Size Matters

I’m sure as you stroll threw your Friendly Local Gaming Store, you’ve noticed there have been a subtle change in some of the game books populating the shelves. Since the 1980′s these RPGs have been published as the standard 8.5 x 11 format hard or soft cover books. The first book I had in an alternate format was the one off RPG for the Dark...

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Aliens: Wrinkled Foreheads vs. Tentacles

Aliens are integral to the setting of my upcoming Space RPG Free Spacer. When I began to create the Free Spacer setting, I had many decisions to make about the people that would populate the Milky Way Galaxy. Would I have Aliens and, if so, what sort do I have? Here are my choices and their emergent repercussions. Life out there… The first and foremost...

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WotC cancels the Star Wars RPG!

It is official, as of May this year, D20 is dead. WotC’s Star Wars was the last big d20 title still in production.  Unfortunately, WotC has announced that they won’t be renewing their Star Wars license with Lucasfilm. I loved the old West End Games: Star Wars and could never get into the new D20 version of Star Wars. Still D20 Star Wars was a bench mark...

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