Just one new Column last week: Christopher Cecil's newest Fuzzy Thinking: "Dear Spell Book,".
If you find yourself with some extra time on your hands from the light Column week, why not check out RPGnet's great Actual Play archive? Don't miss DiesIrae's Rogue Trader Actual Play, which is consistently fantastic.
New ReviewsLast week, Sir Corvus reviewed Alpha Blue, an R-rated science fiction RPG.
RPGnet also posted a passel of new reviews from Antonios S:
- "2300AD Core Rulebook Revised" (Traveller RPG)
- "Ships of the French Arm" (2300AD supplement)
- "Cthulhu Wars: The Windwalker Expansion" (Cthulhu Wars supplement)
- "Cthulhu Wars: Opener Of The Way Expansion" (Cthulhu Wars supplement)
- "Legendary Metal Coins (Dragon)" (Accessory)
- "Legendary Metal Coins (Capitol)" (Accessory)
- "Legendary Metal Coins (Medieval)" (Accessory)
- "Legendary Metal Coins (Wild West)" (Accessory)
Many newish RPG systems (and not a few older ones) feature a form of consumable, mechanically- or narratively-significant metagame currency. What is a GM to do, however, when their players refuse to interact with that part of the system? Check out "My group doesn't really use 'Fate Points' or 'Bennies'" for some helpful answers.
Speaking of modern RPG trends (how was that for a segue?), "[PDFs vs. Physical Books] What is generally accepted?"features some useful commentary on the uses for the various forms that RPG books can take, and how a gaming group might accommodate one form of media over the other.
The transportation of present-day people to earlier or fantastical times is an extremely common plot device in geek media. For some thoughtful commentary on the problems such a group might face, check out "Modern humans displaced to a fantasy world, what sort of challenges would there be?"
Sign OffHave a good week, everyone.
- Iustum
Newsletter Editor
RPGnet posted two new issues of Christopher Cecil's Fuzzy Thinking: "Live Action!!!" and "Where There's a Whip ..."
Sandy Antunes was back with another issue of Sandy's Soapbox, this time detailing a game based on communication and covert signalling in "Hidden Games: Call of the Wyld".
Fred Furtado also continued his Superseeds column with the first issue of a series dealing with legacy heroes in "Legacies of Power, Part One."
New ReviewsRPGnet also published a bushel new reviews in the last couple of weeks:
- Endzeitgeist's review of "Alpha Blue" (Satirical SF RPG)
- Matthew McFarland's review of "Nefertiti Overdrive" (Wuxia Ancient Egypt RPG)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Britannica" (Cthulhu supplement)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Britannica: Avalon - The County Of Somerset" (Cthulhu supplement)
- Lev Lafayette's review of "Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead" (D&D 4e supplement)
- Ancalagon's review of "Yoon-Suin" (OSR setting)
- Antonios S's review of "Commands & Colors: Ancients" (Board/tactical game)
- Shannon Appelcline's review of "King Chocolate" (Board/tactical game)
- Edward Kabara's review of "T.I.M.E. Stories" (Board/tactical game)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Wars: Azathoth Expansion" (Cthulhu Wars expansion)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Wars: Six To Eight Player Earth Map" (Cthulhu Wars expansion)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Wars: The Yuggoth Map Expansion" (Cthulhu Wars expansion)
- Antonios S's review of "Cthulhu Wars: The Primeval Earth Map Expansion" (Cthulhu Wars expansion)
- Antonios S's review of "Legendary Metal Coins (Steampunk)" (Accessory)
- Antonios S's review of "Legendary Metal Coins (Sci-Fi)" (Accessory)
- Antonios S's review of "Legendary Metal Coins (Orc)" (Accessory)
- Antonios S's review of "Legendary Metal Coins (Far East)" (Accessory)
- Antonios S's review of "5 x 7" Velvet With Reinforced Treated Satin Dice Bag (blue/orange)" (Accessory)
Yr. humble editor is going to briefly break the Newsletter's general policy against suggesting "Hey! Look at this other thing on the Internet!" threads, by suggesting one that popped up in Other Media: "Mark Hamill with Daisy Ridley picture." Not much to say about it other than that it's worth seeing.
Another fun Other Media thread that recently popped up was "Transformative covers that absolutely KILL it!" If you're in the mood for some genre-bending or -breaking cover music, there's lots of links in there to scratch your itch.
Over in Dungeons & Dragons / Fantasy D20 Spotlight is a very clever method for reinvigorating some old RPG content in "[Let's Read] The 1E Monster Manual for historical fantasy purposes." How can the frankly insane monsters found in the 1E Monster Manual be incorporated into a fantastical campaign set on our Earth? Find out inside.
This last thread is a little old for this issue, but yr. humble editor couldn't pass up recommending it: "How do dwarves tell time?"There is gold in here (dwarven pun) for any fantasy GM or game designer.
Sign OffHave a good week, everyone.
- Iustum
Newsletter Editor
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