New Strategy: Patience
During my games of Twilight Imperium, I realized that the 4-player game is a bit odd. Since none of the 8 Strategies remain in the common play area, no Bonus […]
Game Systems
The Brigades of Aragon
The Reds may have access to their hook-armed infantry, skyfurnaces, and military-industrial sorceresses, but the contranationalists live up to that measure in most regards. Due to their strong agricultural tradition […]
Irradiated Scholar – an alternate career rank for Dark Heresy
The Adeptus Mechanicus’ sprawling organisation is replete with sub-factions, cults, and sects devoted to the different aspects and wonders of the Machine. Plasma technology is one of the greatest wonders […]
The Ghosts of Aragon
The intermingling of science fiction, fantasy elements and socialist reality was the main reason I fell in love with the setting of The Red Star. Especially when turning one’s eyes […]
The Grey Crusade – an intelligence organisation for Blue Planet
“The Black Crusade” is a well known moniker for a campaign against the Incorporate states rumoured to be waged by elements of the GEO intelligence apparatus with tacit approval from […]
Fear and Loathing in Los Muertos – new drugs for SLA Industries
SLA Industries is an urban horror rpg, but also the quintessential drugpunk rpg. As professing believers in this truth, blut_und_glas, Hasran, and yandere have been collecting new drugs for SLA […]
The Vagaries of Fate – alternate ways to gain and use Fate Points in Warhammer 40.000 Roleplay
In the dangerous and war-torn world of the 41st millennium, it is often fate alone, not skill, or wealth, or power, that marks the difference between success and failure, between […]
Mind Class D20 Modern
This is the last entry of my alternate d20 modern classes: The Mind. The other two entries can be found here: The Adventurer and the Warrior. The Mind is the […]
Racial Wheel of Life
This is something I have been thinking about for some time now: Race is always a strange thing in fantasy games, especially those in the vein of D&D. It means […]
Editorial: Shortsighted science fiction gamers
In all likelihood, this is once more one of those things which nobody gets riled up about – nobody but me. Anyway. Blue Planet v3 is scheduled to come out […]