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Dice of Doom Podcast 007: Using Alternative Settings in your Roleplaying Games
During this episode of the Dice of Doom podcast we discuss different historical eras that can be used in your roleplaying campaign to move away from the traditional late medieval period that forms the basis of so many fantasy roleplaying games. Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Game Resources, History, iPhone Games, Podcasts, Role Playing Games Tagged d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, GMing, goblins, iPhone, role-playing 27 Comments
Horror Roleplaying Part 6: Cthulhu Mythos 2
Having taken a look at the underlying philosophy and the basic theme of the Cthulhu Mythos in my last offering, I thought we might have a look at some of the other aspects of Lovecraftian Mythos stories and how you might implement them in your own game. Continue reading
Posted in Cthulhu, Game Design, Gaming, Horror, Role Playing Games Tagged Cthulhu, gaming, GMing, Lovecraft, role-playing, Roleplaying, rpg Leave a comment
Making the Most of Magic
How to make the most of magic in your fantasy role-playing game. Advice for spellcasters, dungeon masters and writers. Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Game Resources, Gaming, History, Role Playing Games Tagged 3.5, 4E, Cthulhu, d&d, D&D4e, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, GMing, magic, role-playing, rpg 15 Comments
Polarising Gaming Systems Into Left and Right to Better Understand Games and Gamers
One of the great pleasures that we enjoy in our gaming group is designing new game systems to play. Over the years we have designed tabletop wargames, collectible card games and, of course, role-playing games. One of our group even … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged dnd, fudge, gaming, harnmaster, mage, role-playing, rolemaster, rpg, vampire 16 Comments
Do the laws of physics have a place in fantasy role-playing games?
Back in the old days of playing D&D 3.5 I was running a campaign with 8 players (yes, 8…). Amongst the usual set of crazy logistic issues that had to be faced (pallets of snacks for example…) we also had … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Role Playing Games Tagged 3.5, campaigns, d&d3.x, dnd, dnd 3.x, Dungeons and Dragons, GMing, role-playing 8 Comments
Powergaming: Making a Powerful Fighter or Monk in Core 3.5 D&D
It’s reasonably well known that Fighters and Monks are the weakest classes in 3.5 D&D. Whilst this can be partially be fixed by extending to non-Core books, this doesn’t actually solve the problem, and for some, that simply isn’t an … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged 3.5, 3.x, character, class, d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, feats, fighter, monk, Powergaming, role-playing, rpg, skills 30 Comments
i4e Updated – Now you can import from D&D Insider Character Builder
Mike Pattee from Cordax Software has pinged us to let us know that his app i4e has been updated in the App Store to version 1.1.0 and is available now for download. The app allows you to store your D&D … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged character, cordax software, d&d, D&D4e, dnd, dnd4e, Dungeons and Dragons, i4e, iPhone, role-playing, rpg, stats 2 Comments
Finally, an iPhone app for keeping your D&D characters on: i4e
It is very likely that if you are an iPhone owner and a D&D player there is one app that you have been longing for ever since you picked up the device from the store – a native application to … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Role Playing Games Tagged app store, apple, character, d&d, D&D4e, Dungeons and Dragons, i4e, iPhone, role-playing, rpg, stats 3 Comments
The Philosophy of Horror
For those of you who love horror fiction and roleplaying, yet also don’t mind a bit of academic/philosophical speculation, let me introduce a wonderful resourse: Collapse volume IV. This is a special edition of an academic journal on philosophy, this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cthulhu, Horror, Nerdom, Role Playing Games Tagged awesome, Cthulhu, geek, Horror, Lovecraft, monster, role-playing, rpg Leave a comment
Fabled Lands: a great solo roleplaying adventure
Remember those choose your own adventure books from your childhood? Well imagine that gameplay with some RPG character development, an inventory system, dice-based skill checks and an entire world to explore and quest throughout — awesome! Well I’ve just described … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged adventure, Books, Fabled Lands, gamebook, review, role-playing, rpg 10 Comments
