I have been asked on more than one occasion about the resources out there for the uninitiated online RPG gamer so, this essay will highlight some of the many resources that I have used over the last few years. I will make every effort to highlight the good and bad, the gorgeous and the ugly….
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Update – 2014 RPG Challenge: Play Five RPGs You Have Never Played Before
I wanted to give a quick update on the RPG challenge I began last january. I had signed on to participate in a challenge that required each participant to play five new (to them) RPGs during the course of the year. Well, it took a while due to my hectic schedule, but I got in…
Difficult to Maintain Online Gaming Groups?
I am curious, do you find it easier or more difficult to maintain a long term VoIP online gaming group? I have been seeing an increase of posts on Facebook and G+ about players and GMs alike showing up for an online game and not enough players show up to run the game. Ultimately the…
VirtuaCon 2014 – This Weekend!
VIRTUACON: 10-12 Oct 2014 October 10th marks the beginning of the best 3 days in virtual gaming. The event has 60 scheduled games, 18 panels and much more. The best part is you don’t even have to leave your house to attend and enjoy all it has to offer! VirtuaCon utilizes G+ Hangouts and Roll20…
Numenera – What is it?
In the recent days I have decided I was going to form a new voice of IP (VoIP) gaming group and the game of choice will be Numenera by Monte Cook. This decision prompted me to pull the rule book off my shelf and blow the thin layer of dust off the book (a terrible…
Help me Choose an RPG to Run
I was looking over this list of games that are on my shelves, but I have never run them and in many cases never played them either. Which should I learn run for my VoIP group? Lay it all out there, give me the good, the bad and the ugly! What would you want to play? King…
VirtuaCon 2014 is Around the Corner
I have had a lot of things on my plate lately, but of all things going on in my life, there is one thing that I am so looking forward to — VirtuaCon 2014. For those of you that no nothing about VirtuaCon, let me show you the light! VirtuaCon is a three day online…
Lamentations of the Flame Princess Review (Grindhouse Edition)
In June of 2013 I wrote a quick overview of Lamentations of the Flame Princess. It was strictly an overview of the material and my thoughts on the rules based on my previous old school gaming experiences. Tomorrow night I will finally get the chance to play a game of LotFP during the ANTIGENCON online…
Good Impressions are Hard to Make
Have you ever sat down with a new boardgame or even a new story line for your favorite RPG and contemplated on how you are going to “sell” your friends on the game? Chances are you have done this very thing on many occasions. Let’s just hope you were successful in this endeavor. Making that…
Barrowmaze Complete Launches at Indiegogo
The other day on Facebook I saw post that got my heart pounding. A post by Greg Gillespie the author and creator of Barrowmaze created quite a buzz that evening. He posted that he had gone live with a new project on Indiegogo. The project was to combine his Barrowmaze I and Barrowmaze II books…
Rolling Boxcars 