A blog about the World of Greyhawk, tabletop RPGs, wargames, and pop culture
With the change of direction my online gaming work has taken, a couple of folks have asked about my intentions vis-a-vis the Castle of the Mad Archmage, my extension/ continuation of “Castle Zagyg” as originally published by Troll Lord Games. Read More
Back in the earliest days of role-playing, everything was “D&D”. It didn’t matter that you were playing with the magic system from the 3 LBB’s, an alternative experience point system from Alarums & Excursions, a couple of character classes from Read More
Wow… just… wow. Not connected with the truly awful remake from a couple of years ago, it turns out that octogenarian Robin Hardy, who was responsible for the original brilliant Christopher Lee version of The Wicker Man from 1973, is Read More
Zachary over at RPG Blog II reports live from the convention floor that the gaming setting that will be getting the 4E treatment in 2010 is Dark Sun. Whew! I was really fearing that WOTC would turn their maleficient eye Read More
I was thinking about why it was that generic scifi games don’t really work. The problem is only compounded in games that purport to be rules-light. When compared to the success of generic fantasy games, the question becomes positively glaring. Read More
This movie was supposed to suck. Wooden performances, a complete lack of characterization, unintelligible action sequences, nonsensical plot elements, it was supposed to be the “Mansquito” of our day. Well, I’ve got to say, it absolutely doesn’t suck. It was Read More
TGN – Tabletop Gaming News
