Gaming on the Frontier

We have a treat this week.  Gabri Torn a game designer and gm in Italy roams his country and sets up gaming sessions every few days for lucky locals.  He tells all of his successes and challenges of this chaotic lifestyle.

This week we finish our analysis of dreamworlds with how settings are used and represented in dreamworlds.

This week we finish musing about Dreamworlds and awaken to discover how much they can add to a campaign.

This week we puzzle over Dreamworlds.  What are they?  How do they differ from Virtual Reality.  What are their purpose?  Can you still get good pizza?

this week we finish our examination of what a moon-sized portal platform would be like and the factions that would eventually fight over it.

This week we talk about the original exploration platform the Fringeworthy Termehlerns made before the system became automated and standardized.  The size of a moon with hundreds of portals.

This week we review our host Jonathan's ability to bring the Awesome to his family vacation and then review probably the final Secret of the Fringepaths.

This week we give you 16 fun encounters in the wilderness to spark interest without turning it into the main point of the campaign.

You know that pesky time when you are between the main action and your gm just makes it a slog?  Let's make that better.

even more ideas on how to survive in style using the most outrageous methods.

Bruce wasn't satisfied in how we did the earlier episode so we did it again, but with all new material (mostly)

This week we talk about how fetch quests can reinforce the main quest and so much more.

This week we examine one of the most common complications of rpg games, tabletop or otherwise.  There is a right way to use fetch quests to enhance the game and the story.

This week we finish talking about what it takes to survive but there will be another set next month.

This week we discuss what is needed to survive and how to do it in style.

This week we finish our discussion of trickster gods

This week we uncover who the Trickster Gods are and why you should bedevil your players with them.

This week your favorite group, previously called the Tri Tac Brain Trust, continues to weigh in on what the next edition of FTL 2448 should be like.  FTL 2448 was Tri Tac's premiere Space RPG and has had 3 editions but its been 30 years so it needs some love to earn a place in the modern rpg sphere. This is not official in any way.  Just our best ideas of how to improve on an already great but out...

This week your favorite group, previously called the Tri Tac Brain Trust, weighs in on what the next edition of FTL 2448 should be like.  FTL 2448 was Tri Tac's premiere Space RPG and has had 3 editions but its been 30 years so it needs some love to earn a place in the modern rpg sphere. This is not official in any way.  Just our best ideas of how to improve on an already great but outdated game....

This week we continue or review of Everyday Heroes RPG.  Bruce has a few suggestions regarding armor.

This week we review the successor to D20 Modern.  See how well it handles street level heroics, and if it can build our favorite characters.

This week we finish our review with the editor of Ecryme RPG, a fantastic French RPG that is going through kickstarter soon.

Haven't gotten enough French, Steampunk, fight against the MAN rpgs set in the far future?  This port of a French RPG is well worth your time to check out.  Coming to Kickstarter in 2023.

This week we finish examining the temper of the various so called "universal systems" to see if they can indeed hold their edge.

This week we cut the Gordian knot to find out if there is a solution to having a universal system to rule them all