Nick Hendriks
Hi, I'm Nick! I'm a mid-30s guy who loves games of all kinds. I play tabletop far less than I'd like to, and I think about it far more than I ought to.\ Thi...| Nick Hendriks
Hi, I'm Nick! I'm a mid-30s guy who loves games of all kinds. I play tabletop far less than I'd like to, and I think about it far more than I ought to.\ Thi...| Nick Hendriks
I read too many articles offering guidance on how to reduce the amount of time spent prepping for ttrpgs. Ridiculous!! If you are anything like me, you can ...| Nick Hendriks
This is a mechanic I think might be interesting in...| Nick Hendriks
You are so small and the world is so big! Lucky for you a mighty steed awaits, its chitin glossy and vibrant. Choose or roll for three traits (re-roll incompatible results):| Nick Hendriks
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The West Marches gameplay style gives us a structural conceit: Start in Town, End in Town. It exists to satisfy the format's real-world need for players to be available for mix-and-match adventure groups while also maintaining a sense of verisimilitude: characters can't magically pop back into town without actually doing the work to get there. In other words, the format asks players to get back to town at the end of the session so that when another player asks "hey, can your thief character c...| Nick Hendriks
I've posted on this blog about my piratey West Marches game before. In typical OSR fashion I've hacked together my own custom set of rules to suit this game, and it's ever a work in progress. Here are a couple of recently implemented rules changes.| Nick Hendriks
Smudge Industries performed some kind of chemistry in the Before Times. Today it is surrounded by pools of multicolour slime. Reaching the building on foot requires navigating the slick and winding pathways between the pools. Falling in is generally bad, though some effects may have situational benefits.| Nick Hendriks
Have you ever wanted to run a secret agent spy thriller game but you couldn't come up with a cool story concept? Move over Clive Cussler! We're going to make up our own villainous scenario for Sean Brosnan and Ethan Impossible to handle!| Nick Hendriks
Last time: Three androids were waking up. Fly was set up to start shooting as soon as the androids caused trouble. Altivo was trying to steal shotguns. Baby was trying to sabotage the solar panels. Baby and Altivo both failed their sneak rolls so now it's time for combat.| Nick Hendriks
It's been ages since I ran session 1 of this game, so I'm going to do my best to pick up where I left off. I may forget a few things. To begin with I cannot remember how many dice were in the Tension Pool, if any. Oh well!| Nick Hendriks
Inspired by , I've decided to do some solo roleplaying using my and record what happens as I go. I'm not confident enough to film the sessions as Tom does, ...| Nick Hendriks
That's right, I pre-roll them, and I won't apologize for it. It gives me more time to think about how to make the results cool. I'm running a Wes...| Nick Hendriks
