Citadel of Blood:  The 10 Year Quest

Citadel of Blood: The 10 Year Quest

Somewhere around the 6th grade I found RPGs.  One game I remember fondly, which also happened to be my first solo game, was Citadel of Blood.   I remember punching out the unsophisticated cardboard chits and playing it, alone, in my basement. For the past 10 years or...
FURIOUSLY FAST SAVAGE WORLDS CHARACTER GENERATION

FURIOUSLY FAST SAVAGE WORLDS CHARACTER GENERATION

Character creation in Savage Worlds is pretty darn quick and easy.  And yet, it’s crunchy enough that it may take a new player quite a bit of time to digest all the options.  This is especially true when it comes to Edges and how they affect the game. During the...
Cards in RPG Games

Cards in RPG Games

RPGs and dice are like peanut butter and jelly. Inseparable.  Dice and maybe a table or two are the de facto tools of the trade. However, I’ve noticed that I like using cards.  A lot.  And, there are a growing number of gaming accessories that come in the form...
Souvenir Gaming Notebooks

Souvenir Gaming Notebooks

Made some souvenir notebooks for a couple of upcoming games I’ll be running. Have any old spiral notebooks lying around?  You know, the ones the kids used in school, colored on every other page and then didn’t want to use the next year?  Well, turn them...
Midwest Gaming Conventions

Midwest Gaming Conventions

It used to be, back in the day, there were only a couple of gaming conventions.  Gen Con and Origins.  And, you had to travel to get to either of them.  At least I did.   But now there are conventions all over the place.  These are great, small conventions like...