This isn’t a useful question, because when it comes to characters, games can have varying levels of complexity, and can also focus on different things. So what makes a character “good” in one system may not be “good” in another. Plus, gaming groups will have their own preferences, which can also change over time. For example, in […]

This one’s easy: play the game. In my teenage years, I remember my then-group having trouble learning Shadowrun, so one weekend I brought the book over to a friend’s house, we made characters as we learned how to make them, and we learned everything else while playing. So, for example, we didn’t know how combat worked until a […]

Since David is usually the GM, I’m going to answer this RPGaDay question. There are actually two instances I can think of. The first was during the Ravenloft game that David was running using Dungeon World. I was playing The Witch, because I wrote most of the class and wanted to see how it held up over […]

Mostly video games, books, movies, my random thoughts, and rarely other paper-and-pencil roleplaying games (though I have looked through older D&D editions while designing FrankenFourth, mostly to nail down how complex I want it to be). Some examples: H.P. Lovecraft is responsible for a lot. I’ve run numerous FrankenFourth playtest adventures that involved cults of various ancient […]

The Monday group is approaching the halfway mark of an Age of Worms campaign, which I’m running using my homebrewed FrankenFourth rules, and the Wednesday group is on hold since “real life” has taken a hold of half the members. I’m not sure what the Monday group will play next: maybe another FrankenFourth campaign? I have numerous campaign ideas, […]