1 day agoFirst Look: Lifted Vol1: Indomitable RPGCortex Prime’s first commercially licensed game. When I was running the Lifted: Vault 01 Kickstarter for Zine month, I got asked about using Cortex Prime for Lifted and I said something about my druthers… well, my druthers hath arrived. I’m teaming up with Fandom to make Lifted Vol 1: Indomitable…Kickstarter2 min read
1 day agoFirst Look: The Blade Runner RPG…like tears in the rain. I was supposed to get some IRL work done yesterday, but that all went out the window when I got an email saying there was a brand new shiny PDF in my Drivethru account.Tabletop Gaming3 min read
May 28White WhalesRpgs I’d like to play in 2022 My friend, Paul Mitchener, has thrown down the Nobilis challenge again! Before the pandemic, IIRC, we had a “Run Nobilis by year’s end” challenge and then IRL happened. Nobilis is a BIG concept RPG by Jenna K. Moran. You play these Noble Powers…Roleplaying Game3 min read
May 13H is for Hot and Hard…From the Dictionary of Fearless Gaming. — Scene framing is an almost universal tool a GM has across game systems. It is when the GM narrates a situation for players to engage with. Think of it as camera control of a movie and cutting to scenes. …Tabletop Gaming3 min read
Apr 2WIP — Lifted Vol 1. the RPGWhen I was running the Lifted: Vault 01 Kickstarter for Zine month, I got asked about using Cortex Prime for Lifted and I said something about my druthers… well, my druthers hath arrived. I’m teaming up with Fandom to make Lifted Vol 1: Indomitable! I’ll work with some writers I…Roleplaying Game2 min read
Apr 1The Virtual Tabletop promise.How to pick a VTT app for your online roleplaying games. — Bits and bytes and dice. For this post, Virtual Table Tops are websites or apps that let you play RPG sessions online with other players. This is part one in this VTT series, I’ll talk about the promise and range of VTTs and some hurdles. Rollforyourparty is VTT simplicity, but ugly. It has dice, the…Roleplaying Game4 min read
Mar 20The Book of Boba Fett RPGRoleplaying in the criminal underworld of Tatooine. — “This is Mos Espa and I am Daimyo here.” ―Boba Fett I’m just gonna cut right to the poodoo. Cartel RPG from Magpie Games is what I would use to run a game inspired by The Book of Boba Fett. In fact, my friend Rich Rogers of Plus One Forward…Roleplaying Game4 min read
Mar 11My Kickstarter is Late, Again.Tales from the crowdfunding gig. I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date! — The White Rabbit My second Kickstarter, Lifted: Vault 01, will finish late. About 6 months so. My first Kickstarter, By Aecer’s Light, was late too. Both are zines. I was small-scale testing in the Kickstarter…Tabletop Gaming3 min read
Feb 11G is for Grave and Grim Situations.From the Dictionary of Fearless Gaming Tracey is an army mechanic, Janusz is a Polish doctor. They find themselves detained by U.S. forces while scouting what they believed to be a Polish town. Turns out this town has an odd US-Polish arrangement that seems to work. It isn’t perfect -but…Tabletop Gaming2 min read
Dec 17, 2021Actually Played It: D&D 5eMe VS. the World’s Greatest Role-Playing Game. — I’ll save the long backstory. Let’s just say I remember when playing any RPGs was grounds for a beatin’, for real. I feel like D&D has been breaking through to the common spaces since 3E. I ran D&D 3E for my co-workers and boss at Reuters back then, in the…Dungeons And Dragons5 min read
