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Knights of the Hidden Sun: Inspired by Star Wars Done Right

It started with a Star Wars game. I loved the old West End version of the RPG but had always run and never played. I was ecstatic when I found a handmade poster in my LGS requesting players for a local game. I was so elated a friend ordered me to “stop beaming.” The next [...]

Kingdom: Involvement

Or, “You’re Magic, You Are”
I have to admit something. I really love games that blur the lines a bit. If you’re of an age, you’ll remember Over the Edge. That game had a suggested scenario that involved the characters finding out that they were the protagonists in an imagined fictional world. It then had them [...]

Kingdom: Supplements

It’d be bad form for me not to mention that Æternal Legends is free in PDF and cheap in print right now, wouldn’t it? I will point out that both offers only run to the end of GenCon. That gives you until Monday to take advantage of a dirt cheap print copy. For those not [...]

Three Great Lulu POD RPGs (that you can buy with Aeternal Legends)

I’m ruthlessly hawking Æternal Legends but there’s one problem. I want you to buy the Lulu print edition at 11 bucks off after getting the PDF for free, but Lulu’s shipping rates can be kind of steep for one book. Your natural solution? Buy several books. There are tons of great games that print through [...]

The Aeternal Legends Pitch: Five Reasons to Play the Game

I wanted to publish Æternal Legends as my first major release because I wanted to produce a game people would play, not read. It’s got accessible themes and motifs – elves, the heroic journey, the hidden world.
Funny thing: Sometimes “accessible” is hard to sell. Why get another game with elves? Good question. I’m not big [...]

Preview: The World of Aeternal Legends

Hey! Here’s an excerpt that summarizes the world of the Æternal Legends Modern Fantasy RPG. I originally posted this back on Mob United Media’ old livejournal (which is now a feed of this blog), but now that we’re relaunching the game it’s worth looking at again.
What about that relaunch? We’re offering the Æternal Legends PDF [...]

Aeternal Legends: FREE (and Cheap in Print!) over Gen Con!

Sometimes the chaos of real life mutes a small press RPG release. This was the case in August 2007 when we completed Æternal Legends, Stew Wilson’s modern fantasy RPG. We were both pretty damn busy with life and other projects, so we didn’t have a chance to boost it as much as we wanted. Now, [...]

The Old School, Smiting It Hip and Thigh

I have mixed feelings about the Old School.
I’m talking about the movement to return to earlier versions of D&D. I’ve long been interested in older versions of games, particularly elements that fall by the wayside as design trends change. I’m also skeptical of the notion that games get objectively “better.” When OSRIC came out I [...]

Four Tabletop RPG Licenses That Should Have FPS Games – and Four Insights from Those Choices

I’ve always felt more immersed playing Master Chief than any CRPG character. The twitch factor and first person perspective feels enough like physicality to make me feel like I’m him. I even have moments of existential wonderment when a Brute’s in my sight. Who is this person? I’ll never know. Bang.
The Halo series has a [...]

Five RPG Ideas That Are Played Out – and Five to Play Again

It’s simple. Here are five things I think have been overdone and five that deserve another go.

Played Out: The Cthulhu Mythos
Play Again: Satanic Evil

Yes, the Mythos is literature. We all love it. And if you love something, set it free from numerous RPG rehashes. maybe Ken Hite can kep doing it but everyone else should [...]

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