Ynas Midgard's RPG Blog

The following list summarises the mechanical changes the new half-edition of World of Darkness (that is, The God-Machine Chronicle ) has int...

I have been thinking about character abilities lately; more specifically, about how they are acquired. In OD&D and B/X (and most games d...

I was trying figure out the minute (or not so minute) differences between various hit point and damage systems. For that I just made a simpl...

Labelled in my notes as Black Metal Marsh , I present you this short background of the setting. No doubt it was inspired by the pitch of Ra...

This is a review of Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea (henceforth AS&SH ), a game published by North Wind Adventures ....

Session 7 (February 22, 2014) (Back to Session 1) In which the party learnt of a legendary sword, fought some monsters, and negotiated...

Session 6 (January, 2014) (Back to Session 1) This year's first face-to-face gaming session, during which we tested the mass combat ...

Hulks and Horrors , written by John S. Berry  and released by his very own  Bedroom Wall Press , is a  neo-retro game, designed specificall...

When it comes to house rules that signal a particular flavour and reinforce atmosphere and genre conventions true of a setting, Clerics and ...

It has been a good year for me and great first year for my blog. As I now hit the Publish button, I have produced 42 blog posts, and the bl...

Now that the final version of this game hit the electronic shelves , it is time I wrote a review of it. To be clear, I was a backer of the K...

Session 5 (October 26, 2013) (Back to Session 1) I am very much late with this play report, so let me just get through it quickly. The...