Zenless Zone Zero 2.3 takes full advantage of the new Spook Shack faction for its Halloween season | VG247
Zenless Zone Zero is getting ready for a spooky update with three new Spook Shack team members, and an appropriately-themed narrative.| VG247
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
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With improved movement, more flexible abilities, and very limited Claptrap appearances, Borderlands 4 is easily the best Borderlands game yet.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Have you ever wanted to play a game of D&D in a world of wonder? A game less about kobolds…|
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
Hinsides Måneporten ligger et land med vidtstrakte skove i skyggen knejsende tinder. Det er et land med mennesker, elvere og dværge, hvor overnaturlige kræfter truer de små samfund. Sæson 7 og sæso…| 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
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Soulless Army, the third game in the action RPG franchise, w…| VG247
In a recent financial report from CD Projekt Red, it's been revealed that The Witcher Remake will be open-world.| 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
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
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. Aozora ni...| sameissharkinjapanese.blogspot.com
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
Refactoring RPGLE: Scott Klement’s Copybooks in Free Format RPG If you’ve ever stared at a wall of fixed-format RPG code and wondered how to bring it into the 21st century, you’re not alone. In this video, let’s walk through the process of upgrading Scott Klement’s RPGLE copybooks, transforming legacy column-based RPG into sleek, readable free-format […]| Nick Litten [IBM i AS400 iSeries] Software Developer
If you're curious about the nostalgic world of AS400 RPG programming, come with me and let's dive into the art of printing reports using OUTPUT Specifications| Nick Litten [IBM i AS400 iSeries] Software Developer
Y…eah. I mean, I have been doing these things for old DSA scenarios already, so now I get to do them for old Shadowrun ones as well. And Dreamchipper definitely is one of the oldest ones on the block, technically the second of independent scenarios after DNA/DOA (and the fourth after the venerated Food Fight […]| Stuffed Crocodile
FromSoftware has dropped something of an expected announcement for players of Elden Ring Nightreign. If you’re still playing the online co-op action RPG, you’ve likely defeated many, if not most of its Nightlord bosses. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Tämä artikkeli perustuu Ropecon 2025:ssä pidettyyn esitelmään. Roolipeleistä ei aina tarvitse maksaa. Tätä artikkelia varten kävin läpi 99 ilmaista peliä. Pelit olivat joko täysin ilmaisia, tai ns. pay-what-you-want-pelejä, joista voitiin maksaa 0 euroa. Pelit arvosteltiin viiden eri kriteerin perusteella. Jokainen kriteeri arvosteltiin skaalalla 0-10. Kriteerit olivat tärkeysjärjestyksessä systeemi, hahmonluonti, maailma, lisäosat ja ulkoasu. Tässä artikkelissa … Jatka a...| LOKI
Blades in the Dark julkaistiin vuonna 2017 ja John Harperin suunnittelemasta pelistä on siitä lähtien löytynyt englanniksi kattavasti arvosteluja ja verkkokeskusteluja. Ensikosketukseni peliin saat…| LOKI
Shipwright. Y’all can thank Varzival for this one. They pinged me about their excitement for a post about MB from me :) So I deliver. MAPS Having a map players can see is nice. Have minis on …| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
Genshin Impact’s big annual update is not far off. Thanks to this year’s gamescom, we’ve got our first look at one of the new characters joining the game’s roster with the upcoming expansion: Flins, the latest in Genshin's long line of eligible-and-they-know-it husbandos — and if you’re a longtime player, you’ve probably been expecting him. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
Two romhacking projects look to bring quality of life changes and audio options to Sunsoft’s cult-classic Sega Saturn JRPG, Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean. Albert Odyssey is a rather standard tur…| SEGA SATURN, SHIRO!
Natten før de sidste forberedelser til afrejsen spidser situationen pludselig til, da dæmoner konfronterer Florian og Qwian-Qwian, imens Wolfgang undersøger et indbrud, og Georgi jager spøgelser i den afdøde barons gemakker. Velkommen til episode 33 af Fading Suns kampagnen Translatio Sancti. Dagens episode handler om tre kamprunder. Dagens forløb Vi begynder med levelstigning fra sidste […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Mød De rejsende, når de samles på en scene for at spille Dungeons & Dragons live. Fantasy Festival, Esbjerg, 20. september Svalegangen Teater, Århus, 24. november — Billetter Hotel Cecil, København, 13. januar 2026 — Billetter DE REJSENDE LIVE Oplev et live Dungeons & Dragons rollespil, når de tre spillere Elias Eliot, Maria Månson og […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Velkommen til De rejsende, en podcast, hvor vi spiller rollespil, og her begynder Call of Cthulhu kampagnen. Call of Cthulhu, sæson 1 Josh Winscott er ikke mere, og han har efterladt sin niece et m…| Stemmen fra ådalen
As of this date, I haven’t really done any product reviews. I don’t reckon I’ll be doing many. Unless, discussion of old games is considered a product review. But, nonetheless, I …| Fluid -- Druid
Borderlands 4 preview. A bold departure for the series that changes things up quite drastically.| VG247
Players logging in during the birthday celebrations can receive a free S-Rank Agent and W-Engine, as well as plenty of other gifts.| VG247
It might have been visible in my post from yesterday, but I don’t actually like Oriental Adventures. The original ’85 AD&D book that is. The book purports to give rules for an ̶…| Stuffed Crocodile
Middle-earth? Azeroth? Nirn? Thedas? They are nice worlds but there's one that's usually always better.| Eurogamer.net
Tencent has quietly removed, edited, and/or replaced key art on the Steam page of its upcoming adventure game, Light of…| Eurogamer.net
I reflect on three big RPGs I decided not to finish.| Adventure Rules
What have I been up to (and not writing about) in November?| Adventure Rules
A reflection on Metaphor’s gameplay structure and whether it truly demands perfection from the player.| Adventure Rules
What new things does Grounded 2 bring to the series, and are they enough to warrant this being a sequel? Is it any good?| Eurogamer.net
Obsidian's miniature garden-based sequel Grounded 2 released in early access earlier this week, and has since pulled in some impressive player numbers on Steam.| Eurogamer.net
What we think of Grounded 2 after 15 hours of play.| Eurogamer.net
Final Fantasy, that old ’80s Squaresoft RPG, is an incredibly important piece of the company’s history. Heck, it’s an important piece of gaming’s history. It’s the beg…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
Using a Chainmail battle to start a AD&D 1e campaign| Grim Schneider
