My group has a pretty established one-nighter/one-shot/one-off tradition. If someone is out, we play a one-shot. One of our number ran an great one-shot and that got me thinking. So here it is with slight edits for those of you not in my RPG group. Jason’s Awesome Game: a little analysis Jason’s one-nighter, a disobedient [...]
I took the family to see Kung-Fu Panda 2 yesterday. Man what a great movie. I really love this series. But that got me thinking about kung-fu1 in RPGs. For some reason, connecting the traditional2 back and forth of most RPG combat to “Western” melee styles is easier than connecting it to kung-fu. For me [...]
[I found the notes for this yesterday and thought I'd share it here. I originally shared this idea in a Wave with my gaming group.] How do we get the most out of a game with a big, rich setting? Given our busy lives, big setting books aren’t the answer. Weapons of the Gods monetized [...]
Not to long ago I ran a Star Wars RPG set in the Old Republic. Instead of using one of the published games, I used the PDQ# system as found in Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies. It was a perfect fit for the kind of high-action, swashbuckling adventure I wanted my Star Wars game to [...]
A little Background: A friend Jason and I were discussing asymmetrical parties in RPGs, movies, and literature. By asymmetrical I mean that the individual party members are not ‘balanced’ in the traditional RPG definition. Many movies and books that would serve as inspirational sources for RPGs feature this lack of party balance. I think party [...]
I want to be an Indie game designer. I really do. I want to talk be a skype interviewee on Canon Puncture, Narrative Control, or Master Plan. I want to be a thread starter at story-games (rather than a thread ender). I want to be incoherently verbally abused by RPGPundit. But dammit, I just can’t [...]
Yeah, I know, what’s up with eleven? I basically started counting and stopped when I felt like I was grasping at straws. This is in response to Zach’s poll for the Top 25 RPGS. AD&D 2e. All through high school and college. We truly created legendary tales that are still discussed at the gaming table. [...]
[I wrote this for an RPG forum, then realized how far it veered from the topic. Nonetheless, there's something worth saving here for later use.] Low-prep gaming doesn’t equal Tabula Rasa. I enjoy creating detailed imaginative worlds. In fact I’ve created several that have barely been touched by my gaming group. I also enjoy no/low-prep [...]
Ran another flat one-shot this weekend. If there is going to be an absence at the game table our group plays a one-shot (one-off, one-nighter, what do you call it?). This week I ran a WFRP game. I created two third career characters (A Witch hunter and a Master thief) and intended this to be [...]