So I'm still searching for a fantasy system that's not D&D, and isn't too crunchy or complex. OpenQuest has parts that I really like, and other parts that turn me off. T&T is nice and light, but I keep wanting to houserule it into something that might no longer be T&T. Dragon Warriors has a...
Looking for some fantasy maps with elevation contour lines noted on them. Like this.
and this.
Some of the Harn village and town maps have these as well. But I'm looking for something on a larger scale, like maybe six miles a hex. Large enough to do some proper sandboxing and...
We've all seen commercials - not parodies, but actual commercials designed to sell us something - that made us go, "No, seriously, WTF???" This is the thread where we share them.
I've seen lots of commercials for lawyers and law firms, of course. But before this one I don't think I had...
So I watched this video recently...
This is obviously a riff on the now well-known 'Five Room Dungeon' concept, expanding the basic room categories from five to ten. If you don't want to bother with the video, here's the basics that he puts forth:
1. Entrance/Guardian Room
2. Logical...
Just for fun...
The local watering hole in your area has had a last-minute cancellation from a music group they had scheduled to play as an opening act tomorrow night, and they've asked the band that you - yes, YOU! - and your friends play in to step in for the night. Now, you don't have any...
(posting this here because it seems relevant to PBP games - mods, please move if you want it elsewhere)
Is anyone else having problems accessing dice roll histories from the Orokos online dice roller? I can still make individual rolls, but finding older rolls as part of a campaign or character...
This is a combination of a writer and a IP I never expected to see together...
https://nerdist.com/article/garth-ennis-2000-ad-hawk-the-slayer-interview-exclusive/
(hopefully this doesn't cross the 'no politics' rule)
As I mentioned in the 'What are y'all up to these days?' thread, one of the potential new players in the game I run for some local teens is, in the words of his friends, a 'high-functioning autistic'. He seems like a good kid, and...
One of our players has expressed an interest in taking the plunge into GMing a game, specifically something in the vein of Star Trek... but she doesn't want to run anything in the Trek universe, as she doesn't want to deal with canon or trying to stay consistent with the official IP in any way...
https://orbis.stanford.edu/
Essentially a Mapquest for the ancient world. Customizable based on month or season of departure, your priority for travel (fastest, cheapest, shortest), and the means of travel available to you.
Useful for anyone running or playing a game in that setting, but also...
Figured this would be of interest to at least some of you.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2021/04/09/the-decades-long-rights-battle-over-macross-and-robotech-has-finally-been-resolved/?sh=5b77f4741ad8
Robotech was pretty much my introduction to anime, so I'll probably always have a...
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/medieval-trade-route-map/
Hopefully of use to anyone running something in the 11th or 12th century, but also or more general interest to any history enthusiasts.
https://www.cablefax.com/programming/new-plan-el-rey-to-shutter-network-at-end-of-year
While I haven't watched El Rey in a while - not since Sling dropped it from their lineup - it used to be one of my regular viewing preferences. Not only for Lucha Underground, but for a steady stream of...
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