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Howdy folks, and welcome to the PAIZO NEWS ROUNDUP! My name is Ben, and I’m going to use this space to fill you in on some of the ins and outs what’s happening in the Paizo world. There’s more juicy details out for those of you out there waiting for every scrap of Starfinder, as well as news on...

Ultimately the thing is this: a game isn't objectively bad for not doing the thing that you like, or doing the thing that you don't like. It just means that the game was designed with a different sensibility than what you're interested in. This is an okay thing. We're in a time where we suffer...

It is a line that is ultimately unimportant, however, except to a handful of grognards and people who argue about games online. I say this as someone who started playing D&D in 1979, and who has been a professional (paid) critic of gaming for a number of years now. ;)

Probably the earliest version of a fate point mechanic (that I can think of off the top of my head) goes all the way back to the 80s and TSR's original Marvel Super-Heroes game. Karma was a fate point mechanic, and it even was a carrot/stick reward system for making people have their characters...

Personally, I would tell such a person that they've been fed a line of nonsense by someone who either 1) doesn't understand the system or terminology in question or 2) has some sort of an axe to grind that is based upon their not understanding the system or terminology. Getting a bonus to a die...

The game is still available for sale. ;)

There are a couple of places where degree of success can come into play in the rules, so it does figure into the game. I don't have issues with fate point mechanics (I'm an avid Fate gamer in fact), because I think that they are helpful in making cinematic games cinematic.

After a successful Kickstarter project, Green Ronin Publishing have put out a second edition of their Blue Rose role-playing game. Inspired by the works of romantic fantasy from authors such as Mercedes Lackey, Tamora Pierce and Diane Duane, Blue Rose was originally powered by a variant of the...

Have you ever wondered where the battle against chaos comes from? How did dragons first come to be the enemies of man? Role playing games embrace mythology and a seed was planted thousands of years ago in the tales of early man. The Chaoskampf or "Struggle against chaos" is a concept born from...

DriveThruRPG/RPGNow did have their own free sale, a number of Quickstarts and other products. There was a big banner at the top of the site.

This past weekend was Free RPG Day, the red-headed step child of Free Comic Book Day, where gamers descend upon shops for free SWAG. This year I spent part of the day at a local gaming store, Serenity Games, running a Fate Accelerated game for a busy table, connecting with some friends that I...

While most of us are more versed in the popularity of Manga, rather than Chinese or Japanese history the mash of these elements in Ninja Crusade Second Edition (NC2E), might escape your notice check. The game not only offers player characters an opportunity to dawn the balaclava and take the...

Mutant: Genlab Alpha (MGA) is a hardcover 242 page full color post-apocalyptic RPG and supplement by Swedish publisher Fria Ligan (Free League) also available as a PDF. The starter booklet includes a free rules overview. Both a full-fledged RPG in its own right and a supplement to Mutant: Year...

Running for three days (April 21–23), New MexiCon marked its fourth year of putting on a plethora of indie RPGs and LARPs for gamers from New Mexico and points beyond. Like many smaller cons, New MexiCon raised its seed money via Kickstarter. The campaign this year was successful enough to pay...

While I often spread the links to the Bundle of Holding site across my social media whenever there is a new bundle up, I don't talk very often about the bundles in my columns here at EN World. I talked about the Champions 4E bundle that was at the site recently, because the release of so much...

You might want to directly reply to those you directly reply to, so as to avoid confusion. I had thought that Kazakhstan was in Eastern Europe, before looking it up for this article. Of course, the maps of that part of the world have changed a few times since I was in high school. :)

Kazakhstan is in Asia.

I believe that you meant to say "Hey, that's cool that people in a place not known for tabletop RPGs gathered together to play some games, and start up a new tradition."

How best to structure your own RPG? It’s not a new dilemma. Back in the day games publishers always sought to innovate, whether that be a relatively small change, like adding spell points to a D&D chassis, or something more fundamental, like dispensing with class and level entirely, making...

Last week I posted about how we "need" more gaming conventions, today I woke up to talk on social media about the first ever tabletop role-playing convention in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a former republic of the Soviet Union that declared their independence in 1991. This wasn't a very large...