On the OGL
WotC can do and say whatever they want. I’m going to keep perfecting the art of the game using the tools good ol’ Gary gave me. There is plenty more to say on the order of retvrning to your roots, and not being a slave to corporate IP, and...
Fattening the Herd
Lots of chatter out there in the media space these days about Big Corporation clawing back control over its intellectual property. We had a round of this when GeeDubs sent out a round of cease-and-desists to the 40k YouTube community. Now it’s the turn of the D&D fans to...
Second Thoughts on “Rangers of Shadowdeep”
Yesterday I wrote a glowing review of the game Rangers of Shadowdeep, by Joseph A. McCullough, capped by a lengthy complaint about a background that trades on the foundational rock of Western Civilization without naming Him. As is so often the case these days, everybody wants the fruits of...
Initial Thoughts on ‘Rangers of Shadowdeep’
Why did I wait so long? Joseph McCullough’s masterpiece, Rangers of Shadowdeep has everything a man could ask for in a solo skirmish fantasy wargame. Everything except hope, but maybe that comes later. The basic mechanics are simple. Skill checks consist of a basic d20+skill versus a toughness number. Combat...
Elven Village On the Cheap
With a full backlog and modest pile of opportunity, I often find myself wondering what project deserves next place in the queue. At times like these, I go to The Joy of Wargaming viewers. It’s cheap market research, and it hasn’t failed me yet. An elven village, you say? We...
Brovenloft: The Pope’s Tale
The straight dope from the Bro Pope, the (second) man who brought the Rat King to heel. I’ve made a few minor edits for clarity and readability. Otherwise, these words are his own. Introduction (h/t ThreadReaderApp) Ok, time to resume this thread about #BROvenloft When the #BROvenloft concept was...
2022 Channel Analysis
To my pleasant surprise, a late December push saw The Joy of Wargaming cross the 3,000-subscriber mark before the clock ran out on 2022. Consider that we have now passed 45,600 hours of view-time. That represents more than 22,000 movie tickets that we denied the forces of Teh Suck who...
Brainstorming Paranoia
There’s a new edition of the classic RPG coming and hoo boy are the schoolmarms out in force. For those that don’t know, the Paranoia RPG was a dystopian sci-fi game with pretty thin rules designed to provide just enough game framework for a dark comedy RPG that satirized...
One Page Rules: Gobs vs Dark Elves
Who do you root for in this one? Two very important take home lessons followed my first game of OPR: Skirmish. For one, an all-mounted goblin force makes for an army list that’s all hammer, no anvil. For another, in a game like OPR: Skirmish you have to be...
More Rank and Flank Thoughts
Army building. We meet again, old frenemy. As a reminder, we are talking about the popular collection of rules known as One Page Rules. In my particular case, the fantasy regiment game called, appropriately enough, Regiments. Let’s take a look and what you need to get started, and I’m just talking about...