Recent content by Thondor

The best players are the ones who bring dessert or drinks to the game the GM has prepared. Mind you the ones who bring the tall tales, entertaining anecdotes or music are great too :) It's a fun analogy. I recently wrote a post about sports being my preferred analogy: Sports as the Metaphor for...

I actually think you are making a false fundamental assumption about how mammals organize themselves. The "alpha" of a pack, group, gang, isn't the strongest. They are the one who if the group does what they say everyone eats. The most powerful wolf doesn't lead the pack, he backs up the wolf...

As a Canadian RPG distributor, I am curious what store this might be? If you are comfortable sharing. A major goal of ours is to make it easier for Canadian retailers to get in hard to get RPGs.

The big thing to remember is MANY publishers are on Bits-n-mortar. If you buy from a FLGS you have the promise of a PDF - here's the publisher list: Publishers | Bits and Mortar Either the FLGS can supply, or you can reach out to the publisher. Everyone we distribute has a PDF guarantee through...

It can be quite common in certain types of games (we might call them story-games) for a player to make a bad choice for their character because it makes a more interesting story. Sometimes this is really good and in keeping with their character . . . sometimes they may be ignoring their...

Lots of great stuff in this thread all. I think there are (and this thread shows) different things that get classed as immersion. I see three: 1. In character immersion = I am thinking/experiencing this as this person. 2. World immersion = Verisimilitude (this is plausibly a real place –...

I am quite sure that there will be a crowdfunder. It should also be made clear: Treasure Overall will be available in retail as well. Source: I distribute Monster Overhaul and Magical Industrial Revolution in Canada and the UK (via Compose Dream Games). And fulfilled the MO KS in Canada...

If you like the concept of Shadow Run and still want system with some levels of crunch: I would highly recommend looking into New Edo. NewEdo Futuristic cyberpunk Japan co-existing with mythological Japan. If you just want the cyberpunk part . . . I am partial to The Veil (see The Veil...

I am a fan of Vanagard. Very fairy-tale vibes, super easy to one-shot but actually has a good underlying system for ongoing campaigns. I wrote a bit about it here: Vanagard - Viking Folklore RPG in a box by Pendelhaven Publishing

There was someone running games at KamCon in Kamloops BC I met recently. We both kind of went "cool haven't met a Hackmaster 5e GM in person before!"

It's October, so clearly we need to highlight some new horror realeases from the last 12 months! Here are a few highlights: The Stone Flesh Gift (ATypicalFaux) An exploration of an ancient living ship knocked off course, for the Mothership sci-fi horror RPG. Zine; 40 pages; colour; Order and...

Well . . . my Dungeons Unleashed campaign game is around 20 sessions (a few were split sessions). That could go another dozen sessions easy. No sure I'll get the group back together -- lots of new kids. These were mostly done only, so it might restart. I'd happily run a Hackmaster 5e game for...

Neat. Took me a few tries to get that the water could and does link up nicely if you just drag it correctly! Interesting that it saves as a json. I had to try popping it open into notepad++ changing something and reloading it. It worked.

The annual site-wide sale at the Compose Dream Games RPG Marketplace is on. All print titles are 20% off and all PDFs are 25% off. With 77 publisher's and both a Canadian and United Kingdom location, we image you'll find something of note. Head either to...