Questing for Tabletop Adventure Games
A mutant brain stole into the duck's head. Now, it is a mutant duck. Simple, really. This and the previous post are now part of a new series: Focus on the World. There's been a shift here. Used to be that I talked XP required to level. Then I talked about the many fun ways … Continue reading Focus on the World: Development
"They call him the Face Stealer. When you speak with him, you must be very careful to show no emotion at all. Not the slightest expression, or he will steal your face." Many times, gamers think of the rules of games before their settings. We think of trading wheat, sheep, and ore before we think … Continue reading Focus on the World: Rules and Laws
This orc has yet to internalize the first rule of travel: Sacks in the middle of the road are likely traps set by PCs. This topic was voted on by my Patrons. Join the process, ask questions and more! Often times you'll have kids of different ages playing together. This was the case when I … Continue reading Playing with Youngers: Side-by-Side, Older + Younger
There are many ways to play Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I recently had the joy of sharing my favorite game with my father, my brother, and a good friend. Each of them played different from each other, who in turn played different from me. My dad was thorough in his adventure, wanting to find … Continue reading Focus on the World: Character sheets
Chris McDowall has talked about matrix games, making his own space-y version. I've talked about them and made my own based on a novel series I enjoyed when I was even younger. Chris and I talked about dubbing them "open strategy games" to avoid confusion about that 1999 movie and explaining what a matrix actually … Continue reading Open Strategy Games – Guiding Principles
Space samurai. Grab your stopwatches! Here's where we started: The closest to 10″ flat without going under wins the duel.If one combatant is under 10″ while the other is over, the latter wins the duel.If both combatants are under 10″ then whoever is lower wins the duel. It's a game about player skill. Some misunderstood … Continue reading Refining the Stopwatch and More
Norbert wrote this here about how to do 2d6 opposed in combat, like Middle-Earth Adventures and Adventure Hour! and still have armor give a chance to deflect a blow rather than just add more hits. This kind of armor increase tension for players, not knowing exactly how many hits they or the enemy can take. … Continue reading FKR Armor: Increasing the tension
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
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
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
