J P | February 20, 2010
Well, it’s February of 2010 now, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition has been out since about November of 2009, so roughly three to four months – so how has it been received?
Rodney Thompson, an actual game designer over at WFRP’s (and everyone else’s) main competitor for dominant fantasy RPG, Wizards of the Coast (D&D), [...]
Category: General RPG, Reviews |
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Tags: 3e, 3rd, fantasy, roleplay, third, warhammer, wfrp, wfrp3
J P | February 14, 2010
Full Story at Gameculture
The violent nerd movement has suffered a serious setback. Yesterday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Dungeons & Dragons ban in Wisconsin prisons. According to court records, prison officials were concerned that inmates were forming a “gang” around the fantasy role-playing game.
The suit was brought to federal court by [...]
Category: General RPG |
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Tags: ban, convict, cop, d&d, dragons, dungeons, enforcement, forbid, gaming, imagination, inmate, jail, law, officer, police, prison, restrict, roleplay, rpg, security, taboo
J P | January 31, 2010
I’ve posted in various places on some variation of this topic. I personally feel intelligence and analytical or strategic or just knowledge and abstract skills in general, are a constant question mark in roleplaying games.
I can be a personally physically weak player but have a high strength character, but even if I try to [...]
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Tags: ability, attribute, character, game, gaming, knowledge, metagaming, player, roleplay, rpg, skill, stat
J P | February 3, 2009
Need help explaining the idea behind roleplaying to a newbie? Or maybe you are having a tiny trouble getting started, or would just like a little nostalgia about what it was like to discover the wonderful world of roleplaying games for the first time… the following exclusive Zanysite/Up With Roleplaying Games tutorial is for you!
Tutorial: [...]
Category: Humor |
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Tags: how-to, role-play, roleplay, rpg, tutorial