Tag: RPG

Motobushido Game Recap: When Alice Cooper Slew Neil Diamond and Became King

Motobushido Game Recap: When Alice Cooper Slew Neil Diamond and Became King

“But I forgot! Cher’s head is no longer useful!” – Justin Smith, the Enforcer Last night’s demo game of Motobushido was perhaps the most insane session I’ve ever run of any game, ever. It all started with a war between two parties, over the hidden oil reserves underneath Weird Vegas. Their unit in the war…

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Quad RPG version 1.2 now available

Quad RPG version 1.2 now available

After some awesome demo sessions yesterday at Free RPG Day, I’ve updated the Quad rules a wee bit: Removed “Substance” mechanic. Health and such have been incorporated into the core Tiks mechanic. Improved the Degrees of Success mechanics. Now based on matching dice instead of subtracting lows. Updated examples to illustrate new changes The new…

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Lighting Mechanics in Video Games, Tabletop

Lighting Mechanics in Video Games, Tabletop

After re-reading my last post, I started thinking a lot more heavily on the idea of lighting mechanics, and how they both are and can be implemented in games both video and tabletop. Video Games I find that lighting is most often used in video games for purely atmospheric and aesthetic purposes. That’s all fine…

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Games That Changed My Life #1: Dragon Warrior

Games That Changed My Life #1: Dragon Warrior

A blog entry draws near! I’ve been working on this idea for a while now, and have decided to take some time to write up some nostalgia-injected mini-essays on the games that changed my life. I’ve got a list worked out now, which I will go through in chronological order of my exposure to and…

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Warhammer FRP 3rd Ed: First Hands-On Experience

Warhammer FRP 3rd Ed: First Hands-On Experience

This past weekend I had the unexpected pleasure of running a last-minute session of the new Warhammer Fantasy RPG – the 3rd Edition boxed set from Fantasy Fight Games, to be specific. The folks over at Gnome Stew have an excellent “unpacking” article on the game, with lots of pictures of its juicy innards, so…

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Final Fantasy XIII: The Sine Wave of My Enjoyment

Final Fantasy XIII: The Sine Wave of My Enjoyment

So far, Final Fantasy XIII has been an unexpected sine wave of fun for me. At first, I was truly wowed by the intensity of the visuals that the experience provided. I can not recall ever playing a game more graphically stunning in my life. It is truly at the cutting edge of the videl…

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