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Let's face it -- in the publishing world, RPG products are a bit of an anomaly -- they're both text and graphic rich. The better ones have the same sort of attention to graphic detail as a coffee table photo book, and yet have to have the same sort of text density and tools (like a table of...

Savage Worlds includes "bennies" which allow PCs to reroll bad rolls, shake off damage, etc. They can earn new ones by playing in character, especially along one of their hindrances. An award system like that could work. I spent a lot of time trying to work out the nuts and bolts of a...

If the city is being attacked by sea, what sort of an attack is it? Traditionally (well, depending upon historical era) it's hard for ships to attack citys head-to-head, because a city's fortifications can be a lot stronger -- if the city HAS fortifications. But usually an attack like this...

Ah, okay, so it was more Second Life than WOW -- lots of freedom to create your own look, create your own reality within the computer. I'm a gadget lover, but I'm also a tabletop gamer. There's a qualitative difference sitting at the game table with my friends. Maybe it's the dick jokes...

Ah, okay, so it was more Second Life than WOW -- lots of freedom to create your own look, create your own reality within the computer. I'm a gadget lover, but I'm also a tabletop gamer. There's a qualitative difference sitting at the game table with my friends. Maybe it's the dick jokes...

In a lot of ways, that already exists in the form of RPGNow/DriveThruRPG.com. It's all PDFs, if course, which in my opinion are kinda broken (come back for next week's column), but basically anyone can create a PDF of their idea and sell it there. Of course, it won't be automatically included...

In a lot of ways, that already exists in the form of RPGNow/DriveThruRPG.com. It's all PDFs, if course, which in my opinion are kinda broken (come back for next week's column), but basically anyone can create a PDF of their idea and sell it there. Of course, it won't be automatically included...

Wow, it's been too long since I read Snow Crash -- I don't remember the details. Was it sort of MMO-like?

Wow, it's been too long since I read Snow Crash -- I don't remember the details. Was it sort of MMO-like?

The Tabletop RPG industry is in flux. Tectonic plates are moving. We've seen the announcement of D&D Next; we've been playtesting for months. Paizo is going strong with Pathfinder, while Wizards has scaled back 4e publishing to DDI content. Meanwhile, other games are springing up, fueled by the...

The Tabletop RPG industry is in flux. Tectonic plates are moving. We've seen the announcement of D&D Next; we've been playtesting for months. Paizo is going strong with Pathfinder, while Wizards has scaled back 4e publishing to DDI content. Meanwhile, other games are springing up, fueled by the...

Crap. I was afraid of that.

Crap. I was afraid of that.

I can't thank either one of the two of you enough for your parts in this joint. I wasn't around in those early years -- I think I didn't discover the site until around 2002 -- but still, the longevity of this sort of project is really remarkable. I think facebook, twitter, pinterist, whatever...

I can't thank either one of the two of you enough for your parts in this joint. I wasn't around in those early years -- I think I didn't discover the site until around 2002 -- but still, the longevity of this sort of project is really remarkable. I think facebook, twitter, pinterist, whatever...

EN World is bouncing back from a devastating hacking. The databases are still there, and we still have our decade+ of history -- but the custom code that has accrued over the years has been compromised, and Morrus and his team are faced with the necessity to try to put it all back together...

EN World is bouncing back from a devastating hacking. The databases are still there, and we still have our decade+ of history -- but the custom code that has accrued over the years has been compromised, and Morrus and his team are faced with the necessity to try to put it all back together...

One of the players in my home game has physical limitations that make it difficult for him to play in that old school, pen-and-paper way. Our game is 4e, and the wealth of computer and iPad-based tools that are available have made it possible for him to play -- everything from the DDI tools...

It started about 5 years ago when my employer issued me a projector. It didn't take more than a few heartbeats from being handed thing before I was thinking about how use it for D&D. What, you're any different? Ha! That weekend I built an ugly contraption with modular crate/shelf frames...

That's an interesting idea -- and as I recall the NWN Dm tools were very cool -- but our group still likes using minis -- we've experimented with using an entirely digital game, using Maptools with tokens for PCs and NPCs, but the players really didn't like it. I fear we would really struggle...