The RPGaDAY2025 challenge ended yesterday. I thought I'd put together a quick list of some of my favorite entries. Maybe not a "best" list, just some of the entries in #RPGaDAY2025 challenge I found interesting. These are all blog posts, as those are the only links I bothered to write down. Quite certain I missed … Continue reading Best of RPGaDAY2025
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 31 - Reward OK. I'm in the home stretch on this RPGaDAY2025 thing. Honestly, it's been goddamn exhausting at times, but I suppose it's been decent writing practice. The prompt for the last day is Reward. So that makes me think about what sort of reward, and … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 31 – Reward – Treating Myself
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 30 - Experience I've recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It's going pretty well so far, but I think I'm having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP) Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here's how the current (4th) … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 29 - Connect Wanted to talk a little about how I've been connecting with other RPG players. I've started up a face-to-face RPG club in my area a little over a year ago, and have been looking for ways to connect with and recruit other local gamers. … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 29 – Connect – Running a RPG club
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 28 - Suspense The best RPG mechanic I've ever seen for generating suspense is the concept of Webscapes from the RPG Webworld . Webworld is a small RPG about a post-apocalyptic world overrun by giant spiders. I posted a mini-review and character sheet for it a while … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 28 – Suspense – Giant Spiders and Webscapes
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 27 - Tactic For this prompt I'm going to just revisit an old post I made for the Superpowered RPG. It's a SHIELD-style agency called TACTIC - Tactical Arms Control Technology Intervention Command. https://polyhedralnonsense.com/2023/06/12/agents-of-tactic-an-agency-for-superpowered/ Just to have something new for this post, here's a few sample TACTIC … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 27 – Tactic -Agents of T.A.C.T.I.C.
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 26 - Nemesis Some RPGs have a fairly strict morality system, usually called alignment. It's a code of ethics that players are supposed to follow. What happens if they don't? I'm going to use Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution, as a mechanic for enforcing alignments. In … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 26 – Nemesis – How to Punish a PC
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 25 - Challenge So you want to challenge a RPG character to a duel? How do you do it? Tug a dwarf's beard twice, and make church bell noises each time Explain to a Hobgoblin that they're just a "fat goblin" Repeatedly ask a Jedi how much … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 25 – Challenge – How to challenge RPG characters to a duel
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 24 - Reveal In a lot of pulp or superhero worlds, characters have secret identities. Batman is Bruce Wayne, Spiderman is Peter Parker, etc. They're in constant danger of having their true identity revealed. How can we model this in a RPG? I'm going to steal an … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 24 – Reveal – Secret Identities
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here. Day 23 - Recent In this post, I'll discuss the most recent RPG purchase I made, a large, laminated map of my custom Traveller sector. My Traveller Campaign I've been running an in-person Traveller campaign for about a year and a half now. It takes place in the … Continue reading RPGaDAY2025 – Day 23 – Recent – Printing a Traveller map
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