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21st Century Renaissance Man. My gamer resume: http://brentnewhall.com/rpg/doku.php?id=brent_s_gamer_resume

Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 8: Dungeon Raiders, part 2 of 3

In our 17 March 2012 session, we played Dungeon Raiders, a retroclone of classic D&D. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and the upper-level temple map The System: Dungeon Raiders Rules complexity: Light (10-page basic book) Availability: Free PDF The Players Brent P. Newhall, GM … Continue reading »

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Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 8: Dungeon Raiders

In our 17 March 2012 session, we played Dungeon Raiders, a retroclone of classic D&D. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and the upper-level temple map The System: Dungeon Raiders Rules complexity: Light (10-page basic book) Availability: Free PDF The Players … Continue reading »

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Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 7: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, part 4 of 4

In our 3 March 2012 session, we played Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, a story-oriented game of comic book characters, using the Cortex+ system. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and doom pool The System: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Rules complexity: Medium to heavy (234-page basic … Continue reading »

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Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 7: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, part 3 of 4

In our 3 March 2012 session, we played Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, a story-oriented game of comic book characters, using the Cortex+ system. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and doom pool The System: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Rules complexity: Medium to heavy (234-page basic … Continue reading »

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Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 7: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, part 2 of 4

In our 3 March 2012 session, we played Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, a story-oriented game of comic book characters, using the Cortex+ system. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and doom pool The System: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Rules complexity: Medium to heavy (234-page basic … Continue reading »

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Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 7: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying

In our 3 March 2012 session, we played Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, a story-oriented game of comic book characters, using the Cortex+ system. The Group: Let’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This session’s Google documents: characters and doom pool The System: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Rules complexity: Medium to heavy (234-page … Continue reading »

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You know what you need? A classic D&D retroclone

Update: I\’ve added an EPUB version of Dungeon Raiders, so you can read it on your Kindle, Nook, or other eReader. Download below. If you want a Dungeons & Dragons retroclone that explicitly mimics first-edition mechanics, you\’ve got Basic Fantasy, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Heroes Against Darkness, Labyrinth Lord, OSRIC, Searchers of the Unknown, and Swords & … Continue reading »

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50 Games in 50 Weeks: Horrific, Terror in the Cards

While browsing a local game store’s dusty bargain bin, my hands pulled out a couple decks of cards. Each was adorned with a tiny yellow price tag proclaiming, “$1.” The decks were part of a card game, Horrific: Terror in the Cards. According to the back of each deck, each player in the game plays … Continue reading »

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Swing From the Chandelier

Is this you? As a player, do you try to avoid trouble? When facing a dangerous situation, do you look for ways to make it less dangerous? To find the factors endangering your party and tamp them down, working around the problem? In the real world, that’s commendable. If you’re playing an action-driven game, it’s … Continue reading »

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50 Games in 50 Weeks: Paranoia

RPG players are conditioned to view PC conflict as an absolute bad. So how can I describe the fun of an RPG that assumes players will attempt to kill each other at every session? Paranoia is set in a 1980’s dystopia where Friend Computer directs humanity with a scented iron fist. It’s 1984 crossed with … Continue reading »

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