By Jessica Hammer For the past twelve years, my partner and I have been exploring play techniques in our one-on-one games. These one-on-one games are a terrific laboratory for experimentation and practice. Here’s why: Permission to innovate. It’s easier to get buy-in to try something new when there are only two opinions to […]
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by Gareth Hanrahan [This is an extract from the introduction to the forthcoming installment of the Cthulhu Apocalypse series. Previous installments are The Dead White World, a set of three linked adventures, and The Apocalyse Machine, the rules engine for creating your own apocalypse.] It is now the summer of 1939. The decision that […]
The Gaean Reach is the forthcoming standalone RPG by Robin D. Laws, based on the science-fiction novels of Jack Vance. From the Introduction – In The Gaean Reach, you play highly competent individuals of the distant future. Wronged in the past by a terrible foe named Quandos Vorn, you travel with a group of similarly […]
by Robin D Laws A DramaSystem Series Pitch If you’re following the Hillfolk Kickstarter campaign (in progress until Nov 2, 2012), you’ll already know the concept of the Series Pitch—an alternate DramaSystem game laid out for you in a simple and handy format. As of this writing, we’ve funded additional Series Pitches for the main […]
Our October See Page XX is chock-full of goodies, from layout samples to Orcs, from Ravenloft to Robin D Laws, we’ve got it all. Darren Pearce of Fun Tyrant Games presents an alternative Icon for the 13th Age compatible, Nightfall. Robin D Laws sets the scene for his Depression era-Texan-circus DramaSystem setting. Jessica Hammer talks […]
by Darren Pearce Fun Tyrant Games are soon to be releasing Nightfall, a third-party horror supplement which is compatible with 13th Age. It is an updated version of the old AD&D Ravenloft setting with some 13th Age-style touches thrown in. Here is the first taster, an Icon write-up of the sinister and life-sucking Turbodracula. TURBODRACULA […]
The Justice Trade System: Ashen Stars Author: Bill White (Castle Bravo, Big Hoodoo) Duration: 1-3 sessions Deadline: 30th January Description: The lasers are contracted to investigate the disappearance of theWindermere, a ship belonging to a weathly balla philanthropist but the ship holds some terrifying secrets. Will the bigcreds be worth the risk? Dead Horse […]
There is so much going on with 13th Age that I thought it best to spin off 13th Age news into this new Page XX section. Beware though, the Archmage’s scrying glass is misty, and while he speaks with certitude, the future is not always as clear as he pretends. The Past The 13 True […]
When we first encountered the idea of flat damage, my high school gaming group refused to play that way. This was David Hargrave’s streamlined rules system, The Arduin Adventure, back in 1980. The game was a highly modified version of D&D, and no one rolled damage. Damage was flat. Your war hammer dealt 7 damage, […]
This month’s ENnie Award-nominated See Page XX is a mini offering of 13th Age related goodies. Wade Rockett talks about his experiences playing 13th Age with lead designer Rob Heinsoo. Ash Law gives two examples of how normal items, such as a dwarven hammer, work in 13th Age. Bedlamdan tells us what actually happens when […]