Flavoring Your Setting With Custom Types

By now, most of you have noticed that Josh and I have been tabletop roleplaying gamers for a long time. We’ve spent countless hours both behind the DM screen and in front of it. From Dungeons & Dragons to Shadowrun, numerous games in between, and now the Cypher System.  In them all, we’ve tried to … Continue reading Flavoring Your Setting With Custom Types

Trophy Wife – Chapter 1: A Wizard Goes Home

Herodius Verrus trudged slowly down the street toward the lonely tower. Surrounded as it was by buildings, one would think that the word "lonely" would not apply. The life of a wizard, however, is not easy, nor is it well understood by the common folk, even ones who have been around it most of their … Continue reading Trophy Wife – Chapter 1: A Wizard Goes Home

Gaming, Lego-Style

Or, you could play SimCity and not have to clean all of these up for dinner... Legos: blocks of creativity and play. Most of us built with them as children, in classrooms, at home. Sets are built now to target adults, or older children, from Star Wars to NASA Rockets.  They’re both the brightly colored … Continue reading Gaming, Lego-Style

Review: Invisible Sun – The Gate

Today, we continue our review of the books in the Invisible Sun Black Cube with The Gate. The second book in the series of recommended reading given on the instruction sheet, it contains both player information in the first two chapters and then GM information in the rest of the book. Unlike The Key, this … Continue reading Review: Invisible Sun – The Gate

Review: Invisible Sun – The Key

With magic, a Vislae can be literally anything they can imagine. What will you be? Last week, we began our review of the Invisible Sun product line with an unboxing of the Black Cube, showing you what was physically in this imposing piece of gaming hardware. This week, we're going to start into the actual … Continue reading Review: Invisible Sun – The Key