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Once the book hits the streets I will be sure to share my thoughts and opinions on it here at Bleeding Cool. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running Dorkland! blog He is also the co-publisher at the ENnie Award winning Battlefield[...]

I have the first two issues of a science fantasy 'zine, a supplement for social mechanics for your D&D and other old school fantasy games, and a megadungeon. You may know Tim Callahan from his days writing for Comic Book Resources, or his book about Grant Morrison, or his crawl through the old D&D Appendix N[...]

Heck, I loved the Thieves World RPG boxed set from Chaosium in the late 80's exactly because it had stats for the same characters in many different systems. It's very doable from a design perspective The more common limitation tends to be whether players want to explore new mechanics. Steve Winter: Some rules systems try to keep[...]

The whole point of a tabletop game is the interaction between the players and that is why people sit around a table. Yes, computer games are really good, I play them myself, I enjoy them but its not like interacting with a group of people, round a table and screwing each other over as much as[...]

And, with any Bundle of Holding, this bundle gives you everything that you would need for years of gaming at a low price. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running Dorkland! blog He is also the co-publisher at the ENnie Award winning[...]

I wonder how long it will be until there is a print version of Basic Dungeons & Dragons to augment the free PDF? It looks like gamers are already clamoring for it. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running Dorkland! blog[...]

Could the fact that this was mentioned to retailers mean that there will be some sort of distribution of this free PDF through brick and mortar stores? Let's hope so. There is also a good interview with Wolfgang Bauer and Steve Winter over at the ENworld gaming site. There will be more to come. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster[...]

This is more common in collectible card games, as the Legends of the Five Rings CCG tournaments would impact the direction of the story in the card game and the RPG The D&D Epics events for the Adventure League will focus on these big, story-changing events and will take place at large conventions like Gen[...]

And with only a few months lead up to the release of the Starter Set, the first product in the new D&D line, it makes you wonder how they are planning on selling this to the masses. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery[...]

This is only a gut feeling, based on whispers and rumors, but I think that the biggest fallout that we will see won't be coming from Wizards of the Coast, but when Paizo announces the new edition of Pathfinder at some point next year. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks[...]

By Christopher Helton Much like how every fan of Doctor Who has "their" Doctor, so does every fan of fantasy tabletop RPGs have "their" version of D&D One of the things that releasing the game's rules into the wild with D&D Third Edition's Open Gaming License was that it opened the gates for everyone to create[...]

By Etienne Dubuc In need of some more Marvel Universe? You've read every comics issue possible, seen every movie, played every video game? There is still

Designer Ken Hite is probably one of the best horror designers in tabletop RPGs, and certainly one of the best versed in Lovecraft and his writings. One interesting approach for Trail of Cthulhu is how it makes the character's drive to investigate the weird and terrifying world an important part of the game For me, this[...]

As we've shown in the RPG since 1996, the stories are endless. CH:  Will there be any tie-in with the game to the series? SH: Absolutely, though of course it will be a while before we reveal any details And we also have to get the series past the pilot and into production We're hopeful, but we[...]

Today I am going to talk about the DC Adventures RPG, Green Ronin's adaptation of the pre-New 52 DC Universe to the Mutants & Masterminds rules The next article in this series will deal with the licensed setting based upon the Wildcards novels edited by George R.R Martin. The fact that this game line adapts the[...]

By Christopher Helton For one week only you can reach into the Bundle of Holding for a treasure trove of indie RPGs that run a gamut of play styles and genres As always, a portion of the money raised by the Bundle of Holding will go to the charities of Heifer International and War Child International. For[...]

Today blogs and publishing sites like Lulu.com and RPGNow.com take the place of the photocopies and office supply raids of the self-publishers of old In this, hopefully reoccurring, series I will explore the realms of self-publishing authors and the books that they have put out that you aren't going to see in your friendly local[...]

From now until April 21st (at 11am EST), Green Ronin Publishing's Mutants & Masterminds RPG is available from the Bundle of Holding site, with 10% of the proceeds going to the Center for Justice & Accountability and FareStart At the time of this writing, the Bundle had earned over $11,000, with $1,100 of that going[...]

The Bundle has expanded, with a closing date of Wednesday, April 9th.]   Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running Dorkland! blog He is also the co-publisher at the ENnie Award winning Battlefield Press, Inc.  You can find him on Twitter at[...]

According to the urban legends of gaming, the impetus behind creating the Shatterzone game was to give a home to ideas and concepts that had been created for West End Games' Star Wars RPG, but had been rejected by Lucasfilm I'm not sure if the evidence really gives credence to those rumors, but it is[...]

The blog of a Carbondale, IL game store reported that Trampier had suffered a stroke and, due to the cab company he was working for shutting down, was once again pursuing art to cover his expenses. Dave Trampier was 59 years old. Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and[...]

[audio:http://nerdyshow.com/podcast/pods/nerdyshow170.mp3] Special Bleeding Cool guest The Nerdy Show rolls forward through RPG month with this special podcast featuring the RPG enthusiasm of comic creators of the Image Comics series Rat Queens: Kurtis Wiebe and Roc Upchurch. They say: RPG Month continues! Roleplaying is both a game and an exercise in creativity.  Those of us who roll the dice know,[...]

The November 2013 Indie Cornucopia offer raised $28K, and the December 2013 Family-Friendly RPGs collection drew praise from Wil Wheaton More bundles are already lined up almost continuously through spring One of the best parts of each Bundle of Holding, besides the games, is that 10% of the money raised from each Bundle is given[...]

This is important because, much like an old school RPG (like the early editions of D&D), Dungeon World does not actually come with a world There are hints and shadows of the possibilities of a setting that come up through the rules but there is no dungeon world in Dungeon World The idea of the[...]

I'd rather have released a game that made a splash – that upset the balance and really got people talking than a game that just disappeared under the sea of RPG options that people have Personally, I love reading conversations about why Dungeon World is the worst game ever released and how we're hobby-traitors here[...]

By Christopher Helton Although the news was scooped on Friday, today Valiant Entertainment and Catalyst Game Labs announced that they would be teaming up to produce the Valiant Universe RPG Licensed role-playing games are always met with enthusiasm from tabletop gamers, more so when the licensed property is something that gamers hold a sense of nostalgia[...]

A lot of RPGs are dark and serious, like having you save a kingdom from an ancient evil that after thousands of years has been awakened by some not so clever mages Here it's all the opposite: every knight has prospered and has a castle with its own gold, but nobody wants to sit on[...]

in 2009) and Call of Cthulhu (Fantasy Flight Games in 2010). He also designs characters for boardgames and for  RPG I love the work he does for the Spanish publising house Valdemar, a Gothic publisher where you can find horror as well as classic stories He created the book covers for Solomon Kane, Zothique, Black Cannaan[...]

By Alasdair Stuart James 'Grim' Desborough, is one of the most impressive tabletop game designers and RPG writers working today The owner of Postmortem Studios and co-author of the award-winning Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, he's in the process of getting the Darkzel Scholarship off the ground Here he is with the details: Earlier this year I discovered[...]

David and Filamena are Machine Age Games in fact, and have produced consistently innovative, envelope pushing, fun tabletop RPGs for the last several years All their games are great but Flatpack, a post, post-apocalyptic game of optimism and rebuilding a particular standout If SF isn't your bag, then their immortals RPG, Amaranthine, or their excellent[...]