The 20-Sided Die
June 16th, 2008 by Dan ZapponeThere’s a brief piece on the Wired website about the 20-sided die. Apparently the icosahedron’s usage as a die in games dates back at least two millenia to the Romans.
Basic Roleplaying Release Date and Cover
April 12th, 2008 by Dan Zappone
Chaosium has announced that Basic Roleplaying is about to be sent to the printers for a May 2008 release. Basic Roleplaying now has a new cover by Paul Carrick and I must say it looks pretty good.
BASIC ROLEPLAYING
The Chaosium d100 systemCHA2020
ISBN 1-56882-189-1
$39.95
384 pages
8.5 x 11” paperbackChaosium’s BASIC ROLEPLAYING is a core rulebook that gathers in one place the rules, modules, and options for one of the original and most influential role playing gaming systems in the world.
You can read the full Basic Roleplaying announcement and Chaosium still has some advanced reader copies available for sale here.
Cross posted from Basic Roleplaying . Net
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PCGen Beta (5.13.11)
March 14th, 2008 by Dan Zappone
PCGen is an open source character generator for role-playing games. It currently is aimed at supporting as many RPGs as is humanly possible. The project’s current focus is on OGL games (OGL is Wizards of the Coast’s Open Gaming License). PCGen runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix/Linux using Java 1.4/1.5.
PCGen has released its first Beta (5.13.11) for the upcoming 5.14 production release. Since the 5.10.x series began, the PCGen developers have managed to put out increasingly polished production releases. An important aspect in getting that polished release was the enthusiasm and support the PCGen community gave in testing release. If you are interested testing the beta sign up for the Yahoo! group at PCGen News and Notes.
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My Life With Master
March 13th, 2008 by Dan Zappone
I just heard about this My Life with Master and it has been described on Play This Thing blog “as seminal a work in the history of tabletop role-playing games as Frankenstein was for literature.” It a game about playing the henchmen of an evil Master as in Igor or Renfield. Interesting no? Actually it sounds sort of like the inspiration for the computer game Overlord, which is a blast.
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Basic Roleplaying Advanced Readers’ Copy a.k.a. BRP Edition Zero
March 13th, 2008 by Dan ZapponeI’ve been meaning to post about this for some time. Had to get the site back in order to do so. In any event Chaosium is finalizing the 1st Edition of the Basic Roleplaying book. It is a complete rules system integrating 30 years of game play and refinement to allow play in any genre, from fantasy to sci-fi, from modern horror to supers and everything in between. From what Chaosium says the final book will released sometime around June 2008 and run somewhere in the range of 390 pages.
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Gary Gygax Co-Creator of Dungeons and Dragons Passes Away
March 4th, 2008 by Dan ZapponeGary Gygax the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons along with Dave Arneson has passed away on March 4th 2008. Gary has recently been working with Troll Lord Games, a small paper and pencil RPG publisher. Troll Lords forums have up a post noting that he has passed away. That Associated Press has confirmed that the 69 year old game designer has indeed passed away.
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February 5th, 2008 by Dan ZapponeHumakt is known primarily as the god of Death and War but he was not always known as such. Humakt also possesses the rune of truth. Truthseekers are virtually unknown outside of the Humakt Temple. Truthseekers often act as judges and mitigators though outsiders believe them to be Humakti. The value of truth is exists only in relation to life and Truthseekers are champions of life.
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