New Miniatures Launched Today
Available from today, the new Heroes or Villains pack of character figures incorporating four distinctive designs from Rob Grimley. These figures are perfect for heroes who stride forth and smite evil but they are just as effective as evil doers, agents of the darkness who will stop at nothing to reach their [...]
Fantasy
New Miniatures: Heroes Or Villains
Return of #Twitterville
Tomorrow sees the long awaited returned of #Twitterville. The creative writing exercise that is rapidly turning into a fully blown fantasy campaign world. It was put on hold back in May, just as it was hitting its stride due to events outside my control. But now its back and ready to become something really special.
The [...]
Philip Jose Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009)
Philip José Farmer, best known for the Riverworld series of novels, passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning.
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Poll Results: SF or Fantasy?
Of Books and Reading and That Sort of Thing was this week’s poll and it produced some interesting results. Both about our current habits and the future of reading.
The first question was the big one. What is your favourite type of genre for reading matter. The results of this one surprised me and early on [...]
4 Tips for getting the most from Fantasy Creatures
As a GM, the fantasy creatures you add to your gaming sessions are your characters and for this reason probably the most important aspect of the game as well as the one that can give you the most pleasure. In practice and as a player, I’ve seen even the best GM’s floundering with their creations [...]
Fantasy Maps
Maps in Role-playing Games
Tolkien started it by putting a map in the front of The Lord of the Rings. Since then every fantasy author, and most GMs, have mapped out their world in loving detail. But what about the characters? What sort of maps do they have and how do they know where they are [...]
Lead Toy Soldiers
A few days ago I put together some thoughts about the plastic toy soldiers of my youth. For me, lead toy soldiers were what I gravitated to when I realised there was something better (if more expensive) than the plastic Airfix soldiers I cut my teeth on. Moving to the present day and more in [...]
Poll Results: Spaceships & Swords
This week’s poll was a little more abstract than previous ones as it focused on genres and game styles. As everyone has a different take what makes up a genre, it was a little bit tough to complete.
Question one asked “What is your favourite genre?” and the clear winner was Fantasy with 66%. Second [...]
Poll: Spaceships & Swords – Which Genres and Types of Games do you Play?
D&D dominates the RPG world but there are many different types of games out there. Rather than which specific rule system you prefer, we want to know what types of systems you prefer.
Fantasy Magic
All the recent articles I have posted about wizards and magic have got me around to thinking about the mechanics of fantasy magic and its attributes. All campaign worlds need some kind of magic, some way of harnessing power to allow for the characters and NPC’s to rise above the mundane lives of the rest [...]
