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Posts tagged with “Inspiration”
Opportunity Actions: A Roleplaying Primer
Lately, I’ve been looking into the way people role-play. There are many different ways of doing it. Some are great. Some don’t work as well. Some rely on the player in question making the most of the conditions. When one is getting into roleplaying, or looking to inject a little more color into the game [...]
A Strange Devil in the Details
On Twitter a while back, I tried to start a conversation and RPG resource trending topic called #rpgoddities. My goal was to have little strange things that could serve as things that could creep players out, be the seed for an adventure, a complication to an ongoing adventure, or be a red herring to mess [...]
Opportunity Actions: National Geographic Is Your Friend!
Given the hubbub lately over the impending end of Dungeon and Dragon magazines as compiled issues, there’s a void being left behind. Where can we truly go for great content, all in one place, that isn’t just a series of web articles that now have the luxury of being able to change the amount and [...]
The Recycle Bin – ME2: Waist High Walls Grant +2 to Initiative
There’s a lot of shooter video games out there these days, Call of Duties, Gears of War, Uncharteds, and yes, even my beloved Mass Effect. Most of these use some sort of cover system popularized with the original Gears of War. Gone are the days of just jumping around like a coffeed up Tigger in [...]
The Recycle Bin – ME2: All Your Base
(Note: I’ve kept this post spoiler free, for those of you still playing or who have not yet played) Something I’ve always wanted to do was run an entire game located in one city. Everything, from level 1 until the level cap would take place in some sort of steampunkish fantasy version of New York. [...]
Opportunity Actions: Dwarves of Shallowgorge – Campaign Builder
Deciding that it’s never too soon to turn a compelling story into a game, I’m moving forward with a campaign model involving miners trapped in a collapse. I’m going to walk through my process, detailing elements that inspire me. My next post about this will be an actual campaign outline going from start to finish.
The Recycle Bin – ME2: Starting with the End
Ever get obsessive about a game? Not just “This is the best game of the year” level but spending every last waking moment either playing the game or thinking about playing the game when you can’t be playing the game? This winter break my buddy and I probably played 60 games of the board game [...]
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