A while ago “RPG DNA” was trending on Twitter. I put together my covers, but never got around to posting something. Meanwhile, RPG a Day 2022 asked what my favorite RPG cover is, so I’m using the former to answer the latter. This post is part of the RPG a Day 2022 event. Catch up on … Read more
2017. Unlike this year, I did it in a single-page format with shorter answers. In 2018, I did it again as individual posts. From an ease-of-updating perspective (and staying current) having a single page was easier, but individual posts gives me space to ruminate. In theory, it also provides more posts on more varied topics for … Read more
Three characters, three campaigns, three potentialities. Zor Nabat (Star Wars: The Republic): The campaign is still very new, so Zor hasn’t had a chance to change. He has received his first opportunity – thanks to the planetary ocean exploitation operations of Czerka Corporation- to strike a blow against a hated enemy. Kne Godfinder (D&D 5th … Read more
Three characters, three campaigns, three motivations: Zor Nabat (Star Wars: The Republic): Czerka Corporation destroyed Zor’s family business. Now he wants revenge. Kne Godfinder (D&D 5th Edition: Chroniclers): He got kicked out of university, so at some level, he’s looking to prove himself better than the institution that didn’t value him. He’s also genuinely curious … Read more
Three characters, three campaigns, three trips across fictional worlds: Zor Nabat (Star Wars: The Republic): A frontier world (to capture wild beasts for a menagerie). Nar Shadda (aka the Smuggler’s Moon), Mon Calamari (home world of the species of the same name), Tatooine (a remote desert world; you may have heard of it) and Glee Anselm … Read more
Three characters, three campaigns, three origins: Zor Nabat (Star Wars: The Republic): May 2022. Kne Godfinder (D&D 5th Edition: Chroniclers): January 2021. Miles MacGuffin (GURPS: The Fast and the Furious): July 2020. This post is part of the RPG a Day 2022 event. Catch up on Nuketown’s posts via the post category and learn more about the event at its community page … Read more
Three characters, three campaigns, three current situations: Zor Nabat (Star Wars: The Republic): Czerka Corporaton acquired a government license to extract water from the ocean world of Glee Anselm, home of the Nautolan species. Czerka, being the epitome of the evil megacorp, doesn’t care about the ecological fallout. Zor, who’s family business was destroyed by Czerka, … Read more
Back in the 1990s, when the Greyhawk resurgence was under way, the great mystery of the campaign setting was … who is Philidor the Blue Wizard? Introduced by Carl Sargent in the From the Ashes boxed set, Phildor is a super-powerful wizard (25th level?) in a campaign setting where ultra powerful NPCs are not the norm. Sure, there’s … Read more
Friends. Comfort. Nostalgia. Great memories. New Stories. These and more are why Dungeons & Dragons stayed with me all these years. Don’t get me wrong – I love playing new and different games. One of the great things about the Lair of Secrets podcast is that it re-united me with old friends and connected me … Read more
My main gaming group, the Blackrazor Guild, are serial campaigners. We almost can’t help ourselves; if a campaign gets past the first few sessions, it’s very likely to run for for a year or two. Our biggest, most memorable campaigns were all multi-year affairs: Our namesake Blackrazor Guild campaign The Redshirts (aka Return to the Temple … Read more