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Category: Games

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Flavor

August 17, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

A big part of the tabletop gaming experience is food. Back in the early days of the Blackrazor campaign, we prided ourselves on trying as many sodas as possible, eventually compiling The Great List of Soda. That list included the[…]

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A map of the Kingdom of Aerdy; land is green, forests are dark green, waters are shades of blue.

RPG-a-Day 2021: Throne

August 16, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

The Malachite Throne of the Great Kingdom is one of the legendary artifacts of Greyhawk. The seat of power of the corrupt and collapsing kingdom of Aerdy (aka The Great Kingdom), the Fiend-Seeing Throne sets the tone for the entire[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Weapon

August 11, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

My World of Greyhawk campaign started over 30 years ago, with the seeds being planted in my college campaign at Lock Haven University. It’s continued, on and off, ever since. During that time, it’s featured a number of unique weapons, a few[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Tactics

August 6, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

Long ago, my gaming group came up with a list of tactics for the Blackrazor Guild, our notoriously chaotic adventuring company in the World of Greyhawk setting. Full frontal assault Spring the ambush, fight your way out. Party member as bait. Stake[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Map

August 3, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

I love hand-drawing maps. In the past, I hastily sketched maps longhand or spent hours attempting to render them using computer programs, but when I hit my forties I found a new appreciation for sitting down and really drawing a[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Scenario

August 1, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

When I think of scenarios, I think of conventions. I think tightly focused, 3-4 hour-long sessions, usually with pre-generated characters and flexible, but straightforward, story arc. I find scenario writing a very different exercise from prepping for my weekly campaign-style[…]

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The Zinequest 3 logo features yellow/green text on a pink background. Skeletal hands grasp the logo.

Looking back on ZineQuest 3

March 30, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games

ZineQuest3 is officially over. Zines funded by the initiative are counting their cash, revising their project plans, and, in a few cases, starting to ship PDFs of their product. Going into ZineQuest3, I knew I wanted to back it at[…]

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Adventurers stumble down an unstable ramp in a dungeon.

RPO Replay: Tomb of Horrors

March 18, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Ready Player One Replay, Role-Playing Game Reviews, Role-Playing Games

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote But then, during the course of my research, I discovered an old Dungeons & Dragons supplement called Tomb of Horrors, which had[…]

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RPO Replay: Zaxxon

March 12, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Projects, Ready Player One Replay

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I downloaded every game mentioned or referenced in the Almanac, from Akalabeth to Zaxxon. — Ready Player One p. 64 Game Play Zaxxon was the[…]

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RPO Replay: Akalabeth

February 11, 2021 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Projects, Ready Player One Replay

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I downloaded every game mentioned or referenced in the Almanac, from Akalabeth to Zaxxon. — Ready Player One p. 64 Game Play Akalabeth: World[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

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