Running a Daggerheart game
Running a Daggerheart game is a really rewarding experience with the right group. Here are a few tips and tricks I've picked up while running and preparing games for Daggerheart RPG. I must admit that I really like Daggerheart! It is easy to learn, offers strong...
D&D 5E Is Not the Same Game at Every Level
D&D is a game that changes internally without letting you really know or how to prepare for it. Here's why D&D 5E is not the same game at every level. When I first started running long campaigns in 5E, I believed what the books implied, that the game was...
Age of Vikings Narratives
What makes a good Age of Vikings narrative? Here are some tips and ideas on how to make your Age of Vikings narrative even more compelling and fun. A good Age of Vikings narrative is born from the same raw material that shaped the sagas themselves. It grows from...
Why Obligation rocks!
In the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire the player characters must have Obligations. This is a great game mechanic and here's why! "Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser." The iconic scene...
Comic Relief PCs
Comic relief PCs are incredibly hard to play yet there are many players out there who try and try again. But why doesn't this work? Why is it so hard to pull this off in a long campaign? Once I was running a campaign that involved much planar travel and many visits to...
Take a stand
Roleplayers are a diverse community and because of that we often need to be even more tolerant of each other. However, we also need to take a stand in order to ensure an empowering, safe and inclusive environment for all gamers. Throughout the years I've played...
Group dynamics and player roles
Do you sometimes feel as if every campaign is the same? Still you use another system, new module and different characters, but everything stays the same? Perhaps the group dynamics have stagnated, but what to do? A decade or so ago, after playing with the same group...
8 Reasons You Should Consider A 1-on-1 RPG For Date Night
RPGs are typically a team sport. Dates are typically more of a solo thing, depending on what you're into. But you'd be surprised how compatible and fun date night can be when you introduce a little of that pen and paper magic. Read on for 8 reasons you should be...
Popularity of the Tabletop Role-playing games
Why do some tabletop RPGs become global phenomena while others (equally well-designed) remain beloved but niche? Why are Tabletop Role-Playing Games gaining so much traction in the last few years? With the massive rise of Dungeons & Dragons 5e, this question feels...
Runequest
RuneQuest is one of the oldest fantasy RPG out there. Published by Chaosium, this is one of the most popular RPGs ever published. I will begin by stating that RuneQuest is not your conventional tabletop role-playing game. To me, it is a game with a beating heart....
Pathfinder RPG – a brief overview
Pathfinder is one of the most popular fantasy role-playing games. It has drawn thousands of gamers to the table and is now in 2nd edition. Here's a brief overview. Sometimes, late in the '00s, I stumbled upon the Pathfinder roleplaying game developed by Paizo. At...
Dragonlance Classics and Shadows of the Dragon Queen
Dragonlance Classics, by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, is among the most successful yet underrated D&D modules ever published. Known as the DL module series, it's epic in scale and nature. In the dimly lit corners of my childhood room, surrounded by stacks of...
A few great TTRPGS from the Nordics
For years, North America has been the dominant force in the pen-and-paper role-playing games industry. The majority of publishers and writers have been based in America, with companies such as WoTC, Chaosium, Paizo and Kobold Press leading the way. However, this trend...
Trudvang returns
Fria Ligan has acquired the publishing license for Trudvang, the Swedish fantasy rpg originally published as Drakar och Demoner. Riotminds created Trudvang, but the Swedish publisher sold the IP to CMON a few years ago. Trudvang is one of my favorite settings. Based...
Dragonlance Classics and Shadows of the Dragon Queen
Dragonlance Classics, by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, is among the most successful yet underrated D&D modules ever published. Known as the DL module series, it's epic in scale and nature. In the dimly lit corners of my childhood room, surrounded by stacks of...
Into the Wild – Fantasy Adventure Series
The Swedish publisher Riotminds recently introduced a new label, Fantasy Adventure Series, and the first book, Into the Wild, is due to be Kickstarted in the coming days. Into the Wild is the first installment of books under a new label by Riotminds, Fantasy...
Degenesis: The Rebirth
Degenesis: The Rebirth is a german roleplaying game, published by Sixmorevodka, that takes place a on planet Earth a few centuries in the future. Earth was hit by meteors by the end of the 21. Century and those that survived needed to find new means to survive, as the...
