Last night, the BBC started showing their remake of “The Survivors”, a post-apocalypse TV series first made in the 1970’s. So I thought it was a good time to look over films & books that have the making of great
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Ancients & Moderns: The Starting Age of Characters
In D&D, every character starts at the same age. Not the same chronological ages obviously but the same mental / developmental age. Whether dwarf, elf, half-orc or human, all characters start out as the equivalent of an 18 year old
Roleplaying
When I sit and ponder the games I am involved in, a lot of the time is invariably given over to considering the relationships my characters have with others in the game world. Whether it is about understanding the plot
RPG Character Sheets Suck
Why Character Sheets Suck Almost without exception, RPG character sheets fail to make the player’s life as easy as possible. They are all product of either bad game system design, bad graphical design or bad usability design. It is far
Five Fantasy Films Every Gamer Should Watch
Which Films Should an Fantasy Gamer Watch 5. Lord of the Rings Trilogy I’m just getting this out of the way. All three films are technically excellent and beautifully catch the epic scale of Tolkien’s work but as you have
Fantasy Magic
All the recent articles I have posted about wizards and magic have got me around to thinking about the mechanics of fantasy magic and its attributes. All campaign worlds need some kind of magic, some way of harnessing power to
Of Men and Gods
Why D&D Gods Make No Sense There is a big difference between our real world gods and the gods in a D&D world. The gods in D&D worlds exist and are real (at least to the characters). The gods in
Fantasy Armour
Like fantasy weapons in D&D, I believe armour defines the warrior. Conan in plate never really works for me nor do knights or paladins in studded leather. Or is this really true? Campaigns do not really have many boundaries and
D&D’s Most Valuable Item?
An Easy Way of Making Money Most characters are working class. The children of goat herders who go off in search of fame and fortune. The first few levels are full of daring adventures and close shaves that bring wealth
Removing Magic Items from a D&D Campaign
In Ye Olde Worlde Magic Item Shop I highlighted how magic items had ceased being special in 3.0 onwards. Here is my solution to the problem. Magic Items have a Story If you think of the magic items in literature,
Thrud – British D&D Humour
In my round-up of D&D Humor I managed to forget one classic from the eighties. Thrud the Barbarian. Drawn by Carl Critchlow, Thrud appeared in White Dwarf magazine (Games Workshop’s equivalent of Dragon) and followed the simple life of Thrud.
Cloverfield in D&D
Thursday night’s game session was canceled due to Pete having the flu so I found myself with an unexpectedly spare evening. One quick trip down to the video store later and I was settling down to watch Cloverfield. After a