Gaming on the Frontier

This week we start our review of Tri Tac's latest Fringeworthy product:  Portals 4

This week we finish our exporation of "Is it possible to have good Fringe pirates?

Trav and Bruce went to Gencon and had a great time with Steve Wollet.  We talk about what we saw and how Tri Tac Games were awesome there.

This week we begin our exporation of "Is it possible to have good Fringe pirates?

This week we finish probing the underworld of Fringeworthy exploration and interdimensional relations.

This week we begin our exploration of that special group of Fringeworthy who do what needs to be done and seem to answer to no one.

This week we finish our exploration of how to bring the look and feel of anime into your rpg.

This week we continue our exploration of how to bring the look and feel of anime into your rpg.

This week we begin our exploration of how to bring the look and feel of anime into your rpg.

This week we finish our discussion of how courage fits into Roleplaying games.  Can it actually work?  Do we want it to work?  What systems support it?

This week we continue our discussion of how courage fits into Roleplaying games.  Can it actually work?  Do we want it to work?  What systems support it?

This week we begin our discussion of how courage fits into Roleplaying games.  Can it actually work?  Do we want it to work?  What systems support it?

This week we finish our review  of Tri Tac Games newest product:  Huradicator:  the machine wars!

This week we begin to review Tri Tac Games newest product:  Huradicator:  the machine wars!

This week we finish policing interdimensional incursions.  What causes them?  What evidence do they leave behind?  How does Bureau 13 know they are coming and send a team?

This week we explore the notion of interdimensional incursions.  What causes them?  What evidence do they leave behind?  How does Bureau 13 know they are coming and send a team?

This week we finish our discussion of places whether real, imaginary or just unattainable that sound like great places to visit or explore but we find them very different when we actually experience them.

This week we begin our discussion of places whether real, imaginary or just unattainable that sound like great places to visit or explore but we find them very different when we actually experience them.

This week we finish our discussion of how maps interact with the gm and players to produce a superior game. Resources:  Groups: Map-Making In Games The Library of Gaming Maps Cartographer's Guild  Software and Map generators: Hexographer   Campaign Cartographer 3   Real and Fictional Maps: Stanford's Map Of Central London 1897 Library of Congress Map Collections 3-D Starmaps RPG Map Share

This week we explore how different maps can change how you think about your adventure and world.  How the information on a map however innocent can inform the player and change the direction of the adventure.  Resources:  Groups: Map-Making In Games The Library of Gaming Maps Cartographer's Guild  Software and Map generators: Hexographer   Campaign Cartographer 3   Real and Fictional Maps: Stanfor...

We continue to try to get to the Brass Monkey Ball.  And there will be blood.  Oh Yes. Please visit the folks at Bully Pulpit games to check out  Fiasco ! You can get a free copy of the  Brass Monkey Ball from the Tri Tac Games webpage !  ----more---- Final images from the game: The Tilt Table result! The Final Play!

John Reiher designed a playset to be used with the Bullypulpit game Fiasco that draws from the HardWired Hinterland setting.  We all got together and decided to try it out.  We had a great time and we think it's entertaining.  Let us know if you agree. On the technical side, we played an accelerated version of the game. Please visit the folks at Bully Pulpit games to check out  Fiasco ! You can ge...

This week we finish our examination of what happens when the existence of psionics or esp power is revealed on Earth Prime in Fringeworthy.  This discussion is applicable for any world where these powers were suddenly revealed.  Does the government try to suppress?  Are they a threat to the common man?  To decency?  To privacy?  What new laws will be enacted?  Will people be put out their jobs?  A...

This week we examine what happened when the existence of psionics or esp power is revealed on Earth Prime in Fringeworthy.  This discussion is applicable for any world where these powers were suddenly revealed.  Does the government try to suppress?  Are they a threat to the common man?  To decency?  To privacy?  What new laws will be enacted?  Will people be put out their jobs?  All this and much...

This week we tried an experienent.  4 hosts did their best to create a playable fringeworthy adventure in 20 minutes based on 3 objects, persons, or places (set of 3) given to them by another host.  The results can be heard here and downloaded from the Fans of Fringworthy facebook page or email a host if you don't do facebook.  Hope you like them.