Last weekend I watched an old classic black-and-white schlock horror movie. It was called “White Zombie.” The central horrific revelation of this movie is that voodoo can affect white people too! Oh, the humanity! The change in sensibilities between that age and this has turned what was once a horrifying idea into something humorous. In fact there is a whole genre of films made in the late 1920′s, 30′s and 40′s which have a similar feel. Their understanding of science is so different to our own that their monsters are laughable. What used to scare from an occult standpoint now seems funny. I started to think “This genre would be fun to play in. Why hasn’t anyone written a game like this?”
Well, we don’t need anyone to write a game for us. Let’s do it ourselves. Continue reading
Once again we are looking at a blank calendar with lots and lots of empty gaming slots to fill. About this time every year we ask our readers (and listeners) to recommend games that they think we should play. These games become part of our podcast and website through reviews and discussions, so suggestions from our community are very helpful in collating our calendar.
In this fibre packed episode of the DoDCast (good for you in so many ways!) we talk to Paul about his recent foray into teaching his kids about roleplaying games. We also discuss the role of sourcebooks in your campaign – just how rigidly should you adhere to them in your game. Sam from Tw33t_RPG joins us for an interview on his upcoming tweet roleplaying game. And, as a bonus, we include our first impressions of the Mouse Guard RPG, just because we’re nice like that.
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