An attempt to communicate through prose what cannot be conveyed in mere description.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
Sci-fi conceits, assumptions, and concepts underpinning the universe of the Novarion Sector.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
The major planets of the Novarion Sector.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
History has a gravity all of its own.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
A sampler of products for a fear-and-panic-filled dystopian spacefuture.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
A minigame for Over/Under and other MMO TTRPG wargames.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
A world odd and wayward characters! An unofficial supplement for the RPG sensation Mythic Bastionland featuring a dozen Denizens to thicken the delightful and captivating tapestry of the Realm! Eac…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
Gearbox Software title debuts at No.1 following September 12 release, ranks third in overall year-to-date sales| GamesIndustry.biz
Cthulhu is the bacon of gaming. And you can't have Cthulhu without tentacles. Here's how to make them for your table, quick, easy, and cheap! The post Everyone Loves Tentacles! 9 steps to make your own miniature tentacles- October 17 2025 appeared first on Kobold Press.| Kobold Press
When HoYoverse announced Petit Planet back in September, its Animal Crossing-like cozy life sim adventure, the studio kicked off sign-ups for the game’s upcoming beta. At the time, it didn’t say when we can expect it to kick off. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The first thing I thought upon arriving in Lumiose City in Pokémon Legends: Z-A was, 'Yes. This definitely looks like a modern Pokémon game.' Bright colours, basic textures and oddly flat buildings. Seriously - realising that the balconies and window shutters lack any depth, instead being pasted onto the buildings like stickers, made my brain go strange for a bit. Yet despite this, Lumiose City feels far more rich in life compared to Paldea and the desolate Hisui. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Playing on: PlayStation 2 Year: 2007 I remember when Rouge Galaxy came out. a late PS2 RPG that was being hyped as the next great, destined to be a classic RPG. I remember it came and then just kin…| Random Battles: my life long level grind
It’s only the first battle, but somehow I’m already a bit confused. There’s Lodoss’ hero, Pahn, bravely fighting a few goblins. Simple enough, right? Uh… Why is this monster…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
So it's almost the end of GLOGust and everyone else made their posts at the end of July. Anyways, here's some Jumping, but Cooler.| ふかひれスープ
I denne sæson tager De rejsende til den gamle verden, besøger byen Nuln og spiller det klassiske scenarie The Oldenhaller Contract. Vi har gang i Warhammer Fantasy RPG, spillerne er Elias Eliot, Maria Månson og Silja Okking, undertegnede er spilleder, og grafikken er skabt af Allan Tonning. Podcasten De rejsende er en rollespilspodcast, hvor vi […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Velkommen til runde tre i tragt-scenariet Sailors of the Starless Sea, et level 0-scenarie til Dungeon Crawl Classics, hvor vi har sendt 24 håbefulde landsbybeboere op til den gamle ruinborg og dens mystiske dyb. Det har været en blodig omgang. Vi begynder på det tavse hav under den stjerneløse himmel dybt under jorden. Eventyrerne er […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Hinsides Måneporten ligger et eventyrligt land. Trolde, hekse og dødninge og andre fæle væsner truer de små landsbyer i kongeriget Iltstein. Dragens hvisken er en podcast hos HuliGennem, hvor tre b…| Stemmen fra ådalen
Getting your player’s lost is the key element missing from most new “Old School” Dungeons. Without which (getting lost) many of the game’s mechanics seem nonsensical. While …| Fae Errant
In the ever-evolving world of programming, some languages stand the test of time by blending reliability with innovation. RPGLE (RPG for ILE, or Integrated| Nick Litten [IBM i AS400 iSeries] Software Developer
Pretty cool announcement. Shame it’s only digital, but that’s how things are going. Anyway, enjoy the official details below. Over the weekend, ATLUS hosted a “One-Year Anniversary Livestream” to mark the milestone of the critically acclaimed RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio™. In case you missed it, the broadcast can be found on the ATLUS West YouTube channel […] The post Guidebook Edition of Metaphor: ReFantazio announced on livestream appeared first on digitalchumps.| digitalchumps
Now, that is a name of a game that I haven’t heard in a long time…long time. Seoul – October 14, 2025 – NEXON’s beloved MapleStory universe is back as an idle RPG adventure in MapleStory: Idle RPG, with global pre-registration now available! Players who pre-register for the game can collect valuable rewards. Additionally, upcoming events will […] The post MapleStory: Idle RPG hits mobile appeared first on digitalchumps.| digitalchumps
I guess you roll three times and that's your character for any game of "I Walked With a Teenage Tiki Pin-Up Surfer"?.. Abductee Alpha Bitch ...| eldritchfields.blogspot.com
Joining Weird Writer’s blog challenge. | Eldritch Fields
I really like Searchers of the Unknown, the super-minimal D&D by Nicolas Dessaux, where you just use the standard monster statline to represent any character. It's a one-page ruleset. So I converted it into a pocketmod.| Eldritch Fields
This is a supplement for the d50 Delinquent Werewolves from Outer Space post. Because your Delinquent Werewolves need some sick tunes to blast in their cars and clubhouses.| Eldritch Fields
I have a couple of all-purpose tables. One of them is the Amazing Inspirational Animal List (d30 animals...), which I've written about previously.| Eldritch Fields
Naked, defenceless, and cast into the dark—Legend of Grimrock’s opening certainly does a great job of echoing the sheer terror …| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
My party are doing well, as far as a party roaming around a deadly dungeon filled with monsters can be. I’ve solved quests from the guild. I’ve gained enough EP to make everyone stronge…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
A journal of the reasoning behind my one-shot rules.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
A rules lite hack for one-shots and dungeon exploration.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
Genshin Impact is full steam ahead with its new version naming scheme, and in continuing the narrative of the Luna arc (formerly Version 6.0). Today, HoYoverse unveiled Version Luna 2, the follow-up to one of the game’s biggest updates. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Today is a big day for Genshin Impact and its players. Not only does it see the start of the second phase of the massive Version Luna I update (previously Version 6.0), the game is also kicking off celebrations in honour of last Sunday's fifth anniversary of its initial launch way back on September 28th, 2020 (where did the time go?). Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Zenless Zone Zero is getting ready for a spooky update with three new Spook Shack team members, and an appropriately-themed narrative.| VG247
Grenzland no. 6 appeared in my mailbox last week, and now can also be downloaded from archive.org. A harcopy can be purchased for 5 Euros from Wanderer Bill (as long as copies last that is). It fea…| Stuffed Crocodile
We review The Dark Quarter, a story based board game published by Lucky Duck Games. The Dark Quarter is a co-operative app-driven adventure game set in a dark, fantastical vision of 1980s New Orleans.| Board Game Quest
Det sker, at når man gennemgår gamle samlinger af rollespil, at man finder et eller flere ringbind mellem rollespilsbøger, box sets, stakke landkort fra diverse supplementer og charteks med bilag fra diverse rollespilssupplementer, der længe siden forvildede sig væk fra deres ophav. Det fascinerende i samlingerne er ringbindene. Ringbindene er et indblik ind i en […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Velkommen til episode 35, hvor vore helte rejser gennem len, landsbyer og radioaktive ruiner fra fortidens mægtige slag. Vi spiller Fading Suns kampagnen Translatio Sancti. Dagens forløb Vi begynder med at opsummere sidste gangs spil, og derefter introducere en lille retcon bestående i, at på et tidligere tidspunkt på rejsen mellem Cortran og Fildmar, har […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Velkommen til anden episode af Dungeon Crawl Classics scenariet Sailors on the Starless Sea, hvor vi har sendt 24 level 0 karakterer af sted (og i døden) for at udforske en gammel ruinborg, hvorfra…| Stemmen fra ådalen
People keep buying products. But all you need is paper and something to write one. Sure, for this I used 4″ x 6″ cards with pre-printed grids. But, I didn’t really need those. Just a pencil and paper would have done. If you are struggling to come up with a campaign map or dungeons. Here’s […]| Fluid — Druid
Call of the Wild RPG A few years ago, I started down the path of making a role-playing game about the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes, tentatively titled Call of the Wild. I never finished it. Primarily because I came to the conclusion that I didn’t know how to make it fun. These gold rushes […]| Fluid — Druid
This is a dueling method for AD&D. It is not recommended for regular combat. Really, only used voluntarily if both parties choose to do so. This breaks the 1-minute round into component segment…| Fluid -- Druid
I was the guest on the recently released 34th episode of the ‘Watcha Doing?’ Podcast, hosted by Matt Caulder. We talk about the vicissitudes of self-promotion, David Foster Wallace, Miffy the Rabbit, trying to find out where my ENNIE award actually is (it did show up at my house eventually), what I would bring to… Continue reading Guest Spot on ‘Watcha Doing?’ Podcast→| VAULTS OF VAARN
Just a quick update to say that if you missed the Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition Backerkit campaign last month, the Pre-Order Store is now open for business. If you have any friends, neighbours, f…| VAULTS OF VAARN
With improved movement, more flexible abilities, and very limited Claptrap appearances, Borderlands 4 is easily the best Borderlands game yet.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Suomalaiselle Legendoja & Lohikäärmeitä -pelille ilmestyy säännöllisesti lisämateriaalia. Gorgoniuksen koodeksi on lisäosa, joka tuo peliin uusia lajeja, taustoja, hahmoluokkia, varusteita, lis…| LOKI
Random Tables d100 – Vignettes for Faerie & Other Unseen Lands (d4 Caltrops) d100 – Pecuniary Problems, Awful Arrears, & Delinquent Debts (d4 Caltrops) D6x6 Grimy Grimlocks (Arc…| Stuffed Crocodile
The ever-prolific, ne’er-irreplacable A. Shipwright In this podcast, I draw a through-line from Free Kriegsspiel to Braunstein to Matrix Games to Indie Narrative Games to the OSR to the FKR t…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
Techland announce plans to fix the new Dying Light game's slightly eccentric open world.| Rock Paper Shotgun
That’s a lot of Claptrap: Take-Two reveals the Borderlands franchise has sold nearly 93 million copies ahead of Borderlands 4 blowout later this year.| VG247
Borderlands 4 shows off a more "grounded" Borderlands, with a real focus on all that couch co-op goodness that made us fall in love with the series.| VG247
Borderlands 4 looks like the Destiny 3 we'll probably never get, and that shift is the best move Gearbox could have possibly made.| VG247
We’re officially in the march towards the end of 2025. In Diablo 4 terms, we’re in the early days of the launch of the game’s last season of the year. Though much of Season 10 itself has been a known quantity for a while, there was one mystery still to be revealed. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Chinese developer MiHoYo (HoYoverse) has officially unveiled a new game, its first life sim adventure. It’s called Petit Planet, and it’s the second new announcement in a month, following on from the studio’s Pokemon-like, Honkai: Nexus Anima. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Even after a little under an hour of hands-on play, it's clear that Pokemon Legends: Z-A is the most interesting and unique Pokemon title since, er… the last one of these, when Game Freak and The Pokemon Company put out 2022's Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Now established as what looks like a permanent secondary strand of the 'main line' Pokemon titles, Z-A continues with the more bold and experimental development philosophy of Arceus - though this time, I expect further temerity of design - and...| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The ultra-chalenging Deep of Night mode has only been available in Elden Ring Nightreign for about ten days, but players have already identified a couple of areas where it could improve, and unfortunately ran into a nasty bug that could rob you of your victory. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
We’re very much on the road to the next The Sims 4 expansion, Adventure Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new update to hold you over until the big day next month. The new patch is available now on PC, and will arrive on consoles on September 23. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
The launch of Diablo 4 Season 10 is almost upon us. Ahead of the new season’s start on September 23, Blizzard hosted a Developer Update livestream, and delivered a packed show all about the upcoming season. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Borderlands 4 doesn't run well on a wide range of PC hardware, but developer Gearbox is convinced it all has to do with the settings players are using.| VG247
von Lena Falkenhagen & Eugen Pfister Zum geplanten Sammelband: Das Schwarze Auge war lange Zeit das bedeutendste Pen-and-Paper-Rollenspiel im deutschsprachigen Raum. Für viele Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene in (West-)Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz war das Spiel eine prägende Erfahrung sowohl im Hinblick auf die Lese- und Spielkultur sowie die Sozialisierung. In der fantastischen Welt “Aventurien” entflohen die Spieler*innen nicht nur ihrem Schul- und Arbeitsalltag, sie bra...| Spiel-Kultur-Wissenschaft
Despite releasing as a standalone game, Dying Light: The Beast feels more like a distillation of Dying Light 2's core loops, neither for better or worse.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Dybt under jorden, hvor kaoskræfterne huserer uset af dagslysets væsner, er det stjerneløse hav. Onde planer skal hindres, og vi spiller derfor Dungeon Crawl Classics scenariet Sailors on the Starless Sea. Hvad er Sailors on the Starless Sea? Det er en klassisk introduktion til Dungeon Crawl Classics, hvor man spiller hævngerrige landsbybeboere, som er taget […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
This is the same approach as here. Read that first. Here’s a quicker version of the above. It eliminates the new weapon table and uses the original AD&D damage table. It replaces the previous armor dice with what is shown below. Otherwise, it is the same procedure.| Fluid — Druid
It could be argued that the Alternative Combat System that appears in th original Dungeons and Dragons is what distinguishes Dungeons and Dragons from the earlier game Chainmail. From one viewpoint, OD&D is just Chainmail with the ACS bolted on. But, that’s not what this post is about. What this post is about is continuing […]| Fluid — Druid
Overbearing in AD&D means an unarmed action where an attacker attempts to knock his opponent off his feet. The base chance of success is exactly the same as for grappling (discussed here and here). Where overbearing differs is in the effect. The biggest difference is effect is modified by only the attacker’s strength, not the […]| Fluid — Druid
In my previous post of unarmed combat in AD&D, I discussed the basic mechanisms and gave an example of pummeling. Here is an example regarding grappling human versus ogre. A few years ago, when…| Fluid -- Druid
Eurogamer talks to Rogue Factor about Hell is Us.| Eurogamer.net
Here's everything you need to know about Nightreign's Shifting Earth: The Crater event and its secrets in Nightreign.| VG247
Everything you need to know about Relics and Vessels, including how to obtain and equip them, changing the colour slots, and selling Relics you no longer need.| VG247
Our Elden Ring Nightreign Raider build guide breaks down how the Raider's kit works and what his best weapons, talismans, and relics are| VG247
Our Elden Ring Nightreign Ironeye build guide breaks down how the Ironeye's kit works and what his best weapons, talismans, and relics are| VG247
Look, if you’ve got even a passing interest in Persona or Atlus games, give this a go; it’s an old-school, demon-fuelled romp through hell in all the best ways.| VG247
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance has just been announced, an update to the legendary RPG franchise.| VG247
I had Hell Is Us vaguely pegged as an "arty" game, but then I watched the new release date trailer, which begins with A…| Rock Paper Shotgun
Our review of Dying Light: The Beast is coming soon; in the meantime, here's some impressions on the apocalyptic freerunner's opening hours.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Borderlands 4 developers Gearbox have released an update aimed at improving the shooter's PC stability over the weekend, following issues at launch.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Dying Light: The Beast is still coming out next week, just the tiniest bit earlier than you were expecting.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Elden Ring Nightreign will, very soon, get its higher difficulty mode - The Deep of Night. The game is clearly about to have a moment again. FromSoftware knows this, of course, so the developer decided to roll out a big update to tweak several things ahead of the new mode’s release. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Prepare to Cry Edition. A. Shipwright In Mythic Bastionland, you travel the world and the myths reveal themselves with each roll of a 1, 2, or 3 on the Wilderness roll. Plot lines unfurl as the fin…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
Borderlands 4 has launched to player reports of bad performance and stuttering, and Gearbox's settings suggestions can only help with one of those.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Hades 2 version 1.0 finally got a release date at the latest Nintendo Direct, and drops later this month.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Borderlands 4 isn't spying on you, say Take-Two, and nor are GTA 6, Civilization 7 and Bioshock, for that matter.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Gearbox and 2K's new looter shooter Borderlands 4 is on sale on Steam and the Epic Games Store.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Official system requirements for Borderlands 4 are here, revealing a big ol' SSD install size and one peculiar recommended GPU.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Hell Is Us offers a depiction of civil war that often feels like atrocity porn, but its use of Soulslike mechanics in a contemporary setting is intriguing.| Rock Paper Shotgun
There was silence for a long time. I have my reasons. Mostly that I'm spending all my time on finishing the books for the Our Golden Age crowdfunding (I'm behind but it's going on without major issues) and the children (who are sometimes responsible for a certain tiredness or lassitude I experien| Wizard Thief Fighter
"But what if there were dinosaurs???" is a setup that goes a long way with me, as a Jurassic World Evolution player and…| Rock Paper Shotgun
A moment of appreciation for Starfield's irregular yet satisfying zero-gravity combat encounters.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Starfield is a genuinely impressive space RPG that feels a cold, losing some Bethesda charm in the vast reaches of space.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Starfield players get a free buggy today. It's got rockets.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Dune: Awakening has a lot of the rhythms you'll recognise from most survival sims, but the secret sauce might be big spice harvests and running from sandworms| Rock Paper Shotgun
The Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria's next major update adds a sandbox mode, single player pause, new biomes, and much more.| Rock Paper Shotgun
It’s Dwarf Fortress as we know it, but much more approachable for both new and returning players| Rock Paper Shotgun
Whatever kind of puzzle game you're looking for, we've got you covered with our definitive list of the best puzzle games on PC.| Rock Paper Shotgun
I have been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 the last few weeks, which spurred me on (see what I did there!) to give Boot Hill a look again, especially as RDR2, like other Rockstar Games titles, is us…| Stuffed Crocodile
Apart from balance patches, The Sims 4 developers have been a little quiet recently. The team has certainly been cooking, though, because we just had our first look at the game’s next big moment. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Velkommen til episode 34 af Fading Suns kampagnen Translatio Sancti. Vi følger øjeblikket efter sidste gangs intense begivenheder, hvor vi udkæmpede tre konflikter side om side: Dæmoner, spioner og…| Stemmen fra ådalen
One of the great things about Hal Foster’s seminal Prince Valiant is that from very early on, Foster demonstrates how medieval combat was inextricably entwined with wrestling. The sequence below is one of the earliest examples, Val is losing versus the quarterstaff and resorts to grappling. It’s an early example, but the strip is full […]| Fluid — Druid
Last time I updated this blog I did not know how the Vaults of Vaarn 2E BackerKit campaign was going to shake out. As you can probably see from clicking the link things have gone… really incr…| VAULTS OF VAARN
edited 08-21-2025 after some feedback, shortening and breaking into sections One thing I picked up playing with some of the old Twin Cities referees is how action-oriented their tables are, especia…| Aboleth Overlords