Category Archives: Fantasy

Focusing on the Fantasy genre, generally with regard to roleplaying.

Beta Fantasy

April 6, 2013 2:06 pm / Leave a Comment / UbiquitousRat

Having some spare time, I’ve taken the opportunity to try and progress the development of my own RPG system, Beta. As I mentioned in my last post, this is a long-overdue project and it’s nice to be finally working on it in earnest. This week has seen several small steps in the right direction: Beta … Read More →

Posted in: Fantasy, News, Roleplaying

Dungeoneering Revisited

February 24, 2013 9:16 am / 2 Comments / UbiquitousRat

This week off work has been a real blessing, despite having developed the inevitable common cold and weekend lurgy. One of the reasons for feeling so positive, apart from having my wife off work for a couple of days too, was that I’ve had time to really dig into my hobby. Regular readers (yes, you … Read More →

Posted in: Fantasy, GMing, Musings, News, Roleplaying, Writing

The Valley of the Moon King

February 10, 2013 2:51 pm / 3 Comments / UbiquitousRat

Arising from this morning’s article, about the OSR, I’ve had a crazy series of ideas coalesce into something that might just work. WARNING: Raw, untested, undeveloped fantasy RPG ideas! This is being posted with the hope that someone might help me refine it. Of course, it could just as easily be simple madness. The Set-up The … Read More →

Posted in: Fantasy, Musings, Settings

Old School Renaissance?

February 10, 2013 7:02 am / 5 Comments / UbiquitousRat

Three young players sat down at the table, ready to face the second instalment of the dungeon adventure that they’d begun a couple of weeks before. A Fighter, a Cleric and a Magic-User. The spartan character sheets in front of them, their first challenge was in deciding to turn back and retrace their steps in … Read More →

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