Smudge Marks & Engel Werks Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsA year after putting out Waterdeep and the North, TSR published one of the most unusual boxed sets in RPG history. Usually a boxed set is a variety of material, including a couple of books, and maybe a couple large[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There have been three main centers of activity in Ed Greenwood’s own Forgotten Realms campaigns. Two of them, Shadowdale and Cormyr, are in the central area well covered by the original boxed set. The third, the great city of Waterdeep,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When TSR adopted the Forgotten Reams as it’s new main setting in 1987, the Moonshae Islands became one of the most prominent locales in the setting, absorbing along the way the Korinn Archipeligo, which had been the setting of module[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since playing Neverwinter, I’ve been thinking of the Realms again, and just got through re-reading the original box set I got back in ’87. This served as the introduction to a new setting for the 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last Saturday, the group got together again for another session of Pony Tales. Those of you who are paying attention may be wondering what happened to Episode 2. Well, there has been another session in between, but I was on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The gang all got back together on Saturday night for another round of brightly colored magical ponies. It was quickly decided that we had three things on the agenda: one more check by the marchioness’ estate, a second visit to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well… where to start…? A few months ago, all four of us here became aware of a show that’s doing quite well outside it’s normal demographic: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Dave in particular has really taken to it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ron Edwards, along with his work on GNS theory, at one point defined the term ‘fantasy heartbreaker’. In many ways the term was so obvious that I needed no definition to have a pretty good idea of exactly what he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1990, GURPS was four years old; Third Edition was two years old. There had already been a number of great supplements. I was a committed fan. A fan without a lot of money. I was surprised, and very happy when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first two versions of GURPS came in a box with four booklets. These were “Characters”, “Adventuring”, a pair of adventures (one solo, and one GM), and the “Charts and Tables” booklet. It had been in development for several years,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…