Alright, Zach Houghton of RPG Blog II beat me to writing about what makes Epic RPG unique – he has a very nice summary up on his site here, and anything I could have done would pale in comparison. But I did get a chance to ask Kent Davis, a Partner in Dark Matter Studios, [...]
Entries from October 22nd, 2009
[Small Press Week] This Is EPIC (RPG)!
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Interview, RPG Bloggers Network
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[Opinion] Why the Nook Beats the Kindle
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Opinion
Barnes and Noble recently had a press event for their Kindle-competitor, the Nook, and it is pretty much my favorite gadget right now. Wanna know why? Here’s why:
Free in-store reading. You’ll be able to take the Nook to any of Barnes & Noble’s gajillion stores and read one ebook, for free, each time—the same way [...]
[Small Press Week Interview] Berin Kinsman's Gaming Toybox
October 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Interview, RPG Bloggers Network
Berin Kinsman (you might know him better as Uncle Bear) has been turning out a lot of cheap PDF RPG supplements on his blog recently. Here’s some of what he has out right now:
There’s Imagination’s Toybox, which is his system that uses a very simple ranking of 1 through 10 to explain everyone’s abilities; he’s [...]
[Review] Random, Incoherent Mumblings about Pathfinder
October 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · RPG Bloggers Network, Review
This is coming about a month and a half later than it should, so sorry about the delay in getting this out.
The first RPG book I owned was the 3.5 PHB – it’s up there in the allgeektout banner pic if you look. It was a few years ago, and I had no idea what [...]
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[SPUC] Week of October 14th, 2009
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · RPG Bloggers Network, Secret Project Update Club
Okay, this is just depressing. Not only did I not make any progress on my projects, but I even forgot to do an update last week. But there’s one upside, and a few changes in the list overall.
I’m in a bit of a writing slump, the result of a combination of the makeup work I’ve [...]
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[Request] What is Pulp?
October 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Requests
I’m trying to nail down my genre for NaNoWriMo this year, and right now (amongst about fifteen other, equally undefined ideas), I’m leaning towards a pulp adventure. The problem is, although I have a vague idea in my mind of what pulp is, I don’t really have a good definition of what pulp is. There’s [...]
[Mini Review] Scrolls of Destiny from Expy Games
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · RPG Bloggers Network, Review
Scrolls of Destiny is a collection of 10 puzzles from Expy Games. They aren’t written with any setting in mind, and although they do have a fantasy slant, they are easily adapted for other settings. It’s available for $15 at http://games.dungeonmastering.com/, or, with the coupon ILOVEREDDRAGONS, only $12.
All of the puzzles are helpfully ranked by [...]
[Link] The 2008 Black List
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Links
This is really interesting. Apparently, every year some movie industry insiders send in their favorite unproduced scripts and make “The Black List”. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, there are now 112 unproduced scripts (plus the now-produced Inglorious Basterds) available for download here. I haven’t had time to look at many (if any) of [...]
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[The Six Seas] 10 Things You Need to Know – Part 1
October 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Settings
I really like lists of “Ten Things You Need to Know”, both as a reader, and as a writer. As a reader, it gives me a very good sense of the setting. As a writer, when I’m starting off a project, it helps me shape my expectations for the project and decide what I want [...]
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[The Savage World Ends With You] Psyches
October 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Game Material, RPG Bloggers Network
So, I’m trying to get back into blogging after a few tough weeks, and I remembered that there’s a series of mine I haven’t updated in a good while… And I think you can see the logical progression there. This time, I’m going to talk about Psyches.
Now, the default Arcane Background for psychics works fine [...]
