Category: Mechanics

2016-12-13Art, Board games, Combat, Game Design, Game Publishing, Mechanics, Playtest, Rules, The Road to Ruin, Uncategorized

The Road to Ruin aka Holiday Report Pt. 2

I tend, as a designer, to rush to artwork and layout quite […]

2016-11-292016-11-27Board games, Game Design, Mechanics, The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin aka Holiday Report Pt. 1

Last year I got involved with a local board game design group […]

2014-02-052016-11-15Combat, Forge Engine, Game Design, Mechanics, RPG, Rules

Forge Engine combat turns description…

One of the unconventional elements of the Forge Engine RPG is the […]

2014-01-312016-11-15Character Sheet, Forge Engine, Game Design, Mechanics, Playtest

Forge Engine Character Sheet

The first thing I look at whenever I check out a new […]

2013-02-252016-11-15Forge Engine, Game Design, Mechanics, Playtest, RPG, Rules

Playtesting the Forge Engine

Tonight was our first playtest of a new game system I’m working […]

2012-12-282016-11-15HAD, Mechanics, Review, RPG, Rules, Skills

Review: Heroes Against Darkness Gets 4E Right (Allegedly)

Looks like the release of the print version of Heroes Against Darkness […]

2012-09-06Adventuring, Characters, Combat, Hero Kids, Heroes, Kids, Mechanics, Role-Playing, RPG, Rules

Sneak peek at a Hero Kids character

So while all of the helpful playtesters are putting Hero Kids through […]

2012-08-17Classes, DnD, Dungeons and Dragons, HAD, Heroes Against Darkness, Mechanics, Rules

What to Steal From D&D Next!

Now that I’ve had time to think about some of the things […]

2012-07-18DnD, Dungeons and Dragons, HAD, Heroes Against Darkness, Mechanics

D&D Next: Deeper Thoughts

For the last five weeks (or so) we’ve been playing the D&D […]

2012-07-07Kids, Mechanics, RPG, Rules

More AnyDice d6 Dice Pool Probabilities

Following my previous exciting and enigmatic post about d6 dice pool probabilities, […]