Our epic campaign setting – Age of Legends – is now available on DriveThruRPG and we already have some great reviews in. From Brian Rating: 5 of 5 Stars! Great book and setting. It’s filled with a mix of historical material for the period and setting along with the mythic
Just a quick reminder that there are free adventures and artwork to download on DriveThruRPG. Quantum Flux – a sci-fi adventure with abandoned spaceships, aliens and a demented AI. FREE DOWNLOAD Outbreak! – Zombies. Everyone dies. The End. FREE DOWNLOAD Age of Legends Art Pack – Free RPG art from
The gods are coming back and they are looking for champions! The epic campaign setting Age of Legends will be available on the 31st August 2017 from DriveThruRPG but we have a free taster edition to wet your appetite. This is no little nibble either. This fifty page introduction to
There is a perception that all RPGs lie somewhere on a spectrum. At one end there are games which attempt to simulate a world and the player is bound by the rules of that simulation – e.g. the character starts with certain amount of gold, a fixed number of spells.
A critical component of good game design is how the game’s mechanics mesh with the game’s narrative. If the these elements do not align the player’s ability to suspend disbelief is challenged. For example, most games have mechanics which allow a character to attack at a range but the narrative,
The Last Spell Ingredient The trouble with magic is it that it is unexplainable and inexplicable. Diligent research wizards may find cheap and common alternatives for some spells but there is no guarantee all ingredients can be replaced. A healing potion might just need that very specific breed of moth
Fate True prophecies involve predetermination, a fixed time-line or gods of fate ensuring things happen. Which means the prophecy will be fulfilled regardless of what the characters do. As railroading the players this much is something most GMs avoid, adventures focus not on stopping the prophecy but on making sure
There is an almost universal trope in tabletop RPGs that a player (other the GM) only has narrative control of their own character. That is, they have very little ability to create and define parts of the world – the narrative – the character exists in. When creating a new
A Christmas present from 6d6 to tabletop gamers everywhere Our gift to you is a free download of our blood-soaked Christmas whodunit mystery – Mince Pies & Murder. Because nothing says Christmas like a spot of murder. Six famous detectives are invited to spend Christmas with a notorious but dying
