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Earthdawn: The Age of Legends
I’m a big fan of Nathan Russell’s Freeform Universal RPG rules, especially as found in the draft 2nd edition and found expression in a range of games such as: Neon City Overdrive, Tomorrow City and others. Neat D6 dice pool … Continue reading
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Heroic Fantasy 2nd Edition
After some protracted print proof tennis, the update to Heroic Fantasy, in PDF and softback book, has been published on DrivethruRPG here: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/461381/heroic-fantasy-2nd-edition. The second edition is resplendent with new art, layout, and expanded with new kin, archetypes, magic and monsters. … Continue reading
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Linux Adventures – A new start
Well, I have gone and done it, and switched operating systems on my main PC, moving from Windows 10 to the Fedora 39 Workstation Linux distribution. There is that moment, when you look at the disk partitions, and hover over … Continue reading
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Gods RPG
Arkhane Asylum’s Gods RPG has finally landed, lost in Kickstarter sludge for a number of years (I think). The game has a Quickstart on DrivethruRPG, and will become more generally available in February. An early, first pass read, looks very … Continue reading
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More Foundry Shenanigans
Catapulted into action by wise words, I spent some time yesterday redoubling my efforts to get a workable character sheet onto Foundry VTT. There is a VTT for all online gamers, including ‘just some webcams will do’, and Foundry seems … Continue reading
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Bloodwood
A few sessions of fantasy gaming on offer. Streamed to YouTube. Heroic Fantasy 2nd Edition (The Black Hack based) 3-4 sessionsFortnightly Thursday 14:00 GMTSession Zero: Thursday, February 8th, 14:00 GMT Your adventurous company are travelling North to Redstone, protecting Atticus, … Continue reading
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A Role VTT Alternative
I have a continuing need for a lightweight VTT that enables some custom sheet design, integrated video, and a pleasant interface. Essentially, this is for games I want to run where Foundry VTT does not have a system. I have … Continue reading
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Role VTT loses webcams and audio
The Role virtual tabletop was my favourite place to game. The early product vision placed people at the heart of the design through very good video conferencing integration. This really set Role apart and gave it an intriguing USP that … Continue reading
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A Summary of 2023 Gaming
Well, another good year of gaming, and the stats don’t lie. Let’s start with actual play and look at the story told by the numbers. In terms of volume, there are a few standout games. For all that it might … Continue reading
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A Company of Heroes
Whilst running Dragonbane at conventions, and for a delightful home group on Foundry VTT, I’m side hustling a few other game ideas that I’d like to do something with. In particular, I am busting to give Freeform Universal 2e a … Continue reading
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