Elevator Pitch: Wet Hot American Monsters
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Memorable Encounters
All Games Considered spent most of a recent show reviewing a whole bunch of Hex products. If you’re on the fence or want to know more about a particular QAGS book, there’s a good chance they mention it in the podcast. What follows was written for a sort of game essay contest for a blog…
Cinematic Combat
Last week, I briefly mentioned how the “hack until it’s out of hit points” standard for combat in RPGs can suck every bit of the excitement and drama out of an action-oriented adventure, and that I’ve been working on ways to get around that in the new version of M-Force. This week I’m going to…
The World of M-Force
I just got back last night from another fun but exhausting Archon weekend, so I’m going to post something I’ve already written today. As some of you know, we’ve been working on a new version of M-Force, our monster hunting game, for quite a while now. M-force takes place in the same world (which we…
Twenty Things That May Or May Not Be True About Dragons
Josh just posted a list on his Bernie the Flumph blog called “Twenty Things That May or May Not Be True About Orcs.” You should go read it. It’s entertaining and educational. It’s also a concept that begs to be stolen—I mean, expanded upon to include other monsters, which is exactly what I’m going to…
Six Questions About the Hobomancer Companion
An Interview with Hobomancer Companion Writer Josh Burnett, Conducted by Dale Ryan Josh Burnett was a co-writer of the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer, and now he has written the first Hobomancer supplement, the Hobomancer Companion, all by himself. The Companion includes new hobomancer powers and secret hobomancer signs, new monsters and sample evil sorcerers, a new…
Ten Questions About Hobomancer
An interview with Steve Johnson and Leighton Connor, conducted by Jeffrey Johnson I remember back in the olden times when if you wanted behind the scenes information about movies or games you had to settle for the little snippets in Starlog, or on E! entertainment TV and piece the whole story together bit by bit….
Tuesday Table: Monster of the Week
Sorry about the skipped column last week–I did the National Novel Writing Month thing and was rushing to finish before the deadline. Since I’m still recovering, this week you’re getting a table of random monsters (most of which are conveniently described either in the Monster of the Week column, and which are individually linked for…
Apocalyptic Scenarios
For the last week, both parties have been telling you about the terrible, terrible things that will happen if the other party wins. In the spirit of our short-term electoral thinking, here are apocalyptic scenarios for your game. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Tuesday Table: Monster Death Scenes
“I think I should warn you all, when a vampire bites it, it’s never a pretty sight. No two blood suckers go out the same way. Some yell and scream, some go quietly, some explode, some implode. But, all will try and take you with them.”–Edgar Frog Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email