On the Road Again: a Vehicle Control Sheet for the M1114 Humvee in Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG

In Twilight: 2000 a squad's ride is as important, if not more important, than any individual character. Losing a character can be a big hit to the team, but losing your transportation, and the firepower it mounts, means you are playing a completely different game. (I had a memorable short campaign where we started without … Continue reading On the Road Again: a Vehicle Control Sheet for the M1114 Humvee in Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG →

The Leader in Battle: a House Rule for the Command Skill in Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG

Back when the Twilight: 2000 alpha rules landed in my inbox, one of my buddies offered to run a game for me and a couple of my friends. We all GM for our home groups, so it was a chance to put the new edition under a microscope… and to see what it had to … Continue reading The Leader in Battle: a House Rule for the Command Skill in Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG →

Keeping your S*** Together: A Character Generation Worksheet for Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG.

Even though my books haven't shipped yet, I've had several opportunities to get Free League's Twilight: 2000 to the table. I played in a short online campaign GMed by my friend MadJay, and I ran sandbox-style for my home group. Both times we embraced (and enjoyed) 4th Edition's new life path character generation. I noticed, … Continue reading Keeping your S*** Together: A Character Generation Worksheet for Free League’s Twilight: 2000 RPG. →

Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: WFRP Rules Hacks for The Black Hack

What is this? I’m attempting to port the flavor of classic Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over to the The Black Hack, with a very specific mission: to play the classic Enemy Within campaign in a rules light system. As much as I like the vibe of old school WFRP, I’m not in a place where I … Continue reading Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: WFRP Rules Hacks for The Black Hack →

Let’s Talk Monsters – Fantasy AGE Bestiary Deep Dive – The Letter E

Welcome to my second series of Monster-themed deep dives. In these posts, my son Xander (7) and I will dig down into the what's good and great in the Fantasy AGE Bestiary. Each week you'll see some original art from Xan alongside observations, plot hooks, and other miscellany about each creature. The boy is starting … Continue reading Let’s Talk Monsters – Fantasy AGE Bestiary Deep Dive – The Letter E →

Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: Heart of the Hack (The WFRP Skill List in The Black Hack)

What is this? I’m attempting to port the flavor of classic Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over to the The Black Hack, with a very specific mission: to play the classic Enemy Within campaign in a rules light system. As much as I like the vibe of old school WFRP, I’m not in a place where I … Continue reading Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: Heart of the Hack (The WFRP Skill List in The Black Hack) →

Let’s Talk Monsters – Fantasy AGE Bestiary Deep Dive – The Letter D

Welcome to my second series of Monster-themed RPG deep dives! In these posts, my son Xander (7) and I will dig down into what's good and great in the Fantasy AGE Bestiary. Each week you'll see some original art from Xan alongside observations, plot hooks, and other miscellany about each creature. Xander actually helped motivate … Continue reading Let’s Talk Monsters – Fantasy AGE Bestiary Deep Dive – The Letter D →

Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: Nuts & Bolts of WFRP Character Creation in The Black Hack

I’m attempting to port the flavor of classic Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over to the The Black Hack, with a very specific mission: to enable it to make The Enemy Within campaign sing. As much as I like the vibe of old school WFRP, I’m not at a place where I want the mechanical weight that … Continue reading Preparing the Enemy Within Campaign: Nuts & Bolts of WFRP Character Creation in The Black Hack →

Let’s Talk Monsters: System Agnostic Imp Generator

Let's Talk Monsters is my weekly series where I read through RPG creature collections with my son, and we riff and free-associate on what we find. We're currently deep diving our way through Green Ronin's Fantasy AGE Bestiary. We were reading about Imps in the demon listing and it struck me that whipping up a … Continue reading Let’s Talk Monsters: System Agnostic Imp Generator →

Preparing The Enemy Within campaign: Command-Shift-4, The Black Hack, & the Tech Stack.

For years I've dreamt of jumping into one of the game properties of my youth with utter and reckless abandon. To do something big... prepare something huge and glorious like I could when I was in high school and had the summer (and, well, all of life) stretching out before me. To spend hours poring … Continue reading Preparing The Enemy Within campaign: Command-Shift-4, The Black Hack, & the Tech Stack. →