Tragically Trad: Yesterday's News

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 […]

Relapse: Magic 2011 Core Set

So, you’re pumped and ready for the Magic 2011 Core set release this weekend, but perhaps you’re coming back into the game or, like Danielle, have never drafted before. Worry not, my fellow spellslingers, today’s Relapse is here for you. Today, I’ll break down a synopsis of each color’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as, […]

Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning

Paul and I can’t tell time. Specifically, we can’t convert the time difference between the U.S. and the U.K.  Fortunately, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have mastered such pedantic concepts as time, thus affording us the opportunity chat with them one Saturday morning. We chat about Dan’s novel work in the Warhammer 40K universe such […]

Tragically Trad: 1971

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 […]

Legends of Steel (Savage Worlds Edition): A useful addition

The Savage Worlds game system is perfectly suited for pulp adventuring.  Just reading the rules brings to mind visions of mighty barbarians facing evil wizards with only their strength and steel to protect them, white knuckled adventurers discovering ancient temples housing timeless horrors, rakish heroes piloting shiny rockets and discovering forbidden planets, and smoky eyed, […]

Tuesday Tales: Inside Sanctuary

CAST OF PLAYERS: Aaron Murphy……………..Claws-of-Honor………………….Were-Tiger Jera Morrison……………….Alseyne Aulaudin…………………Sidhe Changeling Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* The street was dark. A nearby lamp post illuminated the corner where Casey, Tim and Tony stood. Just beyond and across the street from the warehouse an alleyway ran between two other garage-like buildings. Casey wavered between […]

Tragically Trad

Hi. My name is Rich, and I will be writing about classic RPG gaming. Old School Gaming has a fairly wide range of meanings on the net, so I had better clarify what I mean. I am going to be writing about pre-2000 gaming. That includes all the various D&D editions before 3.0, West End Star […]