This article was born, from a conversation with a friend. I’d recently read some hints on how to role-play which were blindingly obvious. So here is an idea for role-players. You may well know all this anyway, this is aimed more at people who been doing it for a while, but perhaps not decades. And … More Vulnerability

Ok, disclaimers first, nothing to do with guild ball, move along.   One of the best things about role-playing, is its adaptability. I know I’ve droned on about this before. But in the same way as a small gaming company thinks ‘I’d love to play a minatures game based on Roman gladiatorial combat, where’s my … More GAME VON THRONES

When you start playing a new role-playing character, you and the genius running the game get together to sort out your character. This is elementary role-playing, which to be honest, shouldn’t need explaining. This process has changed a lot over the development of different RPGs. When we all started out, all you needed was a … More The Joys of Character Generation

It’s funny, role-playing. You can spend ages planning a session, sorting your game out, and you really don’t know what’s going to happen. You know what you want to happen, but… My current game is Cyberpunk, doing a homicide detective team in Detroit. So, like most near future games I’ve seen, the future isn’t bright. … More Human Nature

I like Cyberpunk as a system. It’s nothing special really, standard new future stuff (Middle East glassed, corporations more powerful than most governments, poor people are buggered, and most food is artificial). If you’re inspired to role-play by films like Blade Runner, or books like anything by William Gibson, this is the system for you. … More Cyberpunk Cops

   I hate this time of year. Sure, when the kids were little, and my wife still loved me, we had a ball. Now, well, it’s overtime…    It wouldn’t be December without a serial killer in the area, and we got a real sicko.  Media’s calling him ‘Scoop’. He has some cattle prod thing, … More Ho Ho Ho (DCPD 3)

Can’t think of the song now, without seeing in my head, the scene in ‘A Knight’s Tale’, where the jousters are coming into London. Which marries in nicely with my theme, which is the continuation of the Pendragon campaign. As those of you who regularly cast an eye at these blogs know, you’ll find I … More The Boys Are Back In Town

As those of you who know venerable old me are well aware, I don’t really do board games. If I played a board game I really enjoyed, I’d work out how to change it into an RPG. I can’t think of a board game that wouldn’t be better as an RPG. So, as board games … More What’s the Difference?

I awoke instantly, guns in my hands. It was pitch black, and very quiet. Something had disturbed me, but there was no sign of anything. It was raining, which I guess had put out the fire, but there was supposed to be a sentry. I froze, listening, and then rolled silently away from my bedroll, … More Things that go bump in the night (Deadlands 3)

(Author’s note – in the Earthdawn world, there are no gods, only Passions. These are very powerful beings, associated with certain things, i.e. much the same as gods. They can materialise, and are served by Questors, who are mortals dedicated to their Passion and his aims/interests) Ow. Owowowow. Slowly coming to, thumping headache. It’s dark, … More THE PASSION