Category Archives: Tabletop RPG

1:1 Time Is the Key to Everything in Tabletop RPGs.

A few months back, I made a post about how poorly my tabletop role-playing campaign (a superhero scenario in OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game) went when I attempted 1:1 timekeeping, which means 1 real day equals 1 in-game day. I … Continue reading

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When Playing RPGs, Go Homebrew or Go Home

Ever since Gary Gygax published the seminal tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons, many other creators penned their own gamebooks with their own systems — some in imitation of D&D, some much less complex, and the internet has caused their numbers … Continue reading

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The Guidebook Rules

UPDATE: I’ve been informed that Monica Valentinelli, not Jim C. Hines, wrote the article; Hines merely hosted it on his blog. I was cruising the internet one day when I came across an article by author Monica Valetinelli about the … Continue reading

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Castalia House post: OVA, the Anime Role-Playing Game

Today is a great day, for I have made my first post over at the Castalia House blog. It goes into detail about the strengths and weaknesses of OVA: The Anime Role-Playing Game, a game I backed on Kickstarter and … Continue reading

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