Author Archives: Brent
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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