The Blame Game When people consider a roleplaying game campaign similar in tone to A Song of Ice and Fire they think of a gritty world with shades of grey, hard moral choices, and limited magic. High PC mortality is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Shadows of Esteren Shadows of Esteren is a French role-playing game (Les Ombres d’Esteren) translated into English, and funded through four different Kickstarters (so far). It’s tagline is “A medieval roleplaying game somewhere between Ravenloft, Game of Thrones and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World XVI: Miscellaneous For this, the final entry in my worldbuilding blog series, I’ll be looking at everything else: the assorted and miscellaneous details that are unnecessary but can be fun. Details other worlds have used to bring […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A D&D Movie? Old news now but not so old as to be irrelevant: the idea of a Dungeons & Dragons movie has re-entered the gamer consciousness. First there was the news Warner Brothers had acquired the rights and had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World 1.5: Setting Variables Backstory I’ve recently been reading the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, a book that isn’t so much a step-by-step guide to building a fantasy world (like this blog series) and instead essays on a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building a Fantasy World IX: Factions & Organizations An often overlooked element of world building are organizations. Even if they are included, organizations are often limited to the role of antagonists. This might be to avoid heroic groups that might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
