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Tag: Dungeons and Dragons

Spider-man and Dr. Strange exist a portal

NuketownSF – UFOs, Spider-men, Monsters, Code Girls, Low-Prep Games

February 27, 2022 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, NuketownSF Recap

Nuketown’s tweets for the week of February 20, 2022. ASTRONOMY | Ars Technica – New fast radio burst found in area that shouldn’t have any sources RPG | Gnome Stew – Why You Should Try Low-Prep Games In Addition To D&D UFOS[…]

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Lines of text which make up a random table-based generator

RPG-a-Day 2021: Inspiration (Alternate)

August 21, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

When it comes to inspiration, I love a little chaos. I often turn to online generators and random tables when I’m brainstorming session ideas (or just need a quick name for my game … which inevitably spawns a new NPC[…]

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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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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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Game Day: Getting Lost in a Hexcrawl

January 3, 2021 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Game Day, Games, Role-Playing Games

My current lunchtime game is Scales of Truth, a hexcrawl set in a post-apocalyptic science-fantasy setting. Think of a mashup of Thundarr the Barbarian, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, and Mad Max: Fury Road, powered by Dungeons & Dragons. So[…]

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RPO Replay: Dungeons & Dragons

November 26, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, 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 … hundreds of polyhedral dice like those used in old tabletop role-playing games. — Ready Player One p. 10 A freeze-frame[…]

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Game Day: The Great Campaign Purge of 2020

October 11, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Game Day, Games

Everyone keeps things. Some people keep a lot of things … and, as we learned from Fight Club, the stuff we own ends up owning us. While I’m far from a minimalist, I do think it’s possible to keep too much[…]

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Backing ZineQuest 2

February 26, 2020 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games

ZineQuest 2 is Kickstarter’s now-annual homage to the handcrafted print zines of yesteryear. As someone who crafted a print zine with my friends using my Commodore 64 and a dot matrix printer, I have a lot of love for the idea.[…]

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Lightning strikes down from clouds over the ocean. Darkened land can be seen tot he right.

Game Day: Weather in RPGs

January 12, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Game Day, Games, Role-Playing Games

As we head into the heart of winter, weather becomes a much bigger concern for Game Day. Bad snow stormed scuttled many a Game Day over the years, though thankfully now we can call back to Roll20 if necessary. Just[…]

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A digital rendering of indiana jones stands with his back to the viewer, surveying some pyramids in the desert.

Blogworthy: Digital Archeology, Dinosaurs, Phantom Pokemon, D&D Settings, Dragon Heist

April 19, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, Blogworthy

The Digital Archaeologists: How GOG.com Rescues Games From The Dustbin Of History: The modern age spawned thousands of video games, but as technology advanced and companies failed, many of these games were lost. GOG.com looks to find them. Game Informer recounts GOG.com’s decade-long[…]

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About Nuketown

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.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

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