Our advantage seeking adventurers set out to review the entire One-Roll Engine (ORE) this week, rather then sticking to the individual games. Taking a high level look at the mechanics and different ways they adopt to systems we’ve played we come to the conclusion that considering you can try it out for free; you should… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: January 2011
Really Quick Reviews 1
This was originally an idea for an ongoing feature for the podcast. Unfortunately, not only could I not speak as fast as this should be done while still maintaining the desired level of precision in my pronounciation. Also, I was vetoed on it being a good idea. Sad face. So it instead gets retooled for… Read more »
Actual Play: Bakulu Baka Part 2
The thrilling conclusion to our two part actual play Bakulu Baka. T Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:09:17 — 260.0MB)
Actual Play: Bakulu Baka Part 1
In the small town of Underwood, Louisiana, young women are beginning to disappear. As the local police force finds one in a gruesome display, other members of the town also begin to suspect something is amiss. Horrible instances begin to converge as mysteries abound leaving a band of scared people forced to face their own… Read more »
We’re Now Creative Commons Licensed!
Hey everybody, The Creative Commons project that I, personally, am quite fond of. For those of you that don’t know what it is, Creative Commons develops a set of licenses for digital media that allows the owner to retain copyright while letting others use the works for other reasonable uses. As a computer programmer, I… Read more »
Guest Post: On Quitting Gaming
Hey gamer guys and gals; we have a wonderful guest blog post for today from, amongst other things, the singing half of Maestro and Muse, my significant other, and an all around amazing person. I hope you enjoy and don’t get used to the writing; I know its far better then mine. I don’t make New… Read more »
Avoiding Gaming Burnout
Our intrepid adventurers set forth to explore past experiences burning out on gaming and how to avoid it. Drawing on years of experience, stuff we’ve read about psychology, and good old fashioned gut-instinct we outline a series of steps you can undertake to help avoid your own personal gaming burnout. Podcast: Play in new window… Read more »
An Introduction to War
Do you find yourself often defeated in any board or wargame that requires military tactics? Do you find that each time you command forces it is as though you are Napoleon at Waterloo, but without the victories beforehand? Do you want next time you take the field of battle to come out victorious after so… Read more »
New Amsterdam: Rights and Rhetoric
Summer 1951 – Public approval of Talents has taken a turn from the worse after the exposure of a terrorist plot to damage US-USSR relations. The poor handling of this incident by members of local law enforcement and intelligence has led to public backlash, further supported by certain politicians. Meanwhile, a younger member of a… Read more »
Drawing the Crowd In
As any good Game Master (sub in Dungeon Master, Keeper, or what have you as appropriate for your flavour of gaming) knows, drawing in your players is key to their immersion and fun. This becomes even more important if you have new players; whether it be new members of your gaming group, people from a… Read more »

