A bad story will always cause player frustration. A Long Time Ago After the arrival of a new pack drove them from their familiar patch of forest, Ug, Krg and their offspring find themselves in unfamiliar jungle. Hungrily they begin

A bad story will always cause player frustration. A Long Time Ago After the arrival of a new pack drove them from their familiar patch of forest, Ug, Krg and their offspring find themselves in unfamiliar jungle. Hungrily they begin
Why do we care about some games and not others? What Does Caring Mean? Simple answer: Investment The death of a loved one makes us sad because we have invested grey matter in that person. Our brains develop neurons dedicated
The Brain Is A Story Teller Stories are literally how we make sense of the world and not just through the obvious mechanisms of metaphor and fable. To the brain there is no difference between the story of why a
Stories & RPGs is part of the blog about exactly that – stories and tabletop games. It is not about story games versus traditional / OSR dungeon type games though there will be lots on how some types of games
Elthos, written by Mark Abrams is advertised as a lightweight, fast action RPG and can be found at http://www.elthos.com. The website also includes access to the Mythos Machine, a web application for GMs and players to world build and run
What happens when science meets magic? Machines possessed by demons? That’s science fantasy, which is the topic of this month’s RPG Blog Carnival, as hosted by Daemons & Deathrays. What separates science fantasy from science fiction is the introduction of
This artwork forms the cover of the Age of Legends tabletop role-playing game. In the background a pegasus flies towards Athens. In the foreground Odysseus sails, tied to the mast, while beset by sirens. His ship is also threatened by
Billed as high octane action in Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti Overdrive is by Fraser Ronald of Sword’s Edge Publishing and had it’s successful KickStarter in February 2015. Content Nefertiti Overdrive is not a setting book. Beyond a few paragraphs setting events
The Hellenic view of the world depicted in the map from Age of Legends. As well as featuring in the campaign book, the map is available as a poster and as part of the Epic Sticker Pack. The full map
The topic of this month’s RPG Blog Carnival is Wizards, as introduced by Harbinger of Doom . They want to know about the magic users in your RPG, in particular their culture. Circe and Medea are perhaps the most famous
Published by Four-In-Hand Games and written by Eric Simon after a successful KickStarter in October 2014 . Steamscapes Asia is a Savage Worlds licenced product, the second in the Steamscapes steampunk setting after Steamscapes North America. Both products are source
Out thanks go to William Altman who’s reviewed Age of Legends despite their busy schedule with the peace corps in Georgia. You can find the review at Krendel.net, where you’ll also find plenty of information about William’s game Krendel.