Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Relief Charity Bundle at DriveThruRPG

Roleplayers Chronicle is sponsoring a charity bundle on DriveThruRPG to offer donations to the American Red Cross in their efforts to offer relief to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. You can help this cause by purchasing the Charity Bundle on DriveThruRPG or RPGNow for only $20. A number of publishers have contributed products and this bundle is valued at over $450 with additional publishers being...

Tales from the Gazebo – Dire, Zombie, Cyber Turkey

Dire, Zombie, Cyber Turkey By Cape Rust After writing about running a Halloween centric game, I started to think about the upcoming holiday season as a whole. When I say holiday season, I am including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Yes, I am looking at primarily western holidays, but seeing that I am a westerner, I’ll stick to what I know. This week I’d like to tackle...

Review: Rogue Games – Boston Besieged

Product Name: Boston Besieged Publisher: Rogue Games Author: Graeme Davis, Richard Iorio II System: 12° Setting: Colonial Gothic Series: Theme: Alternate History, Colonial America, Low Fantasy, Horror Type: Campaign (Flames of Freedom Volume I) Link: http://themysticalthrone.com/?p=16341 Boston Besieged is a combination release for Colonial Gothic. Part of the book contains a sourcebook for Boston...

Review: Rogue Games – The Templars

Product Name: The Templars Publisher: Rogue Games Author: Graeme Davis System: 12° Setting: Colonial Gothic Series: Organizations (Volume 1) Theme: Alternate History, Colonial America, Low Fantasy, Horror Type: Supplement Link: http://www.rogue-games.net/ The Templars is the first release of the Organizations series for Colonial Gothic. These Organizations sourcebooks take a much deeper look at...

Users Guide: The Historical Genre

The following article is a continuation of the Genres in Gaming series of articles written to help players and GMs determine which games are available within the genres they want to play. The lists of systems contained throughout or by no means exhaustive. All game systems are listed within the sub-genre as I understand from the knowledge I have. If they are improperly categorized, please...

Review: Rogue Games – Secrets

Product Name: Secrets Publisher: Rogue Games Author: Richard Iorio II, James Maliszewski System: 12° Setting: Colonial Gothic Theme: Alternate History, Colonial America, Horror, Fantasy Type: Supplement Link: http://www.rogue-games.net/ Secrets is a valuable sourcebook for GMs and players alike. It takes historical references that influenced and directly affected the Colonial period of America and...

Review: Rogue Games – Shadow, Sword & Spell: Basic

Product Name: Shadow, Sword & Spell: Basic Publisher: Rogue Games Author: Richard Iorio II, James Maliszewski System: 12° Setting: Shadow, Sword & Spell Theme: Pulp Fantasy Type: Core Link: http://www.rogue-games.net/ Shadow, Sword & Spell is a blend of pulp action and fantasy mechanics, or simply put pulp fantasy. The action centers around the characters and the individual encounters...

Review: Rogue Games – Thousand Suns

Product Name: Thousand Suns Publisher: Rogue Games Author: James Maliszewski, Richard Iorio II System: 12° Setting: Thousand Suns Theme: Space Opera, Sci-Fi Type: Core Link: http://www.rogue-games.net/ Thousand Suns is a flexible science-fiction framework influenced by sci-fi writings and ideas from the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s, which Rogue Games refers to as Imperial Science-Fiction,...

Designer’s Diary: Pamean Games – Brass & Steel

Brass & Steel Brass & Steel is a complete role-playing game published by Pamean Games. By Shane Bauer Welcome to the thirty-seventh Designer’s Diary, a regular column where designers are given the opportunity to take readers on an in-depth ride through the design and development process of their system, setting, or product. If you’d like to share your product in the Designer’s Diary...