Coming across David Hargrave’s Arduin material was a revelation to me. I found links to his original Arduin Grimoire online some years ago, albeit very late in my gaming experience, but it inspired me to return to the original fantasy roleplaying game with fresh eyes. A few weeks ago, a friend sent me a special … Read More →
Yesterday a large poster tube arrived. My wife had bought me a print of one of my favourite pieces of art, “Mirador” by Rodney Matthews. The print is signed and is one of the coolest presents I’ve ever been bought. The art has a deeper resonance for me, however, and is more than a simple … Read More →
One of the most useful tools that I derived from Brian Jamison’s “Gamemastering” was what I call the “4 Lists Character Sheet”. Having rushed into creating characters for the Mystamyr campaign because they were originally conceived for a one-off session, it has taken me a while to get around to insisting the players fill out … Read More →
One of the recurring questions as a Gamemaster is the question of how to go about making characters. This falls into two broad camps: designing or discovering. Designing a character is a process that starts with an idea in the head of the player or Gamemaster. Discovering a character involves using some process to generate a character idea … Read More →
