Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had this awkward moment in your roleplaying game? “As you turn the corner you come face to face with an animated walking corpse! Give me a Fright Check” “Uh, this game doesn’t have fright checks.” “What, Seriously…hang on, surely it has a mechanic…crap.” If so, then you are not alone. I pretty much pulled that dialogue word for word out of one of the games I was running. The more games you play the more you learn about game systems, what works, what doesn’t work...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last were we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Let’s start todays episode off with…WoW And I mean that in a good sense. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-announces-gen-con-plans-including-a-takeover-of-6-story-building.719238/ Wizards of the Coast has released some of it’s plans for GenCon. And it’s pretty cool. The recently announced plans include a live performance of their Dungeon Masters show, a live concert, and a "short-p...

Send us Fan Mail I know this isn’t table top roleplaying, but stay with me for a moment. When I was a senior in high school the guy who ran our gaming and miniatures sessions invited us all to a Murder Mystery Party. We received an elaborate invitation with information about the “character” we were to play for the party. It also had suggestions for what to wear. When we showed up, his place was completely decorated. Lights, soft music, drinks and appetizers. He even had a waiter and waitress ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w Several years ago, I stumbled across one of the greatest podcasts I have ever listened to. It was called the Lovecraft Investigations and it started with the Case of Charles Dexter Ward. I’m a huge fan of Call of Cthulhu and I’ve pretty much read all of Lovecraft over the years. Some good, some bad, but all of it steeped in the myth and mythos. Lovecraft...

Send us Fan Mail It started with a simple text to the Thursday Night Gaming Group. “Hey, Free League’s Twilight 2000 has a life path character creation system. Anybody interested in playing it?” And I have to say, of all the texts and emails I have sent to the group over the years that one got a lot of attention and the answer was an overwhelming yes. I had played the original Twilight 2000 as a teenager and I liked it. Our group had basically tried to recreate the movie “Red Dawn” with it an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-beyond-executives-explain-why-subscribers-cant-share-drops-content.719058/ Recently D&D Beyond has started providing Drops for their online subscriber-based system for releasing Dungeons and Dragons Material. The problem is, the new Drops, which include maps, characters, and premade encounters are not shareable. So even though D&D Beyond members have p...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Mike, Christina and I talk about Romance. What it is, what it means to roleplaying games, and why you should try and incorporate elements of romance into your roleplaying.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. We are starting this episode off with one of Mike’s favorite settings; Fallout. (You thought I was going to say Star Wars) https://ttrpgfans.com/fallout-rpg-new-vegas-setting-guide/ Fallout is getting a new setting guide. Modiphius is launching the “New Vegas Setting Guide” and is hoping to cash in on the Amazon TV series. What’s interesting about it is that it looks like we are getting mor...

Send us Fan Mail I thought it was pretty simple. A distracted force with a brutal and possibly insane leader is holding an old mill. They have a machinegun nest and the guards frequently wander around the site. Our players have a wooded and elevated overwatch position only a few hundred yards away. They also clearly have surprise on their side. The Sniper can get into position and wait until sunrise. As soon as he can see the enemy machine-gunner he can take him out. Then then the players can...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You heard it hear last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dice-pioneer-louis-zocchi-passes-away.718828/ Lou ZahKey, the father of dice passed away at 91 recently. If you’ve ever played a table top roleplaying game then odds are you’ve rolled some of Lou’s dice. He and his company Gamescience were the first in the United States to manufacture polyhedral dice. He is also the inventor of the 100-sided "Zocchihedron." In add...