Last Updated: April 29, 2011
Bad News Rising
Consider the role of classic Super-villains like Fu Manchu or Dracula. They aren't supposed to be push-overs. They are downright scary, menacing and very real threats to the 'good guys.' They take a long-term viewpoint and tend to have contingency plans, back-ups and more. They do the sorts of things that a good player would do in their place. And then some.
Chocolate in History, Chocolate in RPGs
Done as one of our entries for the 2011 A-to-Z Challenge, this essay takes a look at the role that Chocolate has played in history, politics and more, with an eye to giving writers & DMs ideas that they can use in their own settings and games based on this real-life bitter-sweet stuff.
Jennifer's Monsters
Inspired by our earlier raiding of YouTube for monsters (Some Real Life Monsters), Jennifer of Book Scorpion's Lair volunteered to be one of our very first Guest Bloggers and do an installment of RPG Brainstorming that delivers a bunch more real-life monster ideas.
Some Real Life Monsters
A bunch of real creatures off of YouTube just begging to be statted-up and unleashed on players.
You can find the statted-up versions here.
Weird Archaeology
Pyramids. Buried Pyramids. In Bosnia?