I’m a fan of roleplaying games. The most basic question that I never seemed to have satisfactorily answered is, “Why do you play roleplaying games?” That’s a big question. I mean, huge! What do you say when someone asks that one? The first answer that pops into mind is “because it’s fun.” Sh!t, that’s a … Read More →
Friday was a good night, quite unexpectedly. Being all prepped to run our routine session of Dungeons & Dragons, I was pleasantly surprised when one of the guys suggested shifting the game back to Mystamyr using Classic Fantasy. The State of Play Regular readers will know that “things went to crap” a couple of months … Read More →
The problem with someone else’s setting is that you are not that someone else. You have to learn their stuff. You have to invest in their vision. As a gamer, you have three major problems when dealing with a new setting: You have to find out what their setting is about. You have to figure … Read More →
I don’t really know what it was that hooked me on roleplaying games, but it sure as heck wasn’t the rules. Yet, ever since I can remember, I’ve been tinkering with and reading about RPG rules systems. When I look at the massive pile of RPG books in my room, I am drawn with a … Read More →
