Okay, running a bit late this week but I decided to go with Gamma World. Gamma World is an interesting subject, in that it’s very niche, and that to enjoy it you need to accept some of its odd, over-the-top nature. People generally “get” it, or they don’t. At this point, there have been seven … Read more
I have a couple of options for next week’s character. If I keep trying to do things somewhat chronological, there are a few options. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – I’d rather let that sit fallow for a bit. SPI’s Dragonquest FGU’s Villains & Vigilantes (1st or 2nd) FGU’s Space Opera Gamma World Top Secret If … Read more
Okay, it’s tough to talk about old school roleplaying games without touching on Classic Traveller at some point. I mean it was one of the first science fiction RPGs (Metamorphosis Alpha came out a year before Traveller, and Empire of the Petal Throne could also be considered SF). Traveller initially did not have much of … Read more
So, as mentioned in my last update, I am going to slowly work through my large collection of tabletop RPGs and make a character for each one. I’ll probably have some observations and snarky comments on occasion. And with that, D&D Basic Set Rulebook (B/X ed.) (Basic) is the first. So, back in roughly 1978 or … Read more
I had some life get in the way of things, including keeping this site updated. Suffice to say, it’s not necessarily finished yet, but we won’t know for sure until November at the earliest. So, in the meanwhile, I tossed an idea out that might keep me updating this thing more regularly both to my … Read more
So back in 1973, Game Designers Workshop published a science fiction wargame called Triplanetary. Designed by Marc Miller, it was a solid newtonian space combat game with a compact and functional set of rules, and you used an acetate sheet and grease pencils to track a ship’s vector. It was reprinted again in 1981, but … Read more
Monster of the Week – MotW is a ‘Powered by the Apocalypse’ game published by Evil Hat. The elevator pitch for this one is that all of the PCs are a team/family of Luchadores who fight the supernatural.
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