The Big Book of Battle Mats is a wonderful thing
The Big Book of Battle Mats is, as the name cunningly implies, a big book of battle mats. 58 of them in total, that can be used either full or half …
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Gaming as therapy: it’s ok to fail your perception check
Many moons ago, I was running a superhero campaign for a bunch of friends. There were just three of them, and we had fun taking it in turns to put …
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On Rolemaster, part four
When we left Heliana, the hero in this ongoing journey through the classic Rolemaster role-playing game, we had just finished creating her character and killed off her family. Oops. Here …
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On Rolemaster, part three
Last time we left Heliana part way through character generation. She is now Level 0, and living a happy life roaming the wild woods around her ancestral home, much to …
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On Rolemaster, part two
Rolemaster is traditionally viewed as being something of a complicated system to learn, play and understand. To an extent that’s true, in that you do have to learn how to …
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Are we the bad guys?
Role-playing games typically present the players’ characters as forces for good in the world. They might have a dark secret past or (in the case of Warlocks and other misbegotten …
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On Rolemaster, part one
Ask me what the greatest role-playing tome of all time was, and I’ll say the D&D Rules Cyclopedia without hesitation. But ask me what the best fantasy role-playing game of all time is, …
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Background du Jour: Cosplayer
In a world filled with heroes and villains, there are those who celebrate their greatest successes and darkest moments. You are such a person. Your earliest memories are of being …
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Basic D&D: Day Seven
And so, as inevitably happens, we reach Day Seven in this look at the free Basic D&D pdf. Even though it’s Version 0.1 and far from the document it is …
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Basic D&D: Day Six
Last time I set out the challenge to create your very own content using the material from the free Basic D&D pdf as the framework. Ever one to rise to …
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