I just ran a quick one-shot of Golgotha, the sci-fi tomb raiding RPG by Greg Saunders. It's a fascinating little setting. I've made a fillable character sheet for it. The Game Players are teams of Scavengers who travel beyond Human Space to seek out the Golgotha - mysterious alien ruins from long-dead civilizations. There, they … Continue reading Golgotha Mini-Review & Character Sheet
I recently ran a one-shot of the Zorro RPG from Gallant Knight Games. It's a lot of fun, so I thought I'd post a mini-review and share some custom character sheets I've made. The Game The players will play members of Zorro's Legion, brave rebels battling injustice and tyranny in Alta California (early 1800s) The … Continue reading Zorro RPG: Mini-Review and Character Sheets
The next issue of the Cepheus Journal, the free Cepheus Engine fanzine, is themed for "Retro-SciFi". They're currently asking for submissions by September 15th. I'm planning to write up the H.G. Wells' classic alien invasion novel The War of the Worlds. My plan is to stat up the Martians, their machines, and some adventure seeds … Continue reading The Fighting Machines of Mars
There's a game jam that's going to end in less than a day over on itch. It's called Applied Hope: the Solarpunk & Utopias Jam. It's about creating RPG materials set in hopeful or utopian futures. I've made my entry - Buffalo Commons. It's about park rangers flying zeppelins in the skies of the Great … Continue reading Buffalo Commons: Park Rangers in Zeppelins
I recently posted a submission for the 2021 On-Page Game Jam over on itch.io. The theme of this jam was to make a one page RPG about the concept of borders. I ended up making a game called Fiction is What We Flee. The basic concept is that players can travel into fictional worlds and … Continue reading Design Notes for a one-page RPG: Fiction is What We Flee
I'm a big fan of the the Cepheus Journal, the free RPG fanzine for the Cepheus Engine RPG system. They recently released the 7th issue. It's a got a theme of espionage. It's available for free at https://cepheusjournal.com/downloads/ It has a bunch of interesting articles: An article on the various types of spaceship doorsA new … Continue reading Cepheus Journal #007 – The Spy Issue
I'm a fan of the Mongoose adaption of Judge Dredd, the long-running British sci-fi comic. They put out two versions, a D20 version, and the version I prefer - the Traveller version. Mongoose no longer has the license to Judge Dredd, but paper copies of the book can still be found. I don't believe there's … Continue reading Judge Dredd for Traveller: A custom fillable character sheet
Just ran my first session of Knights of the Road, the fun RPG about hobo paladins battling monsters in a fantasy version of 1920s America. I'll probably write up the adventure eventually and release it, along with some pregens. When preparing for the game, I found these glossaries of hobo slang a useful resource: http://hobonickels.org/alpert04.htm … Continue reading Hobo Slang: A resource for Knights of the Road and other 1920s RPGs
There's about a day left in the OSE Class Jam over on itch. It's a 72-hour game jam where everyone creates a new class for Old School Essentials. The theme is Seaside Adventures I've created an aquatic, squid-headed race-as-class called the Squidfolk. They shoot ink clouds. https://ng76.itch.io/squidfolk
As this blog cruises toward 200 posts, I thought I'd do a little tidying up. I've set up a favorites category for all the blog posts I like the best. You can access it on the menu above or using this link: https://polyhedralnonsense.com/category/favorite/ I'm using this category to keep track of all of my posts … Continue reading My Favorite Posts: a little blog housekeeping
