Middle-Earth Adventures: Alt. Character Generation

Despite having... Middle-Earth Role-PlayingTolkien QuestMiddle-Earth QuestThe Lord of the Rings Roleplaying GameThe One Ring Roleplaying GameAdventures in Middle-Earth ...I still prefer the less weight-y games. That said, all of the above games contain interesting and inspirational content within. Anyway, this alternate character creation system for Middle-Earth Adventures smashes The One Ring (first edition) and Adventures … Continue reading Middle-Earth Adventures: Alt. Character Generation →

Dark Fantasy FKR

Dis twee wants to eat yawr souwl. More FKR things. This is the Dark Fantasy alternative to Dragonslayer Adventures, both easily transferable to online play. This is for when you're feeling MORKY BORGY (I threw up just typing that, so sorry). And yes, I watched a little Castlevania recently. 🙂 To generate characters, either roll … Continue reading Dark Fantasy FKR →

Harm and Healing

Ulgh. A few days after writing about a "hits and healing" system for Dragonslayer Adventures, I'm thinking it over again. I ran it with one of my Outschool groups and it just felt stocky. You could take hits but not feel consequences, much like the problem a lot of people have with DND hit points … Continue reading Harm and Healing →

Dragonslayer Adventures: Hits and Healing

He's looking for a fight... Dragonslayer Adventures is an RPG for online play geared towards fantasy. The focus has been rather item focused with it's character packages and optional inventory system (though if I use it in every game now, I guess it's not that optional for me...). I've made some changes. It's a living … Continue reading Dragonslayer Adventures: Hits and Healing →

Stopwatch Dueling Game: Duels vs. NPCs

Here is the original. Last time was the universal resolution mechanic. I still want the tense duel-feeling when you fight NPCs. But having the GM duel is weaksauce. Some GMs might be willing to bring their all to the duel and play it out right, but the incentives aren't totally there. In addition, I don't … Continue reading Stopwatch Dueling Game: Duels vs. NPCs →

Stopwatch Dueling Game: Taking a Risk

I've been sitting on this for a while now. Figure it needs to see the light of day to get some fresh air. This is for the stopwatch dueling game. Want a unified mechanic that still uses the stopwatch. Here we go: Taking a Risk When a player declares an action that is risky or … Continue reading Stopwatch Dueling Game: Taking a Risk →

Dragonslayer Adventures – Starting Packages

While still keeping the tone light, I'm moving my online games with youngers more towards "traditional DND." So, keeping my copies of The Young Adventurer's Guide, Maze Rats, Electric Bastionland, Mausritter, Dolmenwood, and Warhammer Fantasy near at hand, I made starting packages that align closer with the Dungeons and Dragons as some of us know … Continue reading Dragonslayer Adventures – Starting Packages →

More matrix gaming resources and ideas

When I picked up the Matrix Games Handbook, there was one article that REALLY stood out as for the "how the heck to run these things." And then someone posted that same article on Discord for all to see. Read that one if you want to design or run your own matrix game. There's been … Continue reading More matrix gaming resources and ideas →

Convergent Dice-Thoughts

If I keep posting at this rate, I'm gonna have to put up some actual plays or session reports, haha. Dragonslayer Adventures can be run with a single d6 and only needs one player to roll. All of my near-diceless ventures have veered this way. D6 Universal goes this way. When I started reading about … Continue reading Convergent Dice-Thoughts →

Dragonslayer Adventures

Shipwright. Just so my ducks are clearly in a row. Red Ink Adventures fills the function of being about quick treasure-hunting. It's Maze Rats + Into the Odd on a double-sided sheet of paper. Just add water, AKA any fast-paced adventure of your choice and dive right in. Six-siders only. While I've done some additions … Continue reading Dragonslayer Adventures →