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The One Ring: Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game from Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games
Angus at Cubicle 7 Entertainment dropped me a line about their new RPG license, “The One Ring: Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game.” I am happy to see someone take a fresh look at this venerable gaming property. As usual, I will stay on top of the development process and give you updates as they [...]
Trask Wrote Some Modules–Please Give Me Feedback!
I wrote a couple modules for the Living Arcanis campaign last year and would like some feedback. I thought they were pretty good, but they released quietly and generally disappeared into the ocean of modules for Living Arcanis and I never received any feedback from the player base if they were any good. Therefore, I [...]
Review: Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 from Osprey Publishing
Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 by Stephen Turnbull is a recent release from Osprey Publishing that continues their line of fortress reference books.
A clarification is required of the term “review” before I continue with this post. Osprey Publishing publishes many titles every year and has done so for decades. There is a small [...]
Review: Battlestar Galactica "Caprica"
Wandering a bit off topic, I felt the urge to post something after watching the Battlestar Galactica prequel series pilot “Caprica.” I now provide you with the world’s shortest movie review.
I would rather watch the entire run of “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Seaquest,” back to back than have anything to do with “Caprica” ever again.
Trask, [...]
Broadside: The Influence of Sea Power on History–A Great Resource for a Naval Campaign!
Broadside: The Influence of Sea Power on History is an upcoming documentary about the Age of Sail, the court of Charles II, a young Dutch republic and various naval conflicts. Broadside is currently under production and does not have a firm release date for the United States, but the website is definitely worth your attention. [...]
Living Forgotten Realms: Too Much Roll-Playing
Much as I take issue with the design decisions of “4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons” as a rules set, I rather enjoy the “Forgotten Realms” campaign setting. “FR” always struck me as the more “mature” campaign setting that
required a bit more cunning and thought than “Greyhawk.” When Wizards of the Coast announced a “Living” campaign [...]
Green Ronin Rejects the GSL
Green Ronin Publishing , publishers of “True20″ and “A Song of Fire and Ice” rpgs rejected the GSL license offered by “Wizards of the Coast.” You can read their full statement here .
I am not surprised, the GSL is all stick and no carrot. The potential financial and legal consequences are huge for violating the [...]
Encounter Idea:The Tornado
Although weather is a long-standing threat to PC parties, the tornado is unique. Heat, cold and rain are just parts of the environment. No sense fighting them or avoiding them, since they are literally everywhere. A tornado is different, a serpentine ribbon of death meandering across the landscape. In order to kill it needs [...]
