Fantasy
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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 [...]

Maps in Role-playing GamesTolkien 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. What is your favourite genre of roleplaying game Fantasy (e.g. D&D, ) (66%, 23 Votes) Science Fiction (e.g. Star Wars, Traveller) (14%, 5 Votes) Horror in [...]

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 [...]

Like fantasy weapons in D&D, I believe armour defines the warrior. Conan in plate never really works for me nor do knights or paladins in studded leather. Or is this really true? Campaigns do not really have many boundaries and fantasy armour or the lack of it is another way of stamping a character on [...]

Rob’s look at fantasy weapons reminded me of something in Tunnels & Trolls. There is an image in the back of my copy (5th Edition, 1980) that always summed up the how weapons should look in fantasy games. (See image right). As a teenager, looking at this image I had two reactions. Firstly “That [...]

Fantasy weapons should be the core of a combat based fantasy role playing system game like D&D but is this truly the case? All characters from the mighty front rank warrior to the timid, bookish spell caster carry something to beat, stab or slash their foes with even if only at the last resort. The weapon [...]

6d6 Fireball is pleased to announce the launch of their 28mm Fantasy Miniature range. Designed by ex-Games Workshop staffer and my 6d6 Fireball partner-in-crime Rob Grimley, our range of 28mm miniatures is eclectic. We did not want to do the same fantasy figures everyone else did. After all, how many orc warriors do you need? [...]