August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: Where do you go for RPG Reviews? This is a pretty simple question: I google the name of the product and read reviews wherever I see them, supplementing by asking friends about what they’ve heard about the system. But I also do this one thing when I’m reading the reviews:
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What is a good RPG to play for about 10 sessions? Funny fact: I’ve never actually played any RPG for only ten sessions. Or, wait, no, that’s not true: I’ve played a couple, I’ve just never run them that way. The thing about running an RPG in that way—as a sort of miniseries run, or a short term or “single season” campaign, as some are calling it now—is that it requires a couple of things:
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What is a good RPG to play for sessions of 2 hours or less? Hm, good question, though I’m afraid I don’t hae a lot of answers to offer: I find the optimal time for a session is more like 3-4 hours. I haven’t played many that work at 2 hours, actually. I think Dread can be good and punchy in under two hours. If you have a small group of players who can focus and stay on task, Fiasco can also work. …
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What was your most impactful RPG session? Being that this is me, you can probably guess what I’m going to say next, right? Yeah, I have two answers.
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: You can game every day for a week! Describe what you’d do! Ha, fat chance of that. Grownups with kids? Not likely. Okay, okay, it’s speculative. Fine. Here’s what I would do:
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: Which RPG cover best captures the spirit of the game? I’m not sure my response is particularly useful or interesting, though I find it interesting to think about what I came up with. Here’s a shot at answering it.
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: Which RPG have you played the most since August 2016? That’s easy to answer.
August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What is an RPG you would like to see published? Hmmm. You know what I’d dig?
Note: Yeah, this is a day late. I’d written it a few days ago and scheduled it for yesterday at noon, but somehow scheduling’s broken on my WordPress installation. I’ll be publishing today’s post (#2) in a few hours. August is RPGaDay month. Yep, a month solid of RPG-related posts, answering these questions: Today’s question is this: What published RPG do you wish you were playing right now? I’m going to say it’s a toss-up between three: Paranoia (the XP edition) and Michal Oracz’s De Profundis, and James Wallis’ The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Here’s why: