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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Humans Part 4Location Humans live across the plains, hills, and valleys of Cimmeria. Few are found in the forests and mountains. The exceptions are the people of Aractrash that have learned to live with the jungle and the people of Mars’ Oasis who subsist on the magic of the Dythalid Pool. Throughout…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara)Travis tells us about his world of Tetara. Travis runs Tetara as a paid game on StartPlaying. Each group’s campaign runs in a different region of Tetara. As the campaign progresses that group gets to shape their region through their actions. After a region has been molded through play, Travis…
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Continue reading →: World of Darkness China RPG Review Part 4Continuing our Chinese based review of the World of Darkness book line! Dark Ages: Vampire Dark Ages: Vampire details the setting and rules for playing Vampire: The Masquerade in the Medieval Age. The book is set in 1230 prior to the institution of the Masquerade by the Camarilla clans. Because…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Humans Part 3Subraces Humans have numerous subraces across the world. There are slight physical differences between the subraces, but they are separated by appearance and culture rather than ability. Only a few subraces are relevant in Cimmeria. The Cimmerians have the most population in the region, obviously. The Cimmerians are followed by…
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Continue reading →: How to Use RPG Player Motivation TypesDifferent players have different reasons they play RPGs and you can adjust your RPG sessions for the different player motivation types of Actor, Explorer, Instigator, Power Gamer, Slayer, Storyteller, Thinker, and Watcher! I wrote this from my experience with my own group over 25 years. I originally wrote a post…
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Continue reading →: Setting the Stage Episode 79 – Dragon Age Degenerates (Zoe from Degenerates With Dice)Zoe tells us about her campaign in the world of Thedas from the Dragon Age video games. The campaign is an actual play on the Degenerates with Dice YouTube channel. Zoe uses the Dragon Age TTRPG published by Green Ronin. In the campaign, a pair of noble twins are cut…
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Continue reading →: World of Darkness China RPG Review Part 3Continuing our Chinese based review of the World of Darkness book line! Next up is the first entry in the Chinese line of World of Darkness products, Kindred of the East. Kindred of the East China has its own vampire stories that Kindred of the East is based on. Chinese…
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Continue reading →: Using Player Motivation Types in my Home GamesI thought I’d explore what I’d written about RPG player motivation types further by applying the types to my own group. I’ve been playing with my D&D group since I was 9 years old. I’m 35 now when I’m writing this. We’ve had six consistent members including me nearly since…
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Continue reading →: Races of Cimmeria: Humans Part 2History Humans are involved in nearly every piece of Cimmeria’s history. They participated in the Goblin War alongside the other Conclave races. As the dominant force in the Conclave, humans slowly drove the other races out of the organization. Dwarves left, then elves and orcs. Halflings lingered within the Conclave…
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Continue reading →: The Drama Movie ReviewI saw The Drama on a date with my wife and it was a bumpier movie than I was expecting. The trailer made it seem like an R-rated romcom. Maybe similar to Pitch Perfect or Love Actually? Definitely not what I got. The basic plot is that a couple are…
