In the latest episode of their delicious podcast, Ken and Robin talk powergaming, the science of taste, our Dracula movie, and James Jesus Angleton.
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Different times call for different games Have you ever wondered… how the children from Narnia coped back in the real world? what it’s like to voyage into a black hole? how dystopias are created, and destroyed? what you would sacrifice to protect your family? what heroes talk about on the eve of a life-altering battle? how to defend your […]
Your freelance law enforcement crew may have formed and then found a ship with which to ply the justice trade out in the Bleed. Or perhaps you joined an existing laser gang that already had a ship. Whether or not you had a say in the class of ship you crew on, it has an […]
[Editor’s note: the Malandros Kickstarter ended on 20th November 2015] Malandros is a tabletop roleplaying game based on the award-winning DramaSystem rules engine created by Robin Laws. Like its predecessor Hillfolk, it’s a game of personal struggles and interpersonal drama. Making a new DramaSystem game like this is possible thanks to the generous backers of the […]
A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws A while back in the Alma Mater Magica series I’ve been running we came across an unusual situation not covered by the DramaSystem procedural rules. A wizardly confrontation pitted at least three player factions against each other. I polled the players to find out what their characters […]
Jonathan and I usually agree on the mechanics of 13th Age, but our memories don’t always agree when it comes to how key mechanics were created.* The escalation die is a prime example. I remember using the escalation die in a bizarro 4e game, fighting minions of Torog, back before we started work on 13th Age. […]
In the latest episode of their oracular podcast, Ken and Robin talk prophecy, Chicago film fest, Pyotr Rachkovsky and Eric, lava lamp of mystery.