Every year for the past seven years, David Chapman has run something called RPGaDAY. It’s a series of prompts about RPGs for an entire month with the goal being to drive some discussion around them. I had a blast with it last year and I’m hoping to be as consistent this year with it.
As part of my review for Sky ov Crimson Flame, I mentioned that I wanted to make a rumor table and roll up some loot for the Blights ov the Eastern Forest hex crawl. Here’s what I’ve come up with.
Recently Google announced that they’re shutting down Google+ in 10 months. Before I really got into RPGs, Google+ was merely the butt of a few jokes, but largely ignored. However, the RPG community at large heavily used Google+ to share new blog posts, talk about ideas, and market new products.
Right now there’s a bit of a vaccum as folks scatter and attempt to find it’s replacement. It looks like MeWe will likely be the winner, though there’s a contingent of OSR bloggers that’d love to see things go back to blogs and comments. I’m not wild about comments, but I love the idea of getting back to longer, more thought out content, rather than small bits and bites.
I’m not sure what I was expecting with this game. It languished on the shelf for a while, largely forgotten about due to its bland cover and four player maximum (my game group nights have been growing). It was about to go up for auction when I walked my wife to try it out with me.
This was the third time I’ve played the game and the first time where it wasn’t truly a blowout for the winner. I’m happy to see that the scores can be a bit more balanced than previously thought and I’m still enjoying the game quite a bit. It’s smooth, easy to teach, and absolutely beautiful. There’s some interaction, but not too much for those that want to build up their territory and earn points more peacefully.