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I've heard that rebuttal before, but AD&D showed me a different way. Players out-of-game tried to roll high ability scores and even 18s to get in-game rewards that lasted whole campaigns. I think 5E still has players rolling 4d6 at least as one option, so the idea of out-of-game activities...

Starter bundles along with PDFs for the G.I. JOE RPG, Power Rangers RPG, Hunter: The Reckoning, and My Little Pony RPG. DMDave has support for fantasy settlements and a new Horror RPG. D&D and Old-School Essentials get adventures including leather bound options. Finally, Vast Grimm gets plenty...

While Paizo and WotC like adventure paths, there are plenty of companies making brand new stand alone adventures, with Goodman Games being the champ at this. Frog God Games, Necrotic Gnome, Exalted Press, and many other small press companies put out great modules all the time for all editions of...

In my current campaign, I encourage the players to write the recaps from their character's point of view. They get in game currency (a Style Point as we're using Ubiquity) for doing so. Only one has done so up to now, but another player plans to start. The great thing is I can pull what they...

Exactly! The campaign is one wild ride with many branches, not one short ride, then wait in line, then another ride, then wait in line. Even if players like the approach of many small slides, I would find what are basically continual one-shots extremely fatiguing and hard to build any momentum...

I ran Pirates when the PDFs were free. Great campaign. What you're talking about sounds like what I'm aiming for. I do think a sand box needs a solid ending as well. When the final political enemy is defeated, and the empire is in full swing for example. Of course, if I ran Pirates again, I...

I agree although I do like a good kick off and a solid end to book end a sandbox campaign. This approach is a little more focused than just asking the PCs to wander around a bit to see what interests them. All those choices can make it hard for players to know where to start. This approach aims...

Yes, although I don't have the ending ready at the beginning (because the players haven't given me the direction they want to head towards). I think starting with a bang is great, let the players lead things, get an idea where things might end up, and then figure out how to bring everything to...

Here is a practical guide for a gamemaster who wants to start a table top roleplaying game with a group of players characters and have a series of sessions turn into a year long campaign or longer. Using a waterslide instead of a railroad of course. Florida Globe Miami - Free photo on Pixabay...

1990s Lovecraftian horror gets another adventure for Delta Green The Conspiracy and Traveller also gets an adventure, this one full of killing machines. More movie settings are out for Everyday Heroes and DCC RPG gets a lot of new support including being able to play a troll. D&D and Pathfinder...

D&D gets plenty of ocean faring and underwater support and there are supplements for Lovecraftian horror this week. Call of Cthulhu Seventh Edition gets a new solo adventure set in the 90s. Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and Pirate Borg get a variety of support for waterborne adventures: a...

I've run Troika! several times and for a short campaign. It is a well put together system especially the initiative and character creation. Also the adventures are outstanding. Lots of third-party support as well.

What a great offering this week. I already backed The Electric State and it is always good to see a new issue of Knock! The Isle of Sedra it tempting as it is OSE and water based, The Belly of Aramkass is both a new setting and adventures for Dragonbane which is great, and the Gackling Moon is...

The Orcus Holiday Special for D&D is here just in time for Christmas. Doctor Who has two big supplements spanning 60 years real time and all of time and space in game. Two new sectors get detailed for Traveller. Troika!, the science-fantasy RPG of decadence and danger, is back in softcover along...

The The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying was just released and the core rules and extra support are all available from Free League Publishing and in game stores. D&D gets another cookbook (and a TV show). Warhammer RPGs get all kinds of support from an adventure to a xeno manual to new core...

Good question. I didn't ask him about the tone exactly. The PCs go on a journey through a world falling apart, so more moving toward extinction than away. But he did say it is more about the journey than anything else. I would suppose if your PC is trying to reunite with an absent loved one for...

The Electric State Roleplaying Game is coming to Kickstarter December 5 (at 3 pm CET). The new tabletop RPG is based on the internationally acclaimed narrative art book The Electric State by artist and author Simon Stålenhag, soon to be adapted into a major motion picture by the Russo brothers...

Are you thinking Historian via world lore? Or edition lore? Because a GM that can draw in earlier edition adventures and lore can really engage players. Heck, Wizards basically just puts out previous edition worlds and Magic the Gathering worlds now, so there is a player base for it. For the...