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Aron Christensen in RPGuide

May 20, 2019

Image: A figure in a trench coat standing in the rain and facing a dense cityscape.

New Vampire game

A while back, we wrote about some friends who wanted to try out role-playing. We ran a one-shot game for them and they had no…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

May 2, 2019

Image: A close-up photograph of a row of bullets.

Equipment and consumables

Let’s talk equipment in table-top RPGs for a minute. It’s not a part of the role-playing experience that I usually…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 29, 2019

Image: A photo of a hand rolling a bunch of 6-sided dice.

When the PCs fail a critical roll

Success at a cost

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

May 9, 2019

Image: A notebook with a pen on top, with several sheets torn out and wadded up.

Fixing my character

I’m currently playing in a Fantasy Flight Games Edge of the Empire campaign run by a friend, Jim. Yay!

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 6, 2019

Image: A waterfall. Much prettier than what I was actually doing in the bathroom.

Wraith session #7

The hurdle: One missing player & a hangover

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 23, 2019

Image: Hiker with a map standing on a hill, a monster eye open unseen below him.

Wraith session #8

Proactive vs. receptive players

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 13, 2019

Image: Image of a pair of speech bubbles on a blue background.

Communication between Storytellers and players

Last week, Jim stuck around for a while after he had finished running his Star…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

May 16, 2019

Follow-up: Fixing my character

It was Mother’s Day this last weekend, so we weren’t able to play Erica’s Wraith game. But on Saturday night we did get to play Edge of the Empire and I had the chance to do some course correction on my character, Tyris.

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 29, 2019

Link: Visualizing the Fantastic with Geek & Sundry

It can be hard to let yourself feel silly in the ways that role-playing calls for — acting and playing pretend in your friend’s living room, or a table at the local game shop. I’ve found it pretty rewarding to take the plunge and act it all…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 28, 2019

Image: A close-up shot of Jaz and Leo, the main characters of our new book.

Update & an announcement!

Hey, everyone. You may have noticed that there was no update yesterday. I was laid out on Sunday and Monday by a…

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