Winter Eternal Winter Eternal by Morné Schaap Cover: Lord Zsezse Works, Morné Schaap & Anton Vermeulen Layout: Morné Schaap & Anton Vermeulen Interior art: Doug Anderson, Jeff Brown, Jason Heeley, Jeremy Jack, Bob Kehl, Riaz khan Eusouff, Christopher Onciu, Morné Schaap, Adam Schmidt, Colin Tan, Anton Vermeulen Overview: Winter Eternal comes out of the gates… Continue reading Runkles Review: Winter Eternal for Savage Worlds
So an interesting title has made its way across my desk. A game of Heroic sword and sorcery, Savage Kingdoms. This was a Kickstarter that slipped past my radar back in March of last year. Likely because we were getting deep into preparation for Storm-Con. Savage Kingdoms is inspired by Robert E Howard and is… Continue reading Review: Savage Kingdoms
Good read, you are the second person that has mentioned to me how great PoE is. This is now on my list of must play games.
That said these tips are great to any DM/GM as well at the Tabletop. When you make NPC’s that your players value they will grow to love the world around them as much as their own Character.
Making a player put value in an NPC good or bad. Makes every interaction with them that much better. This is a wonderful way to curb the much hated Murder Hobo groups that DM’s dread.
But much like any MMO. Not everyone needs a name. Suzy the barmaid only requires a name if she is addressed by the players and they engage her in conversation. Until that time she is just a Drone on auto pilot. This goes for any other NPC that is not a key character in your stories.
MMORPG published an article a few days ago: 5 Things MMOs Could Learn from Pillars of Eternity. It was good to see characters and story near the top of this list.
Some reader comments on the article are skeptical, suggesting that single player RPGs and MMOs are different categories, but no. Characters should be the #1 most important thing in anything fiction, and every video game is fiction.
No? When you think of Mortal Kombat, what comes to mind? The gameplay or the characters? What about driving games? GTA is the best-selling driving franchise of all time, edging out Mario Kart. And Mario Kart is called Mario Kart.
MMOs tend to overwhelm players with too many throw-away character names. Pillars of Eternity tries to avoid this trap. Instead of naming every villager, PoE just calls them villagers.
One of the companion NPCs in PoE, written by…
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Game Nightlife Mats. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamenightlife/gnl-mats/description This Kickstarter came onto my radar last week when it launched. From the very moment I was excited. I always liked Tack Tiles but I never picked them up due to the puzzle board shape. Something about it never had the visual appeal to me on a personal level. That said… Continue reading Kickstarter Watch: GNL Mats.
Well I currently do not have a regular game of DCC going to date. Regular game or not I love the gritty feel and old school flavor of this System. Stormlord Publishing now has come along and puts out a six-guns and sorcery setting based in a fictional USA. Well I am sold. Honestly the… Continue reading Stormlord Publishing Black Powder Black Magic
It is well-known that Monte Cook Games is rolling out the Cypher System later this year. I your like me you are as chomping at the bit to devour any content that you can while we wait. Much of Numeneara and The Strange are cross compatible and in these two posts Monte explains how easy… Continue reading The Strange & Numenera Mash ups.
Passing along the call for gamer’s helping gamer’s !
Meet Serene, a courageous teen battling cancer
Earlier today I came across a gentleman named Ric M. in one of the many buy/sell/trade groups I belong to on Facebook who posted he was considering selling off his collection to raise funds for his daughter’s cancer treatment expenses. His situation hit me link a ton of bricks! I am a parent and a grandparent and I can’t imagine being this guy’s shoes, but I would do the same thing that he is doing without thinking twice. I love my family more than my books or my hobby.
Ric and I have never met or gamed together, but I felt compelled to action. He and I chatted at length this evening and I arranged to purchase several items I needed to fill in holes in my collection of older D&D books and module sets and I was happy to support his efforts…
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