I’ve talked a bit about the foundational history of role playing games. I think it’s time to talk a bit about how things stand these days. Release of the OGL The watershed moment for modern role playing came in 2000 with the release of Dungeon and Dragons, 3rd edition. The game itself wasn’t the most important […]
A Little Pre-History Crafting tales is at the root of role playing, and humanity has been telling stories since we could grunt out polysyllabic words. More recently, tabletop strategy games, or wargames, were created to hone military commanders’ skills. These wargames date back to the late 1700s and early 1800s. Skip forward to the 1960s, […]
This is the first in what I hope will turn into a regular column here at Functional Nerds. I’m going to be talking about role playing games (RPGs). Before I delve too deeply into the nuance and history of this wonderful style of gaming, I figured I would start off by telling you what RPGs […]
Book Received: Blood of the City
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (September 4, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1601254563 Official Description: Luma is a cobblestone druid, a canny fighter and spellcaster who can read the chaos of Magnimar’s city streets like a scholar reads books. Together, she and her siblings in the powerful Derexhi family form one of the most […]
Book Recevied: Pathfinder Tales Song of the Serpent
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (May 15, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1601253885 Official Description: To an experienced thief like Krunzle the Quick, the merchant nation of Druma is full of treasures just waiting to be liberated. Yet when the fast-talking scoundrel gets caught stealing from one of the most powerful prophets of Kalistrade, […]
Sixguns, Steampunk and Wuxia: Tales of the Far West
Imagine a fantasy world that’s The Gunslinger meets Storm Riders meets Deadwood meets Afro Samurai meets The Wild Wild West (the series, not so much the movie) meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Django meets Brisco County meets House of Flying Daggers and more. This is Far West. Far West started as a kickstarter for […]
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