I’ve been pretty quiet about RPG stuff lately because I’ve been beavering away on my next project. Regular readers know that a while ago I made up some simple RPG rules to play with Violet and since I finished the first version of Heroes Against Darkness I’ve been working on turning those simple rules into a […]
I’ve been mulling over a set of super-simple RPG rules for kids (maybe from 4 and up). As part of this I’ve been thinking about a simple (but playable) dice mechanic that involves opposed pools of d6s, with only the highest dice counting for each of the participants (and ties resolving in favor of the attacker, […]
Some readers might be wondering how Heroes Against Darkness works in play, rather than on paper. So here’s a quick recap of our Monday night session. In the lead up to the session, the six adventurers had been captured by goblins while traveling through an ancient dwarven tunnel that linked a series of beacon towers […]
Once you’ve mastered the seven steps to becoming a good role-player, you also need to master the steps to becoming a good player. Here are a few ideas from my GM experiences (in no particular order):1. Keep your character sheet up to date.2. Don’t argue, nitpick or pixelbitch with the GM.3. Don’t play like it’s […]
By definition, role-playing is when players take on and direct the actions of their character or alter-ego in a game. Role-playing comes to the fore in Heroes Against Darkness when the players’ characters have role-playing encounters, which run the full gamut from the mundane to potentially deadly:• Negotiate a price with a shopkeeper• Gain information […]