- Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Playtest overview.Posted 225 days ago
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It’s Reality, Jim, but not As We Know It: St Barbara
Two of the most important skills that I added to the Hero System when I was writing my House Rules for my Champions campaign were Paranormal Physics and Paranormal Biology . The first explains how powers...
- Posted 748 days ago
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On The Nature Of Flaws
Disclaimer: This article was prompted and inspired by my receipt of a free copy of Player’s Option: Flaws from 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, but it is largely based on my experience with the Hero System. 4...
- Posted 776 days ago
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Bang! Blat! Whoomph! Character Conventions In Pulp (Continued)
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grew so substantially that it became necessary to split it into...
- Posted 790 days ago
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Zot! Zap! Crash! Character Conventions In Pulp (Continued)
A real thompson submaschine gun in a violin case This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grew so...
- Posted 811 days ago
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Wham! Clang! Kapow! Character Conventions In Pulp
The Story So Far… This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grew so substantially that it became necessary...
- Posted 818 days ago
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Pow! Wham! Bang! Story Conventions In Pulp
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grown so substantially that it has become necessary to split it...
- Posted 832 days ago
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It’s a good time to be a supers fan!
Tweet Warning: This post is a mixed bag, part reflection on my current campaign and the lessons I’ve learned from it, part an overview of recent sources of inspiration and sharing a handout I’ve developed for...
- Posted 840 days ago
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Blat! Zot! Pow! The Rules Of Genre In RPGs
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grown so substantially that it has become necessary to split it...
- Posted 847 days ago
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All This And Psionic Spam: Examining Psionics, Part 4 of 5
Last time out, I started examining the concept of The Internet as an analogy or metaphor for Psionics, especially telepathy – but ran out of time after looking at only 7 web phenomena of a planned...
- Posted 937 days ago
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The Value Of Information: Examining Psionics, Part 3 of 5
This, and the two parts that preceded it, were all originally intended to be one post, and a relatively smallish article at that. The decision to incorporate material from the game rules that I had written...
- Posted 944 days ago







