Dungeon World: One of The Worst Things I Have Done to my Players in an RPG
I’ve been running role-playing games over a couple of decades now, through numerous editions of games and the group itself has undergone several Ship of Theseus style changes during this time. I have stories from my first year of role-playing and from this year, but sometimes one just sticks out to you. Sit back, relax, […]
Cthulhu Dark
By Graham Walmsley, Kathryn Jenkins, Helen Gould with additional content by Mo Holkar & Chris Spivey Call of Cthulhu was the first major Lovecraftian horror game. It’s now in its 7th edition and… there’s a lot of rules. It’s fine, but it’s not necessary. John Wick (game designer, not action movie hero) has often said […]
Blades in the Dark Part 2 – How to Heist
Blades in the Dark is a game about heists in a dark fantasy world. Last time we saw the creation of our crew, The Perishers. They’re a bunch of Shadows. Lee’s playing Spark, a ghost-whisperer Vinnie’s playing Plank, a mastermind (his name is Plan K, as that’s how much he plans) Jacob’s playing Vile, an inventor […]
Blades in the Dark Part 1 – Welcome to Duskvol
Blades in the Dark Introduction – Welcome to Duskvol Eight hundred years ago the heavens and the world broke. Now we live in near-perpetual night on fragments of old worlds, floating on a sea which looks like the night sky. Ghosts roam the world, kept out of cities by electrical fields. That doesn’t stop ghosts […]
Sentinel Comics RPG Starter Kit
Designed by Christopher Badell and Critical Hit Studios. Published by Greater Than Games. Sentinels of the Multiverse is a game I’m a massive fan of. It’s a co-operative superhero card game with an incredible amount of lore buried in the cute art and fun quotes. The heroes, villains and environments in the card game each […]
Masks season one
Masks Season One Rather than present a length Actual Play report of all ten of the adventures we faced in my Masks campaign, I thought I’d present you with a rundown of some of the stories we played through, the stats of some of the villains and hopefully some inspiration for your own games. The […]
Edgy Games (oh so edgy)
For no real reason, here are some edgy role-playing games which may or may not feature vampires I heard the cool kids like their games edgy, and they like them featuring vampires. That’s cool, I grew up with Buffy as a major fandom. I played collectible card games featuring vampires and even role-playing games where […]
Masks: A New Generation
Masks: A New Generation By Brendan Conway and Magpie Games “I have no powers and not nearly enough training but I’m doing this anyway. Being a superhero is amazing, everyone should try it.” – Young Avengers Vol 2, #1 The Book Masks is a game about young superheroes, so it had my attention from the start. I’ve loved […]
Night Witches
Night Witches By Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games You’re in a military airfield which has been carved out of a literal field and the runway consists of an old country road. Your supplies are low, you’re surrounded on three sides by German forces and you’re fitted out in old Po-2 World War I bombers […]
Lovecraftesque
By Josh Fox & Becky Annison. You are alone. There are no other investigators, no weapons and no authorities who believe you. All you have are your wits and the certainty you know what’s going on… at least, as much as a human mind can know such things. You pull open the secret door and […]
