Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!

Hmmmmm….. I want to be excited about this article from Variety, which states that a fifth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is on its way in 2011, but a couple of things concern me.  First, it says that the new film is live-action.  Don’t get me wrong, NOTHING beats the original TMNT film – the […]

Hmmm…some interesting crap in the Marvel July solicits!

Hmmm…there’s some interesting stuff coming up in July, based on Marvel’s July solicits, including what appears to be a “Rebirth”-style series, featuring the return of a beloved character, an interesting new take on the X-Men, and some interesting stuff finally happening to Spider-Man and Hulk!  Click the pic of the Dark X-Men to check out […]

The Wizard Sleeve: Sweet Victory

As a gamemaster, you must never discount that player motivation will often trump character motivation.  Sure, everyone likes to brag about games with “deep roleplaying” and “staying in-character” and most of the time experienced roleplayers have little trouble separating their desires from the character’s. However, sometimes there’s a carrot dangling that no player can resist […]

Your Morning Head: Role Playing Animals with/without Weapons, pt 2

After listening to Fear the Boot’s recent episode on playing animal characters, I wrote yesterday about playing something approaching a true animal (i.e. no thumbs, no pants).  Today, I want to pick up on the other part of FtB’s episode.  Role playing more human-like animal characters. Y’know, furries. Anthropomorphs The hosts of Fear the Boot […]