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All these years writing about RPGs, and I finally get to discuss a GM sash. Cairn is a complete RPG in a box designed for old school gaming with a focus on emergent play. The quirky Weird Heroes of Public Access is back in hardcover. Every GM should have a sash but only Heads of Light...

Image Courtesy of Pixabay Boot Hill - Wild West Role-Playing Game (Third Edition) is fifty years old counting from the first edition. It evolved from a mostly miniature based combat simulator into a full-fledged RPG with a breadth of adventures, from range wars to ballots boxes, some of which...

Not necessarily new this week, but RPGs I have recently run like Amazing Adventures and Moria or done an in depth deep dive into. Normally, this column does not cover print on demand but this week some of the RPGs are available as POD on DriveThruRPG. There are even a couple of PDF only...

The description made a point of saying this version is double sided which sounds even more useful.

I lean much more toward Liminal Horror and its visceral body horror versus normal people vibe, so I get it. On the other hand, I had a blast using Yog-Sothoth in Amazing Adventures so it may just depend on the type of campaign I'm running.

Call of Cthulhu heads for 1980s Japan while RuneQuest brings new cults for PCs to join and oppose. Dungeons & Dragons gets a floating tavern in the sky. There is also a hex crawl in a bag for any RPG, new dice with an extra d20, and adventures for Tales of the Valiant. The hex theme continues...

I would like to hear more about how you moved the themes over if you have time. I think the idea of doing that is fascinating.

Got it. I linked several of the landmarks together for a multi-year campaign but no, the books aren't specifically set up that way. However, most of the books have a framework to hang such a campaign on. It will be interesting to see if this edition releases an "adventure path" type of book with...

Second Edition has mainly been Eriador with Moria and this supplement venturing east of the Misty Mountains just a bit. But I agree, no large Mirkwood support yet in this edition. However, I ran an entire campaign around Lake Evendim using just The One Ring core book. And now with four large...

Do you have The One Ring version or D&D? Both are excellent in very different ways. I always run The One Ring. I'm running Moria currently and that is also a great book. Moria is such a small part of the Lord of the Rings. It is great to spend more time there.

RPG Spotlight shines a light on the latest RPG releases to help GMs decide if the book will improve and enhance their campaigns. Realms of the Three Rings and Keepers of the Elven-Rings, by Free League Publishing, are two sides of the same coin: Tolkien elves depicted in the Third Age of...

Plenty of unique options this week ranging from ancient fantasy to the post-apocalyptic 19th century. The world of Aihrde gets a setting supplement and Adventures in the Household receives adventure support. Supplements are available for Earthdawn covering magic and a marketplace and Pathfinder...

I have yet to run Troika! adventure I didn't like. Slow Sleigh to Plankton Downs especially was a lot of fun to run.

I never made a single system assumption. Not sure where you read that in my post. I GM a variety of RPGs, and I believe many readers here do the same.

Looks like Break!! is on sale on its website for $63 and $84.

You can currently get a free PDF of Troika! if you're willing to share your email to receive a newsletter at the Melsonian Arts Council website. While I love the print copies MAC puts out (lots of weird and interesting printing options) a PDF at least gives you a look if you might be interested...

This week, an improved deck of many things for Dungeons & Dragons 2014 and an art and fact filled book of made up fantasy fungus are now available. Both can work as in game handouts. Troika! also gets plenty of support as does Vampire: The Masquerade and the Cypher System. Finally, there are...

The generational differences I've seen is gaming with players who never watched Star Wars. Or Alien. I ran the Alien RPG for players who never watched the movie. That was weird.

Not too often now. I used to go to Gen Con and run games so I've GMed for dozens of strangers over the years. Con games are great as you have to quickly learn who your players are and what they want in about the first twenty minutes. Of course, if you wrote your description to your game well...