Although I love RPGs, and I love Tolkien’s fictional setting, I have never been a fan of RPGs set in Middle-Earth. I’ve tried, honestly! ICE’s Middle-Earth Role-Playing (MERP) was just a watered down version of Rolemaster, a game I really didn’t care for. To add insult to injury, the game only went up to level [...]
DDXP 2012 Report: The First Glimpses at the New Edition of Dungeons & Dragons
27 Jan By 29 Comments
E’s at DDXP and reporting the news on the newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons. And she got to be in a playtest group with Monte Cook DMing!
Plug-n-Play Paranoia: Making Conspiracies for Your Games
26 Jan By 1 Comment
In our lives away from the table, conspiracies are restricted to historic events or wild theories on the internet. In a chronicle, the world characters we know overlays the conspiracies churning behind the scenes, often touching player characters without them even knowing. Understanding the basic structure of how a conspiracy can work enriches your ability [...]
I Want To Have Dungeon Bastard’s Babies
20 Jan By 2 Comments
“Does it have dragons? Does it have dungeons? I want to play it!”
The Perils of Edition Wars: Adventure to Dice Castle
17 Jan By Leave a Comment
From a gamer’s perspective, this news shook tables and shattered pencils. Some people are excited. Others? Betrayed. Most players either had (or have) an opinion about the news regardless of whether or not they read the articles. Then, the edition wars started.
Pleading the 5th – Pondering on the Future of D&D
14 Jan By 6 Comments
It’s ironic. I was planning on writing an article about whether or not I thought 5th Edition D&D would be coming soon, and Wizards of the Coast announces they are beginning work on the next iteration of D&D. So there’s a big ol’ yes. So instead, drawing on my experience with the game and my [...]
Filamena Young and Flatpack: Fix the Future!
12 Jan By 1 Comment
The Mission Filamena Young set out to write a game she wanted to see, and created Flatpack: Fix the Future! Mixing a post-apocalyptic setting with creative problem solving, Young’s game was written with young gamers in mind. “It’s my first attempt at a YA game. That is, something with a younger audience in mind, but [...]
New Year, New D&D: Please Don’t Bring Your Old, Old, Old Drama
9 Jan By 9 Comments
We all love dragons. And dungeons. And adventuring. Can’t we focus on that?
Happily Ever After – Five Very Different Ways to Love Faerie Tales
7 Jan By 2 Comments
After my last article about Heroes of the Feywild, it occurred to me that, while I’ve said a lot about my love of faerie tales in earlier articles, there’s so much more I can say. Is it a bit ironic that your Gay Gamer Geek loves Faerie Tales? Maybe a tad, but it’s no less [...]
