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Recently, in one of our podcasts, we discussed the idea of rolling your skill checks first in response to a challenge and THEN roleplaying the resulting success or failure. For example, you would roll your diplomacy check, and then you’d roleplay the resulting success or failure based on the result. The idea has been picked up and run with by the guys at Roving Band of Misfits who discuss it at length, along with some very useful rule interpretations for implementing it in your D&D 4e game. It is well worth the read. Continue reading
Dismemberment and Permanent Injuries in D&D
We recently had a great question on Twitter by IvPalmer: “Have you guys ever came across a dismemberment case in D&D? A player lost an arm last session and I’d like to give him options.” As it happens, yes, we have, and, like you, we wondered what exactly to do about it. The rules don’t give an answer… or do they? Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged d&d, dnd, dungeons & dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, house rules, rpg 24 Comments
Play a New RPG Month
After finding out how enjoyable and fun it was to play so many different games, we decided we would start a new project. So today we are announcing Play a New RPG Month. OK, we’ve been talking about it on the podcast for ages, but this is the hard, do it now, get out there and make it happen, announcement. We want to encourage as many gaming groups as we can to break the routine and try out something new. If you are a group that already plays a lot of games, we’d still like you to join us. Let’s make a big show of it and see what happens. Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Meta, Role Playing Games Tagged gaming, Meta, PANRPG, playanewrpg, Roleplaying, rpg 3 Comments
GURPS Review
We’ve been keen to play GURPS for many, many, many years now and the Grand Gaming Experiment gave us the opportunity to give it a shot. So with all this anticipation and excitement, did it live up to our expectations? Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, GURPS, Role Playing Games Tagged GURPS, reviews, Roleplaying, rpg, sjgames, Steve Jackson 31 Comments
For those of you who read our blog regularly or listen to our podcast, you’ll know that we’re quite fond of the occasional horror roleplaying game. Turns out the guys at Gaming Tonic have a similar penchant. Check out their post on Setting the Stage for a night of horror roleplaying. Continue reading
Dice of Doom Podcast 028: Listeners’ Questions Answered 01
In this episode of the Dice of Doom podcast we conduct our first Q & A, taking four questions from listeners and readers. Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts, Role Playing Games Tagged d&d, dnd, dungeons & dragons, GMing, q&a, Roleplaying, rpg 6 Comments
So your players have gotten too rich: Dealing with a Monty Haul Campaign
We’ve all been in that position when running a roleplaying campaign. That moment when you realise that you have allowed your players to amass more wealth than is healthy. All of a sudden they are buyingtheir way out of the challenges that you place before them, there’s no magic item they can’t afford and all of a sudden they are building a huge palace or fortress on prize real estate. And then, when the locallord gets upset, they either buy him off or raise an army and go and crush him. Yes, we’ve all been there and had to deal with it in one way or the other. What follows are a handful of ways that I have dealt with it in the past as a GM, or experienced as a player. Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Role Playing Games Tagged d&d, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, gaming, GMing, Roleplaying, rpg 10 Comments
Dice of Doom Podcast 027: GURPS Review and Gaming Group Roundtable and Methods of Running Multiple RPG Groups Playing the Same Adventure
In this episode of the podcast we review the venerable and iconic game GURPS (Generic Universal Roleplaying System). We also, in a first, include a conversation had about the game at the conclusion of the final session with the entire gaming group where we go through and rate the game on Character Generation, Combat System, Rules (other than combat) and Overall Fun. Continue reading
Posted in GURPS, Podcasts, Role Playing Games Tagged GURPS, Roleplaying, rpg, sjgames, Steve Jackson 6 Comments
Dice of Doom Podcast 026: Rating the First Six Games and Creating Meaningful Character Motivations
This episode we discuss our ratings of the first six games of the Grand Gaming Experiment and we look at creating meaningful character motivations and backgrounds. Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts Tagged d&d, dnd, dungeons & dragons, gamma world, Roleplaying, rpg, star wars 1 Comment
Mixing up your Roleplaying Game: Cast of Characters Roleplaying
During the conversation in the podcast we discussed the idea of handing over control of a couple of the recurring characters to one or two of your regular players. The idea being that they would then play out the characters based on the motivations and knowledge that these characters would have. This we have been calling Cast of Characters Roleplaying. Continue reading
