Ask a Gamer- Changing Affiliations
The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game introduced us to a new rule set for the Cortex Plus engine; the Cortex Heroic rules. The rules were simple, […]
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Ask a Gamer – Counterpoint Buy
While my esteemed colleague, Ben, touts the benefits of a point buy system for character generation, I must disagree. Personally this author finds the randomness […]
Organisations in the Star Wars RPG (Part I)
Behind the veil of darkness, which is the Galactic Empire, resides those individuals whose sole purpose it is to manipulate and control the galaxy for […]
Ask A Gamer – The Thrill of the Chase
Speed shouldn’t matter. In most RPG systems characters, mounts, and vehicles are going to have a specific maximum distance they can move in any given […]
Black Market – Age of Rebellion Game Master’s Kit
Like the Edge of the Empire Game Master Kit, the Age of Rebellion Game Masters Kit consists of a GM Screen and an adventure module. I will […]
Ask a Gamer – How to Make a Group into a Team
This is probably one of the hardest questions that any role-playing group, especially when few if any of the players have gamed together before, have […]
Ask A Gamer: Rubik’s BBEG
RPG combat is boring. Don’t get me wrong, conceptually combat is extremely exciting. The legendary heroes kick down the door, rush into a monster filled […]
Ask a Gamer – How Best to Start a Campaign? Part 2
In the previous article, I went into a lengthy discussion about the idea of using a “Session Zero” to gather everyone together and make sure […]
Ask a Gamer – How Best to Start a Campaign? Part 1
As was once said in the opening of a classic 80’s sci-fi movie, “a beginning is a very delicate thing.” And while that holds true […]
Ask a Gamer – “Cliffhangers, or How to Keep the Players Coming Back for More!”
Here’s the scene… While the dastardly villain has the beautiful love interest in their clutches, our daring hero struggles to escape from a flaming car […]