After re- re- re- reading (and yet another clarification) I found that actually… you can get by with a low Wisdom anyway as an Unarmed Fighter, because it takes longer to get to the Wisdom-locked Feats. And, besides which, I’m… Continue Reading
A.K.A. Character Generation Post, #2. Last time we saw that I didn’t understand the stat generation system in Roleplayer (I blame Nob, more than my inability to read the rules, and I’m sticking to it). The stats I got with… Continue Reading
A.K.A. Character Generation, post #1 Over on the front page, Nob recruited some people to start up a Pathfinder campaign. Since my roleplaying experience is largely dominated by game-mastering more than playing, I jumped at the chance. My initial list… Continue Reading
So, we’ve played. One scenario, which took two lunch periods, as we needed to suss out the rules. For the non-tabletop gamers out there, this is a cooperative game. The board game genre is more or less split into games… Continue Reading
I’ll post a review after I play it. I was sold on it after reading a review from my local game store owner’s Facebook page, excerpt follows: ZOMBICIDE MINI-REVIEW: Ok, I finally broke down and took a copy of Zombicide… Continue Reading
Nope, this isn’t the Sandman art post. It should be, but the scanner at work, she is broken. But there’s no soccer practice for Jack tonight, because the field is too wet, so I can probably get it wrapped up… Continue Reading
Nowadays, for the tabletop gamer the new games seem to come from everywhere. Small independent game-makers, German designers, etc. Good board games sprout from everywhere. In the 70s and 80s, the Real Gamer™ was waiting for the next Avalon Hill… Continue Reading
Back in the late 90’s, Peter Molyneux still knew how to make games. Two of the best ones were Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper II. The basic idea behind the games was that you were an evil overlord in charge… Continue Reading
While there are dozens (well, handfuls) of really good webcomics out there, when it comes to tabletop gaming, there are two essential ones. The Order of the Stick is a comic devoted to the quintessential story-based D&D epic campaign (and,… Continue Reading
Every other week or so, my group of friends meets to tell stories and throw some stones. There are a lot of different variants for these games. On one end of the spectrum you’ve got the basic combat sims… Continue Reading