Books and movies often use time spent traveling to help establish the characters and relationships between them, but it’s sometimes hard to model this in a game, especially if your players aren’t used to un-prompted role-playing. Sometimes, giving them something that looks a little more like a traditional RPG “encounter” can help. Roll on…
This week’s another set of characters to randomly create characters for a genre game, this time the Wild West. Just roll your Job, Gimmick, Weakness, and a few Skills, add some numbers, decide between John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and start shooting bad guys. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
This weeks’ table is by QAGS co-creator Leighton Connor (who also wrote GILGAMESH! and Laser Ponies and co-authored Leopard Women of Venus). You can use this one whenever your mad scientist or engineer character needs to sound like he’s doing something complicated. But before we get to the table, we should mention that Hex…
Here are some songs that suggest interesting adventure ideas. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Because I’m topical as hell. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
In less than a week, the Hex crew will be converging on Indianapolis for GenCon, the biggest gaming convention of them all. The first time I went to GenCon, I dreaded it–I was afraid it would be a perfect storm of all the things that annoyed me about Origins and Dragon*Con. These days, it’s my…
Since Tom Waits has a new album on the way, here’s a random table of characters from his songs. No matter how you work them into your game, they’re bound to add a little weirdness. Correction: As it turns out, Tom’s teasers weren’t for a new album announcement. They were for the video of…
Initiative is one of those mechanics that is useful but often causes as many problems as it solves. Aside from the mechanical overhead (extra die rolls and math, keeping up with the count, etc.), it’s often hard to make natural, cinematically appropriate actions (and especially reactions) fit into the context of the system without introducing…
Even though most RPGs are based on other forms of fiction that are filled with crazy stunts and action-packed combat scenes, it can be hard to get players to try the reckless, million-to-one odds stuff. Unlike movie characters who can glibly say “never tell me the odds,” RPG players have the odds right in front…
As you can see, we’ve changed things around a bit here at the Death Cookie. Other than the look and the shiny new DriveThruRPG affiliate links (if you click those and buy something, we get a cut–so buy some stuff!), the biggest change is that we’ve gotten rid of the old forums in favor…
