Cake and free invokes at the Mario Party
Back in September, a friend of mine ran a one-off session of TinyFate based on Super Mario. It was, incredibly, his very first time GMing an RPG and he did a great job. He’d played in one of the...
View ArticleMy (red) kryptonite: Mind control in Smallville RPG
Mind control is a staple of genre fiction. It appears in fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It’s used an awful lot in superhero stories. As such, it’s hard to avoid in any roleplaying game that...
View ArticleFate of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Part 1: Introduction to Rocketeering
I have a big soft spot for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). I grew up watching the old 1987 Fred Wolf cartoon (“Heroes in a half shell! Turtle power!”), and fell back in love watching the 2003...
View ArticleTerminator: Runners, a Psi*Run hack
For Day 2 of RPGaDay this year, Michael Duxbury said that the RPG he’d most like to see published is an RPG based on the Terminator franchise, particularly the first few movies about unstoppable...
View ArticleTurning over a new leaf: A villainous Cortex Prime playtest
It’s 2018, hurrah! A new year means a new year for roleplaying, and I’m looking forward to a few upcoming changes in my roleplaying calendar. First, all three regular campaigns that I’m in are reaching...
View ArticleBring on the dwelfs: Mixed race options in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
I recently finished playing in a Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition) campaign, and the same group is now planning for the next one, in the same setting but with all new characters. We’re even using...
View ArticleDrama Dice: An advancement mod for Cortex Prime (with Benj Davis)
Drama dice are a variant advancement and reward mechanic in Cortex Prime, designed by Benj Davis originally as a hack for Smallville RPG. They combine elements from the existing Cortex Prime mods of...
View ArticleApplied Emotionality: A new trait set for Cortex Prime
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I recently ran a playtest campaign of the draft rules for Cortex Prime. I provided feedback on the system to Cam Banks, and my group updated to the latest...
View ArticleQuick Cortex Prime hack: Spies and monster hunters in Cold City
My gaming group just wrapped up a Cold City campaign. It was fun, and we liked the setting, but afterwards the other players and I were unanimous in our dislike of the game’s system. There were some...
View ArticleDwelfs and Dragoblins: More mixed race options for D&D 5e
One year ago, I posted a way of creating player characters in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition that have the traits of two different playable races. That blog post was Bring on the dwelfs: Mixed race...
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Beyond Dwelfs: Even more mixed race options for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition
Portrait of a half-Dwarf/half-Orc (dworc) named Grehg by Archaes8 (via DeviantArt) It’s March, and apparently that means I’m doing another update of my free ruleset for creating and playing mixed race...
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