Category: Roleplaying Games

Roleplaying Tips Weekly has begun work on their next 100 issues. This week’s issue deals with potty training… no, wait, that’s my daughter. Roleplaying and GMing Servant NPCs is RTW’s theme this time around, followed by a few random tips from readers, the first of which is dubious at best.

has updated its release schedule for early 2002, which among other things revealed the delayed release date of Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne under the Tri-Stat system. Now coming in May, the book has swelled to an estimated 304 page and increased its pricetag to at least $44.95. I

After the all-too-busy holidays, I finally got around to checking out the new Wheel of Time RPG page on the WotC website. Some interesting stuff, especially if you’ve read the books. I’ll be interested to see if the page gets updated regularly. It’d be nice to see a new game

Deep7 has announced the availability of their latest 1PG, Dime Heroes. The pulp action mini-RPG is only $3.95 to download, and as a special bonus you can get the Jungle Adventures supplement for only a dollar more. If you’ve been going through 1PG withdrawal during the last year or so,

The all-too-quiet folks next door to my office have posted several PDF scenarios for Call of Cthulhu. There’s quite a few to check out. Spanning the Atlas The Last Dance, the latest D20 adventure to come out of Atlas Games’ Penumbra line, has shipped. Accompanying it to market is At

Eden Studios has been hinting lately that they may be doing a licenced Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG sometime next year. Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement in the weeks to come. Issaries Revises Product Schedule Siting the unavoidable delay caused by their layout artist’s emergency Cesarean section (she’s

Pinnacle announced that The Way of the Huckster has released for Deadlands D20. The book brings new feats, prestige classes, skills, and other tasty morsels to the game, thanks to author Fred Jandt. Ain’t Got Money For Leads? No Problem… Dragon Scale Counters has made its presence known to the

Tyranny Games has announced the March 2002 release date of The End, Deluxe Edition. The post-apocalyptic RPG is based on the Book of Revelations, and the original version received critical acclaim. Preview art, fiction and other preview material will be posted on Tyranny’s webstie in the months to come. In

This coming February, Mongoose Publishing will continue their Collector’s Series D20 supplements with The Quintessential Rogue. Written by Mike Mearls, the 128-page book will be “crammed with new options, new rules, and exciting new twists to existing game mechanics.” So, I’m thinking this could be Third Edition’s Complete Book of

Looks like foul thievery has delayed the release of Green Ronin‘s Spaceship Zero RPG. Go read the sordid tale of the sketchbook theft if you’re curious. The Mists Seep Slowly While we’re on the subject of product delays, The Kargatane has announced some minor delays of Ravenloft products. Secrets of

West End Games has shipped the Gamemaster Screen for their Metabarons game. Not only does the screen provide GMs with something to hide behind that has useful charts on it, but it includes an 80-page companion book. Now, I’ll be honest: I haven’t played this game, nor have I read

Troll Lord Games will be publishing another adventure by famed Greyhawk co-creator Rob Kuntz. Dark Druids was originally designed in 1976, and will by reworked by Kuntz for its early 2002 release. Kuntz will also work with Troll Lord to pen the Codex Germania, due out later in the year.

The websites of Necromancer Games, Troll Lord Games, and a few other places have all posted a partial annotated bibliography of the works of Rob Kuntz. The co-DM of the original Greyhawk campaign for D&D comments on both published and unpublished writings he’s contributed to over the years. Both Troll

Dennis Detwiller, co-author of Pagan Publishing‘s Delta Green, has posted some preview art from Godlike, as well as an excerpt from the game’s upcoming sourcebook Will to Power. Detwiller promises the quickplay rules will be available soon, which “includes the entire rules section of the rulebook.” For Delta Green fans,

Gamegrene‘s on a roll. This opinion piece on the stripped-down online RPG tool WebRPG is interesting and should raise some hackles (and harvest plenty of WebRPG alternatives in the comments section – hey, there’s one), but it’s really about software and the Internet more than it’s about… you know… us.