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Stocking fillers and gifts for gamers have never been easier to find, with a vast array of cool accessories and game related items all over the place, especially at conventions. At Dragonmeet recently there was an array of dice earings, potion bath wash, artisan wooden dice towers, dungeon theme...

We're picking up where we left off with player types converted to game master types. Here's the rest of the list. Optimiser This type of GM loves the rules and to a certain degree may be playing to win. This doesn’t mean they are trying to beat the players, but they will use every rule and...

Every Gamemaster has their own style and usually prefers a particular type of game. While I could collect a whole new set of Gamemaster types, instead I’m going to use the player types from the DM’s Guide. For me, most GM styles are really about what style they want to encourage in their...

We know GMs fudge dice rolls sometimes, but what happens when players do it? Picture courtesy of Unsplash. In my opinion, it’s not okay for a player to cheat. It effectively gives a player’s character more advantages than any of the others and probably more spotlight as they just do better...

Full Disclosure: One of the senior writers for Our Brilliant Ruin is a friend of mine. You can read my previous interview with the Studio Hermitage crew and an upcoming Not DND TTRPG Interview on EN World’s YouTube channel on September 30. The Setting Our Brilliant Ruin is a standalone...

Let's take a look at a few examples of "who goes first" in other games and how you might adapt them to yours. Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Initiative: D&D This is the standard we are all accustomed to. You have an initiative bonus based on (usually) Dexterity and you apply it to a roll to get...

GMs are always wanted at cons, but, a con game can be a very different experience Picture courtesy of AugusteBlanqui - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74768497 Even if you have run games for years, running a game at a convention can be a very different...

I do agree pace is important, but some of the most fun parts have been roleplaying with Npcs. Ideally your game should be all ‘good bits’ so pace is good but no need to rush.

Maid is one of the 'one or two exceptions' I was thinking of. :) Very quick and easy and part of the fun. The other was Nobilis (although that GM had the character parts done, just let us arrange the main 4 stats)

Fancy running a game at a con and want to create your own adventure? Picture courtesy of Gabrielmeister - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, File:Stephen R. Marsh at NTRPG Con, June 2017.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Great! Conventions are a a good way to test out something on a new group and try something...

You’ve decided to go a convention! Here's some advice on how to get the most out of the con you pick. Picture courtesy of Unsplash. Be Prepared, Take Care Convention season is upon us, and there are both large and small gaming cons all over the place. If you’ve never been to one they are...

Continuum was both complex and interesting, which might be why it didn’t do so well :) I think in the UK it suffered by calling the PCs (who travelled the timespan) “spanners”. To be honest, if you republished it now as the Loki Time Variance Agency rpg it would probably have a renaissance.

Both Flabergasted (basically the Tintin rpg) and Agents are Modiphius 3rd party games. So just one place to look. :) While Flabbergasted has been slow to do more stuff there are some new things since release so I’d be optimistic it’s time isn’t over yet. :)

I’d agree with most of those, but while I’d happily see more In Nomine it had a pretty healthy series of supplements that covered pretty much everything.

There were both too short lived, although Agents is a third party for Modiphius so the writers may be planning more. Luckily this year or so there is a bonanza of Victorian style RPGs that may ease your pain - Candela Obscura (Darlington), Our Brilliant Ruin (Studio Hermitage), Victoriana...

After the two second edition supplements, none of the books have any new Miles Teves art apart from the cover on the third.

Well, that is just a rules upgrade rather than adds any new setting or story as far as I know.

Not every game gets the supplements or line it deserves. It is sadly not that rare for a great game to fall victim to the loss of a company, creatives falling out or simply bad luck. While there are plenty of games you would like more supplements for, and every corebook should let you play the...

I missed this one or I'd have jumped in earlier! I'm the writer behind this one, and yes there is a certain element of labour of love as Space 1999 is something I loved as a child (even though it was also terrifying). But having rewatched it all again recently it still stands up, and in some...

Not much beyond the usual. Mail companies of the games you love and ask who to talk to about writing for them. Asking the same at a con is also good as that person might be there to chat to. Basically, build a connection and hopefully you’ll hit someone at the right time and they may have...