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Charles Dunwoody
Charles Dunwoody

Charles Dunwoody

Charles Dunwoody is currently GMing Forbidden Lands The Bloodmarches. He freelance writes including articles for EN World and Geek Native. Charlie is a participant in the Noble Knight Affiliate Program and the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, both of which are affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Noble Knight Games and DriveThruRPG respectively. If you like the articles at EN World please consider supporting our Patreon.
Basic Roleplaying  Novels 
Rivers of London RPG: An Interview
Lynne Hardy of Chaosium was kind enough to tell me more about the upcoming Rivers of London RPG. Based on the best selling-book series by Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London combines police procedural with modern urban fantasy. Thanks also to Michael O’Brien for setting up the interview and to Ben Aaronovitch for creating his magical world and sharing it with Chaosium so we can all roleplay in...
Call of Cthulhu 
RPG Print News – Chaosium, Cubicle 7, Free League, and More
These new RPG products are available in print in October 2020. Ask your favorite local game store to order a copy or order online. The Call of Cthulhu and the Delta Green adventures are perfect for Halloween and the Alien RPG Starter Set can kick off an entire campaign of terror. This week all of the offerings except Alien (but as a franchise also goes back a long way) are from RPGs with long...
Dungeons & Dragons  OSR 
RPG Now in Print News – Free League, Monte Cook Games, Pinnacle, and More
These new RPG products are available in print in October 2020. Ask your favorite local or to order a copy or order online. Game systems include Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder as well as other games such as Numenera and Deadlands Reloaded. Products range from hardcovers to boxed sets to deluxe leather bound books and more. A solo horror RPG and the Scandinavian horror RPG Vaesen are perfect...
Clarence Redd, Creator of M-Space, Discusses Sci-Fi, Aliens, and RPGs
Clarence Redd is the publisher and author of M-SPACE and recently released the M-SPACE Companion. He was kind enough to talk about RPGs, his creative process, and the RPGs he has created at FrostByte Books.
GMing: A D4 of Design-Run-Discuss-Reshape to Kick Off a Campaign
In science and business processes go through planning, doing, checking, and adjusting which is in a turn a version of the scientific method. Use an RPG version of this method to improve your game and resolve problems. Work hand in hand with your players to create a campaign and adventures designed specifically for their characters and the goals they are pursuing. Use Design-Run-Discuss-Reshape...
Basic Roleplaying  Boardgames  Call of Cthulhu 
Lords of the Middle Sea: An Interview
I spoke with Jason Durall about Chaosium’s upcoming Lords of the Middle Sea Roleplaying Game for Basic Roleplaying. Based on Chaosium’s second board game of the same name, published in 1978, the setting is a post-apocalyptic ruined and flooded North America in 2401.
Dungeons & Dragons  Film & TV 
GMing: What Keeps Long Running Campaigns Exciting?
You have a new campaign to start. You need a starting location, NPCs, and an adventure. Months later, you need to make an adventure for a 14th level party who need strong NPCs and monsters to face. Which of the two are you more excited to create?
D6 Ways to be a Great Game Moderator
RPGs have sections on what an RPG is, what dice are, rules, and usually GM advice including adventure design. However, knowing the accoutrements and rules of gaming do not necessarily lead to great refereeing. Dice not make one great. So what does make a GM great?
Roleplaying Fear Traps in Battle
In most RPGs, battles start by rolling initiative. In the real world, battles start with fear. The attacker feels the adrenaline and sweat and the inner voice listing everything that could go wrong. For the defender, the attack kicks the heartbeat into overdrive and panic tries to lodge deep. How do you roleplay the effects of this fear for extra verisimilitude in your RPG of choice?
Dungeons & Dragons 
D6 Basic Ways to Improve Your GMing
Gamemasters are the beating heart of an RPG home game. Their hard work creates the adventures player characters play through and the world their characters experience. If you’re a GM you are constantly honing your skills. Here are d6 basic ways to help you improve as a GM or start for the first time.
Reviews 
Strange Aliens and Fantastic Planets Abound in M-SPACE and the M-S Companion
M-SPACE works well for heroic and mythic sci-fi games, but can emulate everything from contemporary near-realistic settings to 1940s pulp-inspired heroes. With the M-SPACE Companion, cybernetics and robots become robust character options as well. The game engine used is Mythras Imperative, a d100 (Basic Roleplaying) RPG.
Conventions  Reviews 
D6 Things to Do with RPGs Besides Play Them
Table roleplaying games provide rules usually for nine or less players and a gamemaster to create characters, describe a world, and go on adventures. However, there are many other ways to experience RPGs besides playing home games. Here are d6 additional ways for you to enjoy tabletop RPGs.
Reviews 
Investigate Tales from the Loop in the Starter Set
In 2017, Tales from the Loop took five gold Ennie awards. In 2020, a starter set comes with an optional virtual offer to include Roll20 content with the setting also playing on Amazon Prime as a mini-series. Is it worth getting? What’s in the box?
OSR  Reviews 
Played It Review of Survive This!! Zombies!
Survive This!! Zombies! blends old school rules with new innovations and mixes it with a cornucopia of zombies to distill a well-balanced cocktail of gaming enjoyment. The rules, while a bit incomplete, should not hinder an experienced gamemaster.
Reviews 
Played It Review of Ryuutama Natural Fantasy Role Play
In Ryuutama, the GM plays the Ryuujin, an NPC spirit guardian dragon, who records and sometimes interacts with a group of travelers played by the players. Together, the Ryuujin and PCs build towns and the world itself through journeys and adventures.
Call of Cthulhu  Dungeons & Dragons  Traveller 
D30 Overland Travel Mishaps
Adventurers walking from one location to another with gear on their backs face several challenges. Whether backpacking in Traveller or Call of Cthulhu or journeying in Dungeons & Dragons or Ryuutama, here are d30 mishaps an explorer might encounter on the trail.

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Reviews

Other Games  Reviews 
Parsley Turns Classic Adventure Games Into Fun For Everyone
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.
Cypher System  Reviews 
Use This Ghost To Show Off The World Of Old Gods
A one-shot adventure which evokes the generational horror of Stephen King.
Other Games  Reviews 
Welcome…To Jurassic Murderworld
A beginner adventure written by comics writer Jim Zub.
Reviews  Warhammer 
The Wrath And Glory Starter Set Lets You Purge A Little Heresy, As A Treat
An excellent introduction to the 40K universe.

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 
Full Drink Menu To Make Taverns Memorable
Put something else besides whiskey on the bar, whether that's lively quicksilver mead, tasty scumple, or thimblebrew microbrew.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Vecna: Eve of Ruin Adventure -- An “Off the Rails” Adventure for D&D's Anniversary
Wizards' first book for its 50th anniversary year is aiming for the stars, which is appropriate for a multiverse-spanning adventure.
Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
The Dungeon Dudes Notch Up Another Million Dollar Kickstarter
Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
Dungeons & Dragons 
WotC Fireside Chat: Revised 2024 Player’s Handbook
Book is near-final and includes psionic subclasses, and illustrations of named spell creators.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Take A Run On This Bank—They're Legitimately Asking For It
An innovative means for one of Allesund's wealthiest and most powerful families to inspire trust in their bank's customers might just be your big payday.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Potential Monsters in Quests from the Infinite Staircase Adventures #1: B4 The Lost City
Cynidiceans, the werefoxes and polymars... oh my!

Industry News

Dungeons & Dragons  Industry 
The Dungeon Dudes Notch Up Another Million Dollar Kickstarter
Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
Industry 
Hasbro's Tabletop Is On The Up Again
After a disappointing 2023, latest earnings call from Hasbro shows tabletop games starting to recover.
Industry 
Asmodee Owner To Split Into 3 Companies
Publisher of video games, Star Wars TTRPG, and owner of Middle Earth Enterprises restructures after turbulent year.
Industry 
D&D AI Fail
Twitter thinks there's a new WotC president who will give you a baby dragon.
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