I’m very late for 2017, but as I did in January 2017 I’m posting a list of RPG books I acquired last (calendar) year. Swords & Wizardry – Complete 3rd Printing (Kickstarter) January OSR PDF The God that Crawls February LotFP Print Vornheim: the Complete City Kit February LotFP Print Slügs! February LotFP Print Broodmother… Continue reading RPG books of 2017
Category: Aside
Pathfinder 2nd Edition
The fine folks at Paizo announced they are working on a second edition of the Pathfinder roleplaying game, due to enter a playtest period in August 2018. As part of the announcement Paizo’s Director of Game Design, Jason Bulmahn, sat down with the crew over at everyone’s favourite actual play podcast — the Glass Cannon… Continue reading Pathfinder 2nd Edition
Inspired by a similar post by Ramanan Sivaranjan I decided to post a list of the TRPG books I’ve purchased this year.
Since switching from a custom home-brewed TRPG mechanic to using off-the shelf systems I’ve been very much enjoying reading TRPG books, particularly in print, acquiring about one a month.
Almost half of the books are for Pathfinder, despite the fact that for most of the year I didn’t play in or run a Pathfinder game. This was because towards the end of 2015 I backed the Aethera Kickstarter and wanted to spend some time re-familiarising myself with the mechanics. Despite the fact that I already owned most of these Pathfinder books in PDF I bought the print versions as I find them both easier and more enjoyable to read than a PDF on a relatively small tablet screen and I find them easier to reference at the table, even though most of the games I run and play are online in a virtual tabletop.
Lamentations of the Flame Princess caught my attention half way through the year with their Bundle of Lamentations. The clean & simple rules were attractive after trying to home-brew a Pathfinder game whilst ramping up on the potentially complex mechanics, working and parenting.
After running a few sessions I’m still a big fan of LotFP, but favour the system more for one-shots and short campaigns. I’m very much looking forward to running the LotFP modules I already own as well as buying, reading and potentially running several others.
I received the two D&D books for Christmas. I am curious to read SCAG to learn more about the Forgotten Realms, the default setting for 5th edition. Volo’s Guide is more exciting as it’s got a decent array of player options to use in the 5e game I play in. I have only leafed through the book so far but have already dreamed up several character ideas.
| Pathfinder Core Rulebook | January | Pathfinder | |
| Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide | February | Pathfinder | |
| Humble RPG Book Bundle: Pathfinder | February | Pathfinder | |
| Pathfinder Bestiary 1 | March | Pathfinder | |
| Pathfinder Advanced Race Guide | June | Pathfinder | |
| Bundle of Lamentations | July | LotFP | |
| Pathfinder Occult Adventures | August | Pathfinder | |
| A Red and Pleasant Land | September | LotFP | |
| Death Frost Doom | September | LotFP | |
| Scenic Dunnsmouth | September | LotFP | |
| LotFP Rules and Magic | October | LotFP | |
| Yoon-Suin | October | OSR | |
| Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide | December | D&D | |
| Volo’s Guide to Monsters | December | D&D |
Like a phoenix from the ashes – a bit of background on the born again GM
This is a relatively long post about me, my group and how I became a GM again after so many years. I have been a role-player for almost 20 years. It all began in my very early teens as my family were walking our dog in a local woods and we saw some folks doing… Continue reading Like a phoenix from the ashes – a bit of background on the born again GM