All Entries Tagged With: "RPG"
Vul-Con Trophies Are Amazing!
Vul-Con, the gaming convention taking place in Phoenix, Arizona on February 25th and 26th posted a shot of the amazing trophies for their main events. Roman swords! I will be posting more information about Vul-Con as the date draws closer. Livingdice is a sponsor of this convention, so I will be there in person. Drop [...]
After You Slay The Dragon, What Happens to the Remains?
I found the answer to this burning question! Rather than let the giant dragon corpses pile-up and pollute the countryside, there is a great new service for adventurers: Dragon Disposal! Yes, one quick call and a truck comes and picks up the corpse for a nominal fee. So quick and easy. Humor aside, this is [...]
The Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Rant
I consider 4th edition to be the “Star Trek: Enterprise” of the RPG world. An utter turd spawned from a beloved franchise, floating along on the river of franchise goodwill. Until it is justifiably flushed… That sucking sound you hear is the last breath of 4th edition going to a sewery grave. This also marks [...]
Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Announced
Ok, they are not calling it 5th Edition yet, but here is the announcement. D&D 5th Edition Announcement I will have further comment later, but you might recognize their development approach. Seems awfully familiar…. Trask
NDAs, 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons and RPG Media Sell-Outs
Non-disclosure agreements protect games during development from idea/concept theft and premature release of less-than-perfect versions. All well and good, but the recent flood of NDAs signed by various web sites regarding 5th Editon (or whatever the final name is ) D&D I find troubling. Some RPG blog sites, which I shall not name, got early [...]
My Nightbane Campaign Ends-The Post-Mortem
After many battles and horrendous personal sacrifice, my players reached the final challenge in my Nightbane campaign, a Nightlord in all his horrifying power. The battle takes places after a brief hiatus due to scheduling issues, but as it is the last encounter and the players are well aware of this fact, I will do [...]
Questioning Piracy, Part 5 – The New Business Model
(These series of articles involve quotes from posts on a forum website that distributed copyrighted material. With certain exceptions, names and website addresses have been withheld) The dialogue on this forum was not just limited to me and “Nemesis”. Eventually, another game designer decided to voice his concern… Actual Post I am of Alea Publishing [...]
Is the Swiss Army Knife Killing MacGyver?
MacGyverisms, creative combinations of disparate components to solve a life-threatening situation is a key component of all RPGs. Since the very first game that pitted a PC against a twisted GM’s plot line, kludged together solutions saved many a player character. Children of the 1980s call these solutions “Macgyverisms” after the show of the same [...]
Questioning Piracy, Part 4 – Pirates Are Still Consumers
(These series of articles involve quotes from posts on a forum website that distributed copyrighted material. With certain exceptions, names and website addresses have been withheld) “I downloaded your game for free and thought it was awesome, but I won’t give you money because I believe in free distribution for all creative content.” No, this [...]