Three Awesome Things About Playing a Tabletop Roleplaying Game
On Wednesday I went to my friendly local game store, The Wicked Goblin, and bought a copy of the Star Wars: Force & Destiny Beginner Game. It’s sold as an introduction to …
How Vin Diesel Showed Me The Value Of Ham In RPGs
Okay, I need to say something to a few people. Let’s see: Gav, Will, Pierre, Eric, Brett, Shan, Rory, Chris, Liam, Mike, Brendan, Deryck, Matt, Jake, Cameron, Tracey, a whole bunch …
Returning to Deathwatch: It’s All Okay
For what’s meant to be a social, entertaining hobby, I’ve struggled a lot with tabletop roleplaying games. Yet still, for all my protests, I never can quite seem to quit …
How Can I Make Session 2 of Deathwatch Go Better?
It’s always tricky, the first time you come back to something after leaving it for a while. You tend to think that you can just pick up where you left …
How Do Five Guys Across the World Make Four Hours of Deathwatch Fun?
I’ve been mentioning Deathwatch a lot in the last couple of months, talking it up. I think it’s high time I started walking the talk and get some friends to …
Can Deathwatch Make Fun In Grim Darkness?
The tag-line for Games Workshop’s fictional universe known as Warhammer 40,000 is, “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.” It’s like an odd mash-up of The …
A Return to Old Playing and Getting Paid to Podcast
It’s been a good seven days here at the Realm. It’s been an upswing in both progress toward getting paid to play and, well, just playing. On the play front, …
Gaming in 2010
While 2009 wasn’t a gaming-free year by any stretch of the imagination, I’m really looking forward to what 2010 will bring gaming-wise. Let’s start with computer and video gaming. Vickie …
FreeMarket: Lord, Have MRCZ
(Yeah, I’m sure someone’s already done it. Still.) I recently wrote an article detailing my issue with the roleplaying hobby: the irony that, in a hobby that tends to pride …
FreeMarket: Challenges, Card Decks and Memories
Freemer Fever seems to have taken hold in my brain. After my first pass of the FreeMarket beta rulebook I’m giving it a more sedate reading, spotting bugs (i.e. typos …