J P | June 23, 2009
I strongly suggest people check out Warhammer Fantasy Role Play if at all possible, though the core book is now out of print (again) and they released it as a PDF to purchase. There are also a ton of free RPG’s people have made and put up online, that each have their own approach: – [...]
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J P | June 22, 2009
Keep in mind this article concerns free paper miniatures and models and such that can be printed out on paper or cardstock, cut out and folded and glued. Also quite popular are molded and otherwise non-paper things like board game pieces and wargame miniatures, coins, dice, as well as frugal improvised stand-ins such as children’s [...]
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J P | June 21, 2009
In an article in a National Geographic Magazine:
The Real Price of Gold
By Brook Larmer
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/gold/larmer-text/3
For all of its allure, gold’s human and environmental toll has never been so steep. Part of the challenge, as well as the fascination, is that there is so little of it. In all of history, only 161,000 tons of gold have [...]
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J P | June 21, 2009
Your mileage may vary.
In our group, we generally give 100-150 XP (WFRP) to everyone that played, which keeps everyone fairly happy and consistent, with the possibility of a bit more XP for a PC that accomplshed an outstanding feat of some kind, including superb roleplaying. Generally, since we play infrequently anyway, if one of us [...]
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J P | June 18, 2009
Long. Apologies and thanks.
I and my friend and GM (I occasionally take turns GMing) were discussing the rest of our gaming group, which consist of his 14yr old step-son and 18yr old nephew and their 1 or 2 friends each.
Besides Assassin’s Creed, Oblivion, Fallout 3 and shoot-em-ups, the kids spend a lot of their time [...]
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Tags: attention, inspire, kids, learn, players, rpg, tabletop, warhammer, wfrp