At GenCon this year I was fortunate to room with Chris Perrin and to get a chance to play in a session of his game: Mecha. Mecha is a rules-light RPG designed to simulate giant robot anime shows. It is not a mech combat game like Battletech or Iron Tyrants, it is an RPG with […]
At GenCon I had the chance to play the totally un-trad game Mecha. In fact I got to play in a session run by the game’s creator Chris Perrin, one of my roommates at the con. What follows is an interview with Mark Reed of Heroic Journey Publishing, Mecha’s publisher. I will be following this up […]
Hello gamers, As you may have noticed, I am going to be talking about a less than trad game in this column. There will be a few of these in the near future resulting from my trip to GenCon. I want to cover the things I did there, then it is back to 1990 as […]
Knockspell is a gaming magazine published by Black Blade Publishing. Knockspell focuses on the older editions of D&D, specifically OD&D (cloned by Swords and Wizardry), Basic D&D (cloned by Labyrinth Lord) and, AD&D (cloned by OSRIC). The magazine is more professionally organized than most of the other old school magazines and has the feel of […]
I thought I would take some time to talk about the game I am currently running, and how I go about doing it. I am currently running a campaign using Michael Curtis’s Stonehell megadungeon, I have set the dungeon in Amacuifrom the Points of Light II hexcrawl setting collection. Both Stonehell and Points of Light […]
Hello Gamers, I am off to GenCon tomorrow, and I am looking forward to a good time. I am packing Labyrinth Lord and Michael Curtis’s Stonehell if anyone is looking for some old school gaming goodness. Labyrinth Lord is a clone of Basic D&D, so if you enjoyed the Red Box (elf is a class!) […]
Over the years my various gaming groups have had a laugh at the idea of fighting giant centipedes. I have to admit, that as a DM, the never really struck fear in my heart either. Until I rolled over one in my sleep last night and it stung me. I woke up screaming. While I […]
Hello Gamers, Dig out The Crow soundtrack, Masterbook is coming back! The RPG Blog II has news that Precis Intermedia has acquired the rights to West End Games’ Shatterzone, Masterbook, and Bloodshadows. They are planning on reprints, with cards. This is great news for traditional gamers. If you are not familiar with those games, they […]
Hello Gamers, Sorry this is a little bit late, but I got my rat tail tangled on a Street Fighter II machine and it took forever for the paramedics to arrive after we called them on the car phone. I have to say this is a great time to be a traditional gamer. I attended DexCon in […]
Hey gamers! I am sitting here in my “Free Angela!” T-Shirt, listening to “All Things Must Pass”. It’s 1971, and boy is it a rough year. USA and USSR agree not to detonate nukes on the ocean floor (your house is still a valid target); Lt. Calley is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in jail […]