KJ This week we hop over to the Alien RPG to use one of their monsters for this week. Taken straight out of the Chariot of the Gods cinematic scenario – we are looking at the Abomination/ Beluga head Creature. It’s been RPG sale season, and one of the local comic shops near me is … Read more
This week we change paces to a new RPG I acquired – Warhammer 40K: Wrath and Glory. The W40K setting is something I had briefly heard about several years ago, but never really got into it as the tabletop was exceptionally expensive. Recently, I have dipped my toes into the setting via the first … Read more
A little different this time for the Monster of the Week. I have been making a Pulp Cthulhu space game after watching Love, Death and Robots and the episode Beyond the Aquila Rift became a massive influence for the story based on the GIF used above. Spoilers may lie below. To summarise this episode of Love, … Read more
This week, we returned to the Gateways to Terror scenario book for Call of Cthulhu. One of our D&D players was interested in playing Call of Cthulhu, but has never played before. I felt one of the Gateways to Terror games would be perfect as they are fairly short, concise, and introduce all the … Read more
We were playing D&D last weekend with a new set of players with level 1 characters. To give them the traditional role-playing expeirnec, we opted for…. you guessed it… a dungeon! Within the dungeon I wanted to give them a flavour of the different abilities and creatures they could experience. So we ended up with … Read more
Telling players “No’ can be hard, especially if you are not confident or don’t like a little bit of confrontation at the table. I’ve had many cases in the early days where I couldn’t say “no”, or when I did, it often lead to me conceding to game-breaking hi jinx at the table. I’ve … Read more
We were playing an impromptu game of Call of Cthulhu last night and I revisited a ‘bad guy’ that I have used in the past. The Abomination from The Gateways To Terror handbook is a strong but manageable creature in The Necropolis. The scenario is designed much more like an introduction game to Call … Read more
So, what do you think about combat? Originally coming from other systems where combat was almost always crippling, I was initially skeptical of the combat in D&D. Combat is D&D is awesome (if you’re not a squishy level 1), and the sheer range of abilities, feats, manurers (and more) that are on offer provide … Read more
Ref: KingOvRats DeviantArt This week we have a different type of fiend in the mix. After a short period of having no Cthulhu games to fill my existential dread, I had a short casual (if that’s even possible) game of it recently. For a change I was playing the game (I tend to GM), and … Read more
How much do you bend encounters (combat or conflict) after it has been designed (or read in a published game)? Specifically I am wondering about a creatures stats or abilities – do you ever reduce HP, alter or reduce skills of your NPCs or any other change that could give players an edge or weakness … Read more
