No need to make this long: RPG Narco’s Genesys Bestiary has been updated with *12* news FREE Adversary cards for fantasy settings, bringing the total of available cards to *40*! There are 8 new cards based on The Creature Catalogue by Direach, and 4 new cards based on the Terrinoth Bestiary which was graciously providedRead More
What is the most important skill a Gamemaster should have?
Click-baity enough for ya? Please bear with me while I’ll try to justify this bombastic post title. On my second year of film school, our Film Directing professor asked the class a simple question that just stumped us all: “What is the task of the Film Director on the set of a movie?” Now this was inRead More
Announcing the Genesys Bestiary
Exciting news everyone! The Genesys Bestiary, a FREE Adversary cards repository for the Genesys roleplaying game, has been launched! The Bestiary is an ever-growing compendium of Adversary cards created using one of my card templates available at DrivethruRPG.com. Even though this is called the Bestiary, Adversaries of all genres and types are included. I planRead More
Manual of Mennara maps – Behind the scenes
UPDATE: The maps discussed in this post are now available for FREE at this link: Terrinoth Map Pack on DrivethruRPG.com The prolific Mr. Chris Markham gave me the opportunity to draw some maps for his wonderful supplement, “Manual of Mennara – a Guide to Terrinoth and the Surrounding Lands“. Chris is probably the most qualifiedRead More
Designing the character sheet of the future
I designed my first Dungeons & Dragons character sheet in 1988 at the age of 12. I just started playing D&D and after a single short session (My first character died after 10 minutes of playing) I decided I wanted to be the Dungeon Master… and also that the character sheet needs a redesign. IRead More
Am I really addicted to RPGs?
Short answer: Yes. But it’s even more than that. Is Jerry Seinfeld addicted to jokes? Is Mick Jagger addicted to performing on stage? First, let’s go through some events in my life that might shed some light on the situation: 1976-1987 – The before times. Before I found role-playing games that is. Up until theRead More
Welcome to the stash!
Hello. My name is Roy Altman and I’m addicted to Roleplaying games. I’ve been an addict for 33 years, since the age of 12 (circa 1998). My mother brought me the Dungeons & Dragons basic red box set from her toy store. I immediately sat down and read everything, slowly realizing that this strange newRead More
