Roleplaying Games and Wargames (non-REH)

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Inis is a Risk-type boardgame with a Celtic, clan-style setting. Art by the legendary Jim Fitzpatrick:

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geekculture.co/four-board-games-from-essen-spiel-2016-we-cant-wait-to-play/

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Gygax magazine is a new periodical published by TSR, Inc. (not connected to WotC).  It looks promising:



www.blackgate.com/2013/03/29/new-treasures-gygax-magazine-issue-1/

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Dave Magerry created the ground-breaking boardgame, Dungeon. He was also there for Dave Arneson's "Blackmoor" campaign which led to the creation of D&D:


www.blackgate.com/2016/08/22/the-public-life-of-sherlock-holmes-dungeon-a-new-kind-of-board-game/

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Good articles regarding getting started in wargaming:


www.castaliahouse.com/building-a-better-miniature-wargame-the-grand-strategy/

www.castaliahouse.com/tabletop-officer-training-corps-figure-preparation/

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Playtesting NATO: Next War in Europe...

www.castaliahouse.com/wargame-wednesday-victory-games-nato-the-next-war-in-europe/

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Introducing kids to tabletop RPGs:



www.blackgate.com/2016/12/22/how-to-introduce-kids-to-tabletop-role-playing-1-picking-a-system-and-genre/


www.blackgate.com/2017/01/12/modular-how-to-introduce-kids-to-tabletop-role-playing-2/

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Two great articles on why the thief and cleric can and should be awesome player classes:


harbingergames.blogspot.com/2014/06/misunderstood-and-improperly-played.html

harbingergames.blogspot.com/2014/07/misunderstood-and-improperly-played.html

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A veteran gamer fondly recalls DMing Champions:


www.jamescambias.com/blog/2017/01/nostalgie-du-geek-champions.html

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Nice article. We never played Champions but I do remember some excellent sessions playing Paranoia. anyone else remember that? The Computer is your friend...

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An interesting look at how a low-level D&D party could -- just maybe -- take down an ancient red dragon:

www.blackgate.com/2017/02/08/modular-how-to-defeat-an-ancient-red-dragon-in-dd-with-a-low-level-party/

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Has anybody played the Slaine RPG?  This is a favorable review:

www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10066.phtml

I liked the comic. It sounds like they stayed fairly faithful to that.

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A cool post on Avalon Hill's early semi-RPG, Gunslinger:

www.castaliahouse.com/not-quite-role-playing-game/

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Full pdf of Dragon #143:

annarchive.com/files/Drmg143.pdf

[Erik]

Mar 20, 2017 6:27:06 GMT -5 deuce said:

Full pdf of Dragon #143:

annarchive.com/files/Drmg143.pdf

Nice!  I miss this magazine.  I kept all my old issues (including this one) and still have them in my gaming room. 

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A good post on things to do/not do during a dungeon crawl:


www.blackgate.com/2017/02/08/modular-dungeon-delving-tips-part-i/