Ported from the PC FX by Success and published on Saturn by Human in 1997, Blue Breaker is an RPG that features anime FMV scenes, lots of gorgeous still art,...| SEGA SATURN, SHIRO!
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
AD&D is pretty famous for having a fairly extensive weapons list, including in particular quite a lot of different types of pole arm. However, a couple of recent videos (here and here) by the esteemable Matt Easton of the YouTube channel Scholagladiatoria recently made some points that reminded me of things I’ve noticed are missing […]| Fluid — Druid
Inspired by this proposal to runs a Pancho Villa Expedition for AD&D/Boot Hill. It seems like if this is to be done, we need stats for the equipment of the time. With information from the artic…| 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
Twentieth Session – The long awaited festival of Temptation’s Embrace gets underway but our attempt to be helpful and enable two hot lesbians to make out runs afoul of the gods, as it sometimes does. But first we’re called down … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Eighteenth Session – We investigate the Black Manse and our new personas. There are a lot of tapestries in here, which causes Hemp to cry out “Behind the arras! A rat, a rat!” way too many times for the rest … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Seventeenth Session – This session is way more civilized. There’s brunch! Tales of local drug use and a Frisky Beaver Festival! We eventually ruin it by going to a haunted house. I totally cheated by missing last game to tour … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Sixteenth Session – The party pierces the heart of the dungeon… Then drags through its entrails… Then the horrors of wandering the wilderness… Fun? I was in Japan and missed this session. Which seems like it was for the best, … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Fifteenth Session – The Wizard of Oz sends us to a dungeon full of barfing cats. Film at 11! After we extract from the Yoda hole where we slew the Hound of Hirot, Morgan is better! Well, mostly, she’s not … Continue reading →| Geek Related
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...| 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
To put it simply, Quantum Witch is a heartwarming ‘plotformer’ brought about by solo developer NikkiJay and her experiences of leaving a religious cult and ultimately, finding her own way in life. Though, to put it so simply is to do Quantum Witch, and just how special it is, a major injustice. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
We finally got a detailed look at Title Update 2, the next major free update coming to Monster Hunter Wilds very soon. Capcom dedicated a chunky segment of its June Spotlight showcase livestream to the upcoming patch, offering many details to dig into. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
If you don’t intend to jump into any of the new games coming out this week and for the rest of June, you might want to check in on the latest batch of Monster Hunter Wilds Event Quests. Capcom, right on schedule, has published the full stack for this week, next, and the one after that. Read more| VG247 Latest Articles Feed
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
Thirteenth Session – The dungeon we’ve broken into goes from bunnies to more horrible creatures quickly. But we discover that, as usual, the most dangerous animal is man. Giant unfortunate bunnies for Easter give way to a ghoul with a … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Twelfth Session – The aftermath of the rat manor in Wymoor, and we figure out how to go free Weebrook from the clutches of the great black dog of the moors. Plus, zombie bunnies! I am late to the session … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Eleventh Session – An abandoned manor house has turned into a rat pus factory that’s infecting nearby waterways, so we go kill a large number of rat-themed opponents. Our first opponent is a big mean rat-fiend that sprays quite damaging … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Tenth Session – As we make our way back to civilization, the island hopping and town hopping yields both short and long term plot hooks! First, Hemp talks to a sentient oak tree on an island that takes a magic … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Ninth Session – We brave the Tower of the Black Pearl to get its… Pearl! A little on the nose but we do get to murder pirates aplenty so there’s that. This is apparently from a DCC adventure called Tower … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Eighth Session – The Wizard of Oz and his minions, and a priest of the Deathbringer and his minions, compete with us to loot some tombs to find the Blazefire Bow! Hemp the Weaver, now more the archer, really wants … Continue reading →| Geek Related
Seventh Session – It’s death or glory in the tentacle pit as we face off against the lead cultist and his pet tentacles. The body count is significant. The woman we rescued is a hunter.…| Geek Related
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
Hierarchy of Ladies for AD&D 1e| Grim Schneider
Troop Promotions for AD&D 1e| Grim Schneider
Troop cost calculator for AD&D 1e| Grim Schneider
Morality Feedback Loop in RPGs| Grim Schneider
Morals in modern RPGs| Grim Schneider
The last couple of years, there has been a lot of talk about Braunsteins. Braunstein is of course the historical and ongoing game by David Wesley that deals with Prussian politics in the town of Braunstein. But, I use a Braunstein in the historical use of the term, meaning similar games in settings different from […]| Fluid — Druid
In my previous posts on Boot Hill I discussed animals and random encounters. This is about professions or classes. Boot Hill is a little unusual as role playing games go in that it contains little discussion about characters classes. Class used here is in the sense it’s used in Dungeons and Dragons. Perhaps, a better […]| Fluid — Druid
In an earlier post, I discussed the spear versus the dagger efficacy versus the armors available in AD&D. I also present, more generally, the entire list of weapons and how they’d fare ve…| Fluid -- Druid
Hello all, as you read these words the Vaults of Vaarn 2E Backerkit campaign will have already launched and been funding for 24 hours. You know how the campaign is going while I, writing this in the past, do not. I envy your privileged position. Hopefully it’s all going well and I’m currently bathing in… Continue reading Interview with OSR Rocks→| VAULTS OF VAARN
VAULTS OF VAARN 2E IS NOW FUNDING ON BACKERKIT GO GO GO ALL ZINES INCLUDED PLUS ADVENTURE PACKS PLUS PATREON CONTENT 320 PAGES IN HARDBACK B5 SIZED TWO COLOUR PRINTING CHECK IT OUT NOW| VAULTS OF VAARN
Dearest seekers, the crowdfunding launch for Vaults of Vaarn: Second Edition is now fast approaching! If you have not already signed up on the Backerkit preview page, hit the link above and do so now! I am preparing a special digital reward for people who back the campaign after following the preview page or pledge… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: IMMINENT LAUNCH UPDATE→| VAULTS OF VAARN
Only eight days to go until launch! We now have a beautiful animated trailer video courtesy of the talented Mr David Blandy! Please sign up to follow along on the Backerkit prelaunch page to be notified when the campaign goes live.| VAULTS OF VAARN
I was lucky enough to chat again with Garry Snow of the Dieku Games Podcast, a follow up of sorts to my last interview just before The Shrike went live on Kickstarter last year. We talk about the p…| VAULTS OF VAARN
I think about mid games a lot. “Mid” is a term thrown around a lot recently. If you’re in any online space that has any kind of zoomer-ish element or personality you’re bound to see words like that being screamed at other people for days on end. There’s a kind of bizarre antipathy towards any kind of “mid” media nowadays, games or movies or books that don’t quite leave you an empty husk in a boring way, but aren’t really impactful enough to leave you thinking like those holy...| Eithi on cohost
God of War Ragnarok breaks UK charts record| GamesIndustry.biz
A gazetteer for Vaxanide, a Western frontier world in Skulls Without Number.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
Sixth Session – We murder and/or rescue people from the tentacle cultists’ lair, and Mordecai learns the “control tentacle” spell. Then we descend through the tentacle hole. Hey man, I didn’t write this adventure!!! There’s a lot of 3D clambering … Continue reading →| Geek Related
A happy birthday month to my father! I just recently recovered a box of his Tolkien materials and discovered an essay he wrote 32 years ago. Did some quick speech-to-text reading, some edits, and a…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
Before I left Bluesky, I sent out a poll about what kinds of posts I should focus on this year. Warren from Prismatic Wastelands responded to that thread by asking me a number of silly questions that I will answer here now, weeks later.| New School Revolution
On today's episode of Between Two Cairns, we discussed a module called Gone Fishin'. We mentioned that it is kind of hard to find, and that the original sources were lost in a forest of dead links and old forum posts. Fortunately the original PDF includes the following text:| New School Revolution
What Is?| New School Revolution
I'm very excited to announce that tomorrow, Friday Dec 1st, the Kickstarter for is finally launching! is an old school adventure module...| New School Revolution
Podcasten De rejsende har kastet sig over Call of Cthulhu. Vi spiller vores første scenarie, og du kan lytte med her, for episode 1 og 2 er ude nu: De rejsende består Elias Eliot, Maria Månson og Silja Okking, samt undertegnede som spilleder. Redigering og lydmagi er Anders Due-Boje, og grafik er Alan Tonning. Du […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Velkommen til episode 32 af Translatio Sancti kampagnen, hvor vi spiller Fading Suns, og vore helte er på vej mod missionsmarken med den hellige Sankt Marinas knogler. De er på vej ud af byen Cortran, men der er lige et ærinde mere, der skal nås, men er det et ærinde for meget? Dagens forløb Vi […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
Vi spiller Monster of the Week. Et rollespil om agenters kamp mod det overnaturlige i bedste X-Files/Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer-stil med et Powered by the Apocalypse system. Vores kampag…| Stemmen fra ådalen
Michael S. Sollien har tatt en titt på actionfilm-rollespillet Outgunned. Les anmeldelsen på rollespill.info!| rollespill.info
Curse of the Azure Bonds begins in the same place the 1988 RPG it’s a sequel to did—in the pages of the included adventurer’s journal. Only this time around my party aren’t a dari…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
Compared with the early kill-happy trials in Chaos Strikes Back, Dungeon Master II’s opening is as gentle as a newborn kitten wrapped in a soft blanket. There are no wall-related tricks or ov…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
South of the Circle is a 2022 narrative game from State of Play, the team behind Lumino City and Kami. It’s about the relationship between two academics, Peter and Clara, in 1960s Cambridge, and deals with themes of feminism and nuclear disarmament in the context of the Cold War. The game plays in two parts. […]| Death is a Whale
There has been a fair amount of confusion about how surprise is conducted in AD&D 1e. I don’t know why because right there on page 61 of the DMG it says: Surprise is basically self-explanatory. Well then no more need be said. For something so self-explanatory, there is a lot of confusion. I’ll say a […]| Fluid — Druid
It has come to my attention that voting is open for the 2025 ENnie Awards! The Shrike, my enormous infernal OSE adventure module, has made it to the final five in the ‘Adventure – Long’ category! I would like to humbly request that my readers and fans vote for The Shrike as I would like… Continue reading For Your Consideration: ‘The Shrike’ for Best Longform Adventure→| VAULTS OF VAARN
I am back on YouTube with a second episode of my VOV 2E Actual Play with the Weekly Scroll hosts and Chris P. Wolf! Although we suffered repeated technical issues we did get through a decent amount of play, with a larger scale fight against some Greenguard, the acquisition of a Mystic Gift, some puzzle… Continue reading VAULTS OF VAARN 2E: ACTUAL PLAY (pt. 2)→| VAULTS OF VAARN
Lots of exciting news this month at Vaults of Vaarn towers. Firstly, The Shrike, my enormous Hell-bound OSE adventure module, has been shortlisted for an ENNIE Award! This is a total surprise to me…| VAULTS OF VAARN
In the vast and varied ecosystems of Earth, few interactions between species have captured the imagination of scientists and casual observers alike as much as the relationship between bottlenose dolphins and puffer fish. This curious dance, often involving the deliberate provocation of the puffer fish to trigger its natural defense mechanism, has led to many| IT Jungle
Izzi Software today announced the acquisition of CNX Corp., owner of the Valence suite of Web development tools for IBM i. The deal is the first IBM i-related acquisition for Izzi, which was founded last year with a mandate to buy smaller IBM i and mainframe vendors that typically don’t get M&A attention from bigger| IT Jungle
If you’re a nerd, you almost certainly know Terry Pratchett. You may have read his work when you were younger,…|
It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned this, but I’m not a great GM. It never has been my passion and recent real world challenges have made it nearly impossible for me. As a result, I try to avoid a lot of the more open world games, in favour of prewritten adventures that might be derogatorily referred to as railroad adventures. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love throwing a curveball at players. Enter Jason Anachy’s recent Ridiculous Loot Deck.| therathole.ca
With gorgeous artwork and a tale rooted in Eastern mysticism, Bandai Namco aims to break into the roguelite genre with their upcoming Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree, developed by Brownies Inc. During Game Days at Summer Games Fest, I had the privilege of checking out a behind-closed-doors hands-on demo of this upcoming…| Irrational Passions
When talking about the next storygame we wanted to play, my buddy threw out this moment as something that captured his imagination. Watch this to understand where my head is at: Let’s play in the world of Samurai Jack. It’s a world brimming with style, stuffed with action tropes, and overflowing with anachronism stew. This … Continue reading Gotta get back, back to the past→| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
…And that is not an inherently good quality. It’s like in Harry Potter: when Dobby the house elf dies, Harry insists on giving him a burial dug with his own hands, rightly intuiting that there is more dignity and honor in the honest sweat of working the shovel than waving his wand. His friend deserves … Continue reading AI is like magic…→| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
104 days of summer vacation seems a lifetime away for you and I…. Nevertheless, today we join the boy geniuses of Phineas and Ferb in a social matrix game podcast actual play episode! Is it r…| DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
In which the explorers defend their allies, translate a language, and glimpse the sorrowful tale of the Fortress of Silent Despair.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
These are class reference sheets for BAM. Download the free PDF HERE. If you aren’t familiar with BAM, it is my rules light 5e comparable RPG named “Bold Against Monsters” that I …| Dungeon Master Assistance
Let me introduce Bold Against Monsters. (You can call it BAM.). This is a new D&D 5E compatible rules-light Role Playing Game that I – the Old Dungeon Master – just finished writing…| Dungeon Master Assistance
Mange mysterier rører på sig i episode 31 af Fading Suns kampagnen Translatio Sancti om overførelsen af den hellige Sankt Marinas knogler til missionsmarken på planeten Leminkainen. Vore helte er på deres færd nået frem til byen Cortran i lenet Cortran, og snart er der kun vildmarken forude, men lige nu er det som om […]| Stemmen fra ådalen
I did a bit of research before starting 2001’s You Cheng Huan Jian Lu, the middle release of Dynasty’s Tiandi Jie Xu Zhuan series. This Taiwan-made PC exclusive appears to be famous for…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
This post is inspired by this video. Though this one pretty much sums up my conclusions pretty well. In summary, Shad’s argument goes like this, when held up next to one another a dagger and …| Fluid -- Druid
I had the pleasure last week of running Vaults of Vaarn 2E live on Twitch for the Weekly Scroll Podcast hosts and Chris P Wolf of Offworlders fame!1 There’s now a video of the session on YouT…| VAULTS OF VAARN
The explorers of House Montague-Kurtz explore a dungeon, searching for the key to their allies' escape.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
My players completed the fifth session of Skulls Without Number!1 Quite a bit more happened in this session than the last, and I'm continuing to find more things to take away.| Lair of the Dusk Witch
Well, after a little hiatus1 I finally got back to my Skulls Without Number game (see the report from the first and second sessions.) Session 3, unfortunately, will probably not get a full writeup, but I figured I'd get back into the swing of things with a session report on Session 4!| Lair of the Dusk Witch
