Most game masters feel more motivated and creative when people want to play their games, encourage them to work on some specific idea, or look forward to a specific game that they’ve considered running. However, it can be hard to know what potential games somebody might have in their mind; we don’t exactly have a whiteboard on which people keep ( Read more... )

For those looking for a fast, easy-to-learn system for playing Star Wars, StarORE, which is essentially an adaptation of West End Games' d6 system to Greg Stolze's One Roll Engine, is an excellent starting point.  However, the rules for the Dark/Light Side balance seem a little bland to me.  This is an attempt to fix them.

Those of you who have ( Read more... )

   I have said that REIGN would be a good RPG to play a campaign like The Prince of Nothing trilogy of fantasy novels, and so for a bit of fun and some interest I have created one of the four main characters, Anasûrimbor Kellhus. Kellhus is a Dunyain, or one of an isolated sect of ascetic warrior-monks; this represents his abilities fairly early in ( Read more... )

REIGN is the most recent RPG by esteemed author Greg Stolze (also known for Unknown Armies, GODLIKE, and contributing to lots of other hames). It’s what I’ve been reading on the bus for the past week.

REIGN is the latest game to be published using the One-Roll Engine that Stolze first created for GODLIKE (a WWII supers RPG). Since then the ORE ( Read more... )

   On Monday I received my limited edition copy of Wild Talents. It’s a beautiful hardcover book with 240 pages in full colour. I’ve had a PDF copy of the Wild Talents playtest document for a couple of years, so I knew what to expect from the basic rules. It’s basically the same game as GODLIKE (WWII supers), ORE Mecha (giant robot combat), Star ( Read more... )