Month: October 2013

Greetings, readers! I’m taking a quick break from covering the Champions System as I do some additional research on 5th edition. Plus, I’ve been working hard on the Gamer’s Tavern, a podcast I’m hosting along with Darryl Mott (the Abstruse One), the AICN Tabletop coordinator for Ain’t It Cool News. Today I have a great

Greetings, Readers! This week I’ve got an interview with Richard Lee Byers, a fantasy novelist and gamer. Richard’s got a large body of published work, including several books set in the world of popular D&D setting, the Forgotten Realms. Richard Lee Byers. Writer. Fencer. Secret Agent. Richard’s list of novels is pretty impressive: my personal

Greetings, readers! Back in my report on the Finnish convention Tracon, I mentioned that I planned a followup about the Sauna experience. Well, here it is! There’s really not much I can add to discussing what Sauna is like to Vincent Baker’s excellent post on the subject, but I’ll do my best. As Tracon started

Today’s post on Rogue Warden is another interview with a veteran game designer: Bill Keyes. I’m excited about this interview because Bill is not only a fellow member of the gaming industry, he’s also a good friend and a fellow gamer par excellence. He and his wife Tammy have been running games at Genghis Con

Greetings readers! Yeah. The Hero System will use ALL of your D6’s. Today’s blog post is going to be the first in a series of blogs about the Champions game system. It should be no surprise to longtime readers that this is one of my favorite and cherished RPG systems. This is just one reason