so-serious HERO campaign. Despite an attempt to try to lighten the mood somewhat of this campaign, I still find myself falling to old habits...
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Supervillainy A-To-Z: H is for Hollow Victory from BARKING ALIEN
Sometimes a character concept comes to me by taking a look at two or three superheroes or supervillains from the 'Big Two' (Marvel and DC) and pulling an Amalgam Comics move.That was certainly the...
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[HERO 6th] City of Champions – Teen Conflict from Life and Times of a...
One of the things to consider when running a teen supers game is the idea of making certain that there’s a good mix of conflicts that matter to the protagonists. Given their age, this conflict can come...
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