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Since I think some people (if they are still reading this) will be interested, I suggest you take a look at the new Kickstarter for Night Witches - a roleplaying game about the women of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment during WW2. By the same designer that brought you Grey Ranks.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/night- ( Read more... )

The bureaucrats and magicians of the Empire were always in favour of Order, even if that order was at heart a falsehood ( Read more... )

New Bundle of Holding. Some excellent indie RPGs here. I can say that because I have them all already.

http://bundleofholding.com/index/current

I give up.

Just to spread the word to a couple of FATE lovers out there about the latest Bundle of Holding +5. Exceedingly good value for a big selection of excellent games. [Damn you Allan! I paid full price for these!]

https://www.bundleofholding.com/index/current

PS: Starblazer Adventures has Science Police. How can you not want a game with Science

[This is mainly to get my idea on record so someone might find it useful.]

I like the Smallville RPG, even though the source material makes me feel less than enthused about doing so (I hold that it is actually a game that transcended it's source material). So I've been mulling over alternative ideas for play, which is difficult, since it really ( Read more... )

Some time ago I started writing yet another set of D&D rules - for the last three or four campaigns I've had I've used custom sets of rules - as it cuts down on the rules arguments and allows me to create innovative systems to drive play in the directions I want. [Although I admit the last set died stillborn when I got my copy of Blue Rose and ( Read more... )

( Should a Regiment be 3 or 6 Companies? Should a Colonel equal a Count in status? Should Generals be rivals for a King, or beneath him? )

Thinking seriously (again) about doing an Old School campaign, albeit one that has been heavily modified. One of the things I'm thinking of doing is eliminating the Strength bonus to weapon damage. [pause for effect] Well, not really. What I'm thinking of doing is integrating the strength bonus in with the weapon choices available to characters.
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Some really nice RPG rules are on sale at DriveThruRPG at the moment, so if you wanted to pick up a cheap PDF of them you might want to visit there "Try a New Game for a New Year sale," where the following are $12 a piece:

• Arcanis (the one I don't have)
• Artesia (nice game system and world explanation based on the comics of the same name; love the ( Read more... )