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
I finally ran my first one-shot of In the Light of the Setting Sun, the wild west indie RPG from Jon Davis. Here's the notes for the town I created for the setting. I used it as a sandbox game the players could bounce around in. This post will list notable town locations. Future posts … Continue reading Felicity: A town setting for the Wild West game In the Light of The Setting Sun
This is the sixth in my series of capsule reviews of non-fiction books from my library that would be useful or inspiring in RPGs – Weird Books for Gamers This is a 1978 book that purports to be an expose of psychic and parapsychological research in the Soviet Union. The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries by … Continue reading Weird Books for Gamers VI: The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries by Henry Gris and William Dick
Terra Incognita is a RPG about a secret society of science-heroes called NAGS - the National Archæological, Geographic, and Submarine Society. They travel the world solving mysteries, discovering artifacts, and having adventures. It's based on the FUDGE system. It's currently on sale at the Bundle of Holding site for the next few days. - FUDGE … Continue reading Terra Incognita: Fillable Character Sheet
Operation Unfathomable is a super-fun, gonzo OSR underground wilderness crawl by Jason Sholtis. I've run it a few times using the Black Hack OSR rules set. The book comes with ten pregenerated characters for Swords & Wizardry and other old-school D&D-style RPG. To make it easier for myself, I took the characters and converted them … Continue reading Operation Unfathomable: Black Hack Pregens
This is the fifth in my series of capsule reviews of non-fiction books that would be useful or inspiring in RPGs – Weird Books for Gamers This 1979 book is pretty simple. It's a collection of over 100 black & white maps of fictional worlds from various fictional works. There's a short description for each. … Continue reading Weird Books for Gamers V: An Atlas of Fantasy by J.B. Post
As part of the 2020 Bookmark Jam over on itch.io, where people are designing games that fit entirely on a bookmark, I've added my own contribution. I've made a game called Angry Fan vs. Genre Show A two player GM-less tabletop RPG designed to replicate the relationship between a genre TV show and its fanbase. … Continue reading Angry Fan vs. Genre Show – my free Bookmark RPG at itch.io
I've been enjoying the first issue of the Cepheus Journal, a fanzine for the Cepheus Engine RPG. They've just put out their first issue. Looking forward to whatever they do next. It can be downloaded here: https://cepheusjournal.com/downloads/
There's a 2020 One-Page RPG Jam underway over at itch.io. I've added my own little contribution, a simple, but silly dungeon crawler called Dungeons Without Love or Imagination. Dungeons Without Love or Imagination by ng76
Here's a somewhat more academic work then the last few books. It's a review of various alternate theories of the origins of humanity from pseudo-scientist cranks, religious cults, and various grifters. It includes multiple Ancient Astronaut theories, various Creationisms, and a couple of ideas so bizarre, as to defy any easy categorization. Strange Creations: Aberrant … Continue reading Weird Books for Gamers IV: Strange Creations by Donna Kossy
