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Category Archives: rpg and tabletop
How to think like an Orc
I often rag on Fantasy for being a genre populated solely by novels derived almost directly from either the writings of Tolkien, Robert E. Howard or hybridized from both. The fact that I am critical of it, does not mean … Continue reading
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Howling Banshees or Striking Scorpions
If you have ever played Warhammer 40,000 or even visited the forums devoted to the game, you know that discussion of the day is usually “which unit is better”. Sometimes this is just plain ePenis wagging, bragging and blustering – … Continue reading
D&D Alignments vs Real Characters
Quick confession: I have never played actual D&D. I played quite a few other things, but D&D and AD&D have always somehow evaded me. I knew a lot about these systems. I would often scan through their adventures and modules … Continue reading
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Railroading vs Sandboxing
Time to talk about real role playing games. You know, pen and paper stuff. It should be a nice break from the ongoing discussion of Oblivion and things related to it. How do you feel about railroading? It is an … Continue reading
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Magic As Programming
Magic exists in almost every fantasy world out there. In some worlds magic is scarce and feared, while in others it is ubiquitous and commonplace. However the archetype of a wizard in most fantasy settings is modeled after medieval alchemists … Continue reading
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Diceless or Dice Heavy RPG?
Do you like to roll a lot of dice when you play RPG games? This is not really an invitation to discuss the Big Model or the GNS Theory. You can discuss them but be aware that my attitude and … Continue reading
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The Familly Life of Orcs
Recently I realized that traditionally evil races such as Orcs, Goblins, Kobolds and etc. in RPG games rarely have fleshed out social backgrounds, or detailed descriptions of daily lives. It’s as if every member of each respective evil race was … Continue reading
Casters Don’t Need Separate Game Mechanic
Have you noticed how most RPG games (both pen and paper, as well as video games) always seem to introduce some sort of additional game play mechanic to handle spell casters? In most cases wizards and mages always have an … Continue reading
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Stupid Monsters of D&D
I never played D&D. This is probably due to the fact that I grew up in Poland where D&D and AD&D manuals were not easily available. Besides, we had a home grown clone called Kryształy Czasu (Crystals of Time) had … Continue reading
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Warhammer 40k Nerf Guns
My brother Ark owns bunch of Nerf guns that we occasionally use for an all out nerf war. His arsenal includes several Mavericks, a Longshot and a funky crossbow that I can’t find anywhere online. Since we are both Warhammer … Continue reading
Multi Dimensional Rubick’s Cube
Some time ago I came up with this “to ambitious for your own good” prop that could be used in essentially any setting. It could be an ancient artifact, weird piece of mysterious alien technology, magical arcana, mystical object and … Continue reading
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Nearby Gamers
Anyone around here is into RPG? How about tabletop battle games? Collectible Card Games? If you are, check out the Nearby Gamers site. If you are not, you can still check it out for yet another cool use of the … Continue reading
Oh no! It’s a C’Tan!
You might have seen this image in /dev/random feed (btw, there is a link to it in thesidebar now): img found @ knuttz.net This is actually a sculpture by an artist who goes by Pierre Matter. Pierre doesn’t seem to … Continue reading
Fire Prisms FTW!
Over the holidays me and my brother were playing a lot of Dawn of War over the LAN. Its tons of fun even though I’m getting my ass royally kicked cause Ark has beat this game like 7 times by … Continue reading
Eldar Codex just came in the mail today!
Wohoo! I just got the brand new Eldar Codex in the mail: Please be warned that a rant about how GW nerfed the shit out of x, y and z and how they awesomized q is in the making. I … Continue reading
Lego Drednaught
This is a most awesome Lego creation I have seen in my life! found on the internets; author unknown I wonder if it is up to scale. I would figure that it would be a little bigger than a standard … Continue reading
Happy Dance
I just pre-ordered the brand spanking new and shiny Codex Eldar: Wohoo! The book comes out Nov 4th so I should have it shortly after that. Awesome! Can’t wait to see which fluff made into the book, and find out … Continue reading
What we need is a Battering Ram…
If you ever played D&D (or any RPG game for that matter) and/or you are a fan of LOTR movies, go check out the DM of the Rings comic at the Twenty Sided blog. It is absolutely hilarious! The author … Continue reading
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RPG Flowchart
If you don’t find this even mildly amusing, then you have never played real RPG games. img © gamespy Munchkins FTW! [tags]rpg, dnd, humor, flowchart, munchkin[/tags]
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Ultramarines
You will only find this awesome if you play [tag]Warhammer 40,000[/tag]. These are some of the best 40K costumes I have seen in a while source myconfinedspace, author unknown [tags]space marines, costumes[/tags]
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