“Dinocalypse Now” is the first entry into the fiction line based in the “Spirit of the Century” universe made by Evil Hat Productions. With Wendig’s mixing of pulpy goodness and a dash of panache, he effortlessly cooks up an exciting story set in the Spirit of the Century universe that stands on its own without knowing the original book..
Defeat Your Invincible Enemy Using This One Weird Old Trick
In both fantasy and science fiction, it’s a fairly common theme to pit unlikely heroes against impossible odds. In very few circumstances do we said unlikely hero train and practice for years to become strong enough to beat his enemy — in many cases, the fan has been thoroughly defecated upon and the problem needs to get solved as soon as possible. That means something really unusual needs to happen in order for the good guys to win. Are you brave enough to wield the double-edged sword to give your players this option? Will you cut your own kneecaps off? Will they beat you to death with their PHBs? Or will you achieve Total Victory?
Steve Townshend on Adventure Design Podcast
Mike Shea of Sly Flourish and Steve Townshend, freelance WotC designer and trained actor, discuss the ins and outs of great adventure design in this most recent Critical Hits podcast.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-03-18
Great collection of #MarvelRPG resources from @atminn http://t.co/hyOodfgO # RT @Morrus: RPG Kickstarters – a new site to highlight all those RPG-related Kickstarter projects! http://t.co/ZpZgo9UA # RT @MattMorganMDP: In some unexpected GAMA news, @FFGames has revealed a 40k version of Talisman! http://t.co/siZYocJr # RT @StvWinter: How roleplayers and publishers are locked into a dysfunctional, self-destructive […]
Chatty’s Mailbox: Playing Castle Death for First Timers
In which a reader’s question about making Castle Death easier to run for a parent who’s never been a Game Master and is hesitant to tackle the game with only a blank piece of graph paper and a d6. Read the suggestions!
Chatty on Creativity: Muting the Judge and the What If Exercise.
In which Chatty shares his favourite creativity tricks and manages to create the core of both a campaign arc and setting…. which turns out to be eerily familiar.
The Swag of Yore
When I was a kid, we could watch a D&D cartoon and buy AD&D toys at most toy stores. Now, our selection of D&D items appears to be mostly limited to games. t-shirts, and leather goods. Read for musings about how things have changed for D&D merch over the last 30 years, and childish hopes for the future. My heart and wallet ache.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-03-11
RT @SlyFlourish: Built a prototype 4e #dnd damage dice calculator. Give it a try and let me know what you think: http://t.co/lWAVxRKS # RT @ProfBanks: Atlas Games is doing a special limited ed run of the core book for Over The Edge's 20th anniv. http://t.co/ZI2zmh0G #
Castle Death! A Dead Simple RPG for Kids and Parents, Part 3
In which Nico and Chatty conclude their first session of Castle Death, meeting Pit Trap Mac and dealing with an Ogre noble who’s a stickler for etiquette.
Castle Death! A Dead Simple RPG for Kids and Parents, Part 2
In which Chatty and his son Nico start exploring Castle Death and make up new rules as they go along, creating a unique introductory roleplaying experience.
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