Author Archives: Brent
50 Games in 50 Weeks: Everyone Is John
As part of DC Gameday, I volunteered to run a game of Everyone Is John. System basics: Each player is a voice in the head of a totally insane man named John from Minneapolis. Each voice has a few skills, an obsession (something they really want to accomplish), and a pool of Willpower tokens. Whenever … Continue reading
Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 5: Dungeon World, part 3 of 3
In our 17 December 2011 session, we played Dungeon World, a story-oriented game of fantasy adventure with a classic D&D feel. 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 The System: Dungeon World Rules complexity: Medium (124-page PDF) Availability: $10 … Continue reading
Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 5: Dungeon World, part 2 of 3
In our 17 December 2011 session, we played Dungeon World, a story-oriented game of fantasy adventure with a classic D&D feel. 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 The System: Dungeon World Rules complexity: Medium (124-page PDF) Availability: $10 Basic … Continue reading
Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 5: Dungeon World
In our 17 December 2011 session, we played Dungeon World, a story-oriented game of fantasy adventure with a classic D&D feel. 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 The System: Dungeon World Rules complexity: Medium (124-page PDF) Availability: $10 PDF Website: … Continue reading
One Little Tweak
I ran a game of Searchers of the Unknown, a simplified and free original D&D rule set, at RyvenCon a while ago. \’Twas fun, and the system worked well, but we agreed that it could use one little tweak. This way, madness lies. It\’s so tempting to house-rule a system because it\’s \”not perfect.\” Soon, a rules-light system grows into a rules-moderate system. Well, this is a minor issue, but a significant … Continue reading
Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 4: Hangout playtest, part 2 of 2
The Let\’s Play group plays a different RPG every week. In our 9 December 2011 session, we played Hangout, an experimental system that Brent is still developing. The system is explained over the course of the session. The session was set in the world of TRON. The Group: Let\’s Play an Interesting RPG About the … Continue reading
Let’s Play an Interesting RPG, episode 4: Hangout playtest, part 1 of 2
In our 9 December 2011 session, we played Hangout, an experimental system that Brent is still developing. The system is explained over the course of the session. The session was set in the world of TRON. The Group: Let\’s Play an Interesting RPG About the group (with instructions on joining or watching our games) This … Continue reading
How To Play When It’s Just You
On the Gamer Assembly wiki FAQ, one of the questions is: Are there any pre-made D&D 4E adventures designed for one player and one DM? Something to help teach rules (for both DM and player)? This is what the Red Box was designed for. If you’ve paid for a D&D Insider account, you can download … Continue reading