The Daily PerspectiveThe THAC0 Test: How a D&D Rule Changed Gaming History
martin1. If you're not already familiar with Age of Ravens' RPG histories, I highly recommend them: https://www.ageofravensgames.com/rpg-histories. He provides an overview of every game in a given genre (e.g. cyberpunk).
2. Does anyone know of a similar effort for sci-fi RPGs? Are you planning on making one @openhearthrpg ?
The Oasis BBSAmiga Future #172 Announced
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Charnock"Roleplaying Methods in the Classroom" by Mark Chesler and Robert Fox (1966) has a great appendix on dealing with disruptive roleplayers.
It also addresses post-game and pre first game sessions
plus ça change
Brian RogersI have to say, having had cause to pull out the re-release of the 1979 Villains & Vigilantes 1E I just adore this explanation of the games history....
DEI Dungeon ExplorersI've got a new blog post for you!
https://deigames.com/2023/11/a-brief-tour-of-1994-1995-audio-cd-box.html
In the mid-1990s TSR released a series of beginners modules and accessories designed to bring new folks into the game. These products came with a CD to inform the players and assist the DM.
John M@LeviKornelsen
In no particular order, and probably leaving out a bunch:
#Traveller
#pbta
#RuneQuest
#Glorantha
#rpghistory
#FreeLeague
#EclipsePhase
#Ironsworn
#TheSprawl
#StarTrekAdventures
#Masks
I also have an interest in design topics like: #Publishing, #GameDesign, #writing, #LayoutDesign, but mainly as an observer.
Finally, I help run a local gaming group and am interested in discussing running and promoting such groups.
Peter Kisner ≈Not new at this point, but a relatively extensive reflection on the history of the Warhammer 40,000 gamelines with respect to "satire" and fascist depiction.
Linked here for future reference.
pookie#FridayFaction: Judges Guild’s Bob & Bill – A Cautionary Tale—A review of the memoir by Bill Owen about his time with Judges Guild in the early years.
http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2023/02/friday-faction-judges-guilds-bob-bill.html
#reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #rpg #RPGhistory #JudgesGuild #JG
#ttrpg #ttrpgs
Shannon AppelclineI wrote a second article on the OGL crisis today, talking about the news of the last week and a half: leak confirmation, industry responses, new FRPGs, new licenses, and finally a totally inadequate response from Wizards of the Coast themselves.
https://www.rpg.net/columns/advanced-designers-and-dragons/advanced-designers-and-dragons75.phtml