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Rob Wieland
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Rob Wieland

I am a game designer with over 15 years worth of game credits and industry experience. My work includes licensed games based on worlds like Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly, classic game worlds like Dungeons & Dragons and Shadowrun and my own creations like Camelot Trigger and Save Game. I play a wide variety of games as part of Theatre of the Mind Players and have been the guest of honor at several conventions. I live with my family in Wisconsin, born near the heart of RPGs (and just a few short years younger than they are).
Powered by the Apocalypse  Reviews 
Hearts of Wulin Is A Soaring Swashbuckler
When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came out twenty years ago, it exposed a new audience to a new side of the wuxia genre. There were plenty of western fans of the exquisite fight sequences, but many also were hooked on the stoic romance between the main characters. This has always been part of the genre but American releases of these films tended to focus on ones with hard-hitting action...
Dungeons & Dragons  Novels  Reviews 
Rise Of The Drow is Three Good D&D Books In One
There are a lot of solid campaigns out for Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons. Wizards of the Coast’s strategy of one new campaign a year seems to be working for them. By focusing on campaigns that run through ten levels with just enough information to get through the storyline, the company has given new players a lot of different ways to play in campaigns. Still, there’s a market out there...
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
My Five Favorite Things From The Wild Beyond The Witchlight
This month begins one of the busiest periods in the history of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. We’re getting three months of back to back to back releases, starting with The Wild Beyond The Witchlight, an adventure path that takes players to the Feywild and back via the spooky Witchlight Carnival. I got my hands on an advanced copy of the book and here are the five things I liked most about...
Powered by the Apocalypse  Reviews 
Get Cozy With Cthulhu In Brindlewood Bay
Mysteries can be one of the trickiest types of game to run. Threading the needle between too much information and too little information changes from GM to GM and group to group. When it works, it’s brilliant. There’s a reason Masks of Nyarlathotep is a favorite of mine. The piles of clues that kick off that investigation makes the game a great player driven sandbox. But when it doesn’t, it’s...
Other Games  Reviews 
Go Back To The Medieval Future of Fading Suns
Every gamer I know has a Pile of Shame. It’s the pile or shelf of books and games that they’ve acquired that go unplayed for whatever reason. Maybe the group isn’t into the theme. Maybe something else came along right after that was more compelling. One of the biggest sections of my Pile of Shame was Fading Suns. I loved the look and feel of this dark space opera but the system never made...
Other Games  Reviews 
My First Game: Top Secret/SI
For the vast majority of people who get into the tabletop role-playing hobby, Dungeons & Dragons was the gateway. While I enjoy D&D and think my favorite edition of it is the current one, my education in games was much broader. The gaming group that I joined was a bit older than I was and they were sick to death of D&D by the time I started playing. Instead we had four rotating games we played...
Other Games  Reviews 
A Look Inside The Upcoming Avatar Legends: The RPG
Magpie Games set tongues wagging earlier this year when they announced they had secured the rights to create a role-playing game based on the animated TV shows Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. These shows, heavily influenced by anime, Asian and Indigineous cultures, are beloved by fantasy fans around the world and the setting seems like a good way to interest people in RPGs...
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
This Potbellied Kobold Is Full of Surprises
Most official 5e adventure collections come in one of two styles; a campaign style storyline meant to be played straight through or a collection of vaguely themed adventures to be dropped in throughout a campaign. That’s the first surprise I discovered upon opening up my review copy of Adventures From The Potbellied Kobold from Jeff Stevens Games. This collection is all of the above. It can be...
Other Games  Reviews 
Trinity Continuum Reboots Aberrant For The Better
When Aberrant was first released in 1999, comic book superheroes were in a state of flux. The 90s had been a dark period where heroes shied away from the fantastic origins of the genre. Everyone was trying to prove that comics were serious business even as the genre swung back toward a mixture of big stories and grown-up storytelling in comics like Astro City and the Marvel Ultimate universe...
OSR  Reviews 
The Mecha Hack Packs Big Robot Action In A Small Package
I fell in love with giant stompy robots visiting the Battletech Center for my thirteenth birthday. It seems strange in a modern world of online battle, but once upon a time you had to go to the same location to fight your friends. The Battletech Center went a few steps further by setting each screen inside a massive pod full of booming speakers, toggle switches and cockpit readouts straight...
Other Games  Reviews 
A Great Solo Game For Aspiring Han Solos
I have had to admire wargaming as a hobby from afar. I don’t have the patience to learn how to paint and I don’t have the money to invest in a ton of scenery and accessories. So I wondered why I was sent a copy of Five Parsecs From Home by Modiphius. The premise intrigued me; a solo wargame? With RPG elements? That uses the minis I already own? After reading the book and playing a scenario or...
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews  Video Games 
Solasta: Crown of the Magister Offers A Hidden Fifth Edition Computer Gem
Seven years in, one would think there would be an official Fifth Edition video game by now. There are plenty of ways to play D&D electronically, such as the upcoming Dark Alliance action brawler or mobile versions of classics like Baldur’s Gate. Computer versions have yet to completely scratch the itch of playing a game with a Dungeon Master who can react to unexpected plans and adjust...
Other Games  Reviews 
Partners Puts Procedurals Under The Hot Lights
Role-playing games are a hobby of mimicry. They are a new way to tell the stories we love. We get a chance to be part of the story and make the choices of our favorite heroes and villains. Thanks to the nerdy origins of the hobby, there are dozens of ways to tell stories about magic and the future. One genre that’s popular with the general public that’s under-represented in RPGs? The...
Miniatures  Reviews 
Welcome to the World of Papercraft
While I am not much of a minis player, I am dazzled by the gorgeous tables and setups I see at conventions and online. Dwarven Forge terrain blows my mind but I don’t have the time, money or energy to properly set it up. When I opt to do more grid or miniatures based combat I’m usually fine with some dry erase markers and tokens. If I have a specific set piece in mind, I’ll breakout something...
Other Games  Reviews 
The One Box RPG Philosophy of Scratchpad Publishing
Game designer Rodney Thompson has experience in both the board game and role-playing game design worlds. He was part of the team that designed Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition, led the development of Star Wars Saga Edition for years and designed Lords of Waterdeep during his time at Wizards of the Coast. His one-man publishing company, Scratchpad Publishing, creates games that play to the...
Dungeons & Dragons  Reviews 
My Favorite Parts of Van Richten’s Guide To Ravenloft
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is the most hotly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons book in a while. Ravenloft has proved to be one of the most popular official settings. Fans are excited to see a full setting book for this classic realm. The copy sent to me by Wizards of the Coast turned out to be so much more. Let’s look inside and check out some of my favorite parts just in time for the...

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Eat The Reich Is Here For A Bloody Good Time, Not For A Long Time
Play a vampire and kill nazis in WW2!
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Play To Lose Yourself In The Zone
You won't survive this tragedy of doomed heroes!
Other Games  Reviews 
Parsley Turns Classic Adventure Games Into Fun For Everyone
A new spin on a retro form of text adventure games.
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Use This Ghost To Show Off The World Of Old Gods
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New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Alternate Art Cover Reveal
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More D&D 2024 Tidbits: Aasimar, Goliaths, Town-Eating Gelatinous Cubes
Here are a few more tidbits from Game Informer's magazine coverage of the new edition's rulebooks.
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The D&D Cartoon Heroes In The 2024 PHB
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How Does Greyhawk Fit In To The New Edition?
Dungeon Master’s Guide contains a sample setting—and that setting is, indeed, Greyhawk.
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New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Cover Reveal
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D&D-powered cartoon fun from Cryptozoic Entertainment.
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Kobold Press' Black Flag System Reference Document Released
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SRD 5.2 will be released under Creative Commons next year.
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Field Guide to Floral Dragons Joins Million Dollar Kickstarter Club
One of only two TTRPG creators with four separate million dollar Kickstarters!
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