Recent content by Darkcross

"And while White Wolf has been publisher and distribution house for such companies as Arthaus, Sword & Sorcery Studios, and Necromancer Games -- all d20 designers -- the open gaming approach stop short of their own Storyteller System. They're not ready to open their in-house rules system..." --...

"Thanks for the revamp of the reviews page. Your hard work has made it an invaluable tool." -- Sayburr Ditto. It looks great. Many thanks to everyone involved. -- Darkcross

"Anybody know of any good games d20 or otherwise set in the early 19th Century? or to be more specific say....1880-1940?" -- Rayston White Wolf's Adventure! is a great game. I highly recommend it, but its setting is pulp-oriented without the fantasy elements you're suggesting. Castle...

"What Products have you boughtt solely on the recomendations of these boards?" I wasn't a huge Realms fan, but I purchased the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting based on praise that I read here. Likewise, I purchased the PDF downloads The Book of Eldritch Might and Librium Equitis, Volume One...

Originally posted by mythusmage: "What caught my eye was the article on dweomers you can put on your castle walls. Now that was a nice preview of an upcoming book." Agreed. Initially, I wasn't too stoked about the Stronghold Builder's Guidebook. But this issue has put it on my list of...

Playing Evil The problem with playing Evil is that Evil is easy. I'm not saying that portraying an Evil character is any easier than portraying a Good one, but that from the perspective of a character, in most settings, being Evil is much easier than being Good. Doing Evil deeds often...

Collaborative Play I agree that collaborative roleplaying isn't a particularly attractive option for most RPGs. One of the fundamental pleasures of roleplaying is the exploration and uncovering of mysteries (not Whodunits? necessarily, but locating artifacts, uncovering secret plots, etc.)...

T20 Cover Art Can we get back to Dave Mattingly's cheesy un-Traveller cover art? Who do I have to kill to get this thing off the cover of my most highly anticipated D20 purchase? While I agree that Mattingly's cover may be more attractive to newbies, I shudder at actually owning a Traveller...