We do not have enough city books for Mage the Ascension. Fallen Tower: Las Vegas was fun but it doesn’t have enough partners on my shelf. One of the main benefits you can derive from being in an online fan community is filling in the gaps your favorite RPG has. Read more
The OSR has established itself as a part of the RPG landscape. Regardless what you may think of it, it isn’t going away. After years of fractious arguments, divisions and uninformed hot air, I realized I haven’t made my contribution. It’s never too late to add fuel to the fire. Read more
I like to read so it shouldn’t surprise anyone I maintain a home library. The responses I get from people when they discover that fact is something I’ve had to learn how to manage. Most people don’t read much so I don’t talk about my library. Expecting other people to Read more
As I type this I’m in the final stages of finishing my Web application for letting people peruse my database of books and films recommended in Mage the Ascension books. I condensed all the recommendations into a database so I could save time pulling books off my shelf and trying Read more
There is no mention of Resonance in the 1st Edition rule book for Mage the Ascension. The term developed over time. It appears the first mention is page 9 of Loom of Fate. Although that book has a 4 on the spine, it was either written or assigned to Chris Read more
In recent years Appendix N in the AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide has been discussed by RPG fans online. A series of posts by Jeffro Johnson at Castalia House convinced me reading through the list would be a worthwhile project. I started with Johnson’s own book. It gave an excellent survey Read more
The Hollow Earth started in the first Sons of Ether Tradition book. That book was full of nods to early 20th century pulp fiction. Besides a cool idea for a realm to add to Mage’s cosmology, it was an acknowledgement of the large number of pulp stories about fantastical worlds Read more
An Echo, Resounding was written by Kevin Crawford in 2012 for Labyrinth Lord, a house-ruled clone of B/X Dungeons & Dragons. It attempts the laudable goal of adding domain level play to the B/X rule set. Domain level play was an assumed part of early editions of Dungeons & Dragons Read more
On March 31st the morbidly clueless Smithsonian Institution offered us 14 “facts” about Dungeons & Dragons as a puff piece promoting Hasbro’s D&D movie. I can’t think of a funnier way to spend time than looking over these “facts”. Let’s see how many they get right. 3 wrong, 9 right Read more
I’ve had trouble working out special Effects for some time. Like when a mage wants to cast an Effect but have it go off later. I had an idea today so I’m going to “put a pin in it” before I forget. I’ll have to work out details later. I Read more