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
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The Zines I’m Backing for Zine Quest 2020 (so far)
So Zine Quest 2020 is going on in February. It's where a bunch of game designers create a bunch of small RPG zines for various systems. I took I quick look at the list and soon found myself 80 dollars poorer. Here's what I'm backing so far: The Knights of the Road - An Into … Continue reading The Zines I’m Backing for Zine Quest 2020 (so far)
Felicity Part II: The Townsfolk of Felicity
Here's the second post on the town of Felicity, my spaghetti western influenced setting for In the Light of the Setting Sun, the wild west indie RPG from Jon Davis. This has a list of notable townsfolk. I've listed stats for all the major characters, occasional quotes by and about each person that can be … Continue reading Felicity Part II: The Townsfolk of Felicity
Troika! Character/Cheat Sheets
I recently ran a quick session of Troika!, the fantasy RPG from the Melsonian Arts Council. It's a simple system based on the old Fighting Fantasy System.The whole thing has a wonderful, weird, psychedelic acid-fantasy vibe. Definitely worth checking out There's a nice review of the system here: http://www.jasonpym.com/stuff/2019/03/14/a-review-of-the-troika-rpg/ To prepare for the session, I … Continue reading Troika! Character/Cheat Sheets
Star Trek: Bad Captain – The Negotiator
This is the basic adventure I ran for Bad Captain, a comic version of Star Trek written by Jeff Call using Black Hack rules. It's available for free here: Star Trek: Bad Captain. Overview The U.S.S. Calamity has been called to space station N23 in the Neutronia system on the borders of Federation space. Captain … Continue reading Star Trek: Bad Captain – The Negotiator
Clockwork Poet Warriors
Clockwork Poet Warriors (Valor-Mechs) A class for The Black Hack - Second Edition An artifact of the ancient world, Valor-Mechs are hulking clockwork automatons in the shape of a man. No living wizard or artificer can build one, but ancient models are sometimes dug up in ruins and reactivated. They will have no memory of … Continue reading Clockwork Poet Warriors
Judge Dredd – Traveller Character Sheets
I'll be running a one-shot of the Mongoose Judge Dredd RPG (the one that uses Traveller rules), so I've taken the character sheets from the PDF rulebook and made them fillable. Judge Dredd Charsheets_Fillable
StarGate Paper Miniatures
I'm a big fan of using paper miniatures for games. It's cheaper and much more convenient than metal or plastic. I've been getting a lot of use of scarecrow's Stargate minis originally posted on the forums at Cardboard Warriors. I've made my own revised versions, with some size changes, recolors, and a few extra figures. … Continue reading StarGate Paper Miniatures
Starships & Spacemen – Character Creation Cheat Sheet
To make it a little easier when doing character creation in Goblinoid Games Starships & Spacemen 2nd Edition, I've made a 4-page cheat sheet of all of the important information each player will need when creating a 1st level character (ability tables, races, classes, etc.). You can print out a copy for each player, and … Continue reading Starships & Spacemen – Character Creation Cheat Sheet
Mothership Character Sheets
I've made a modifed version of the Mothership character sheet. It's now form fillable. This'll make easier to make pregens or just neater versions of new characters. You'll need a PDF reader that let's you use form fields (Adobe Reader, FoxIt Reader, etc.) Mothership - Fillable Character Sheet
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