I was given the keys to the podcast over at Mage The Podcast: https://magethepodcast.com/post/175074139177/themes-in-mage This was my first time doing a solo podcast for Mage The Podcast. I discussed themes for Mage: the Ascension with examples of how to use them at the game table. I’m hoping people like the Read more
I drove home (reluctantly) from North Texas RPG Con yesterday. It was a weekend of fun, industry insights and good fellowship. If you like roleplaying games and you weren’t there you really missed something. Bill Webb, CEO of Frog God Games, ran a game Friday night called Tower of Mythrus Read more
I’ve been reading my copy of Goodman Games’ Original Adventures Reincarnated #1: Into the Borderlands. At 384 pages this is no lightweight. It republishes the first 2 adventures written almost 40 years ago for Basic Dungeons & Dragons: B1 In Search of the Unknown and B2 The Keep on the Read more
I’ve been reading through my copy of Goodman Games’ Into The Borderlands and I was genuinely surprised by Mike Mearls’ introduction on page five. Mike Mearls has made a name for himself with numerous tantrums on Twitter and isn’t exactly a hero among the OSR community (I play D&D without Read more
This week I finished The Dungeon Alphabet by Michael Curtis. The 4th printing of this book was released not long ago. This book is a system-free book of ideas for people running players through dungeons in OSR fantasy roleplaying games. It’s a marvelous book and I recommend it to game Read more
Mark Hope (of Darker Days Radio) and I spoke today on Mage: The Podcast about our top 5 supplements for Mage: the Ascension. It was a great conversation and I’m hoping it will be helpful to new Mage fans out there. https://zcast.co/player/7gzP15GQXn
Domain level play not only offers new ways to interact with the fantasy world but can offer a change of pace. Now that players control armed forces you can offer your players a distraction from the regular campaign. Using mass combat rules (ACKS offers some and I believe Birthright does Read more
In part one of this series I gave the definition and origins of domain level play. In part two I put it in context and addressed an objection. In this post I will give practical advice on how to try it yourself. Let’s deal with the million dollar question first Read more
In part one of this series I described what domain level play is and how it started in the fantasy RPG hobby. In this post I will attempt to explain the context in which Gary Gygax and his compatriots assumed domain level play to exist. Once this context is understood Read more
Domain level play is when, in a fantasy world, a player’s character establishes a domain of their own. This could be a castle, fortress, wizard’s tower or fortified cathedral and its surrounding land. This gives the character a home base and makes them the lord of a place and its Read more