I’m a huge fan of the Hero System (a tabletop roleplaying game for those wandering souls who’ve found this blog without knowing much about tabletop RPGs). Hero is not the
Category: Gaming
In Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition we referred briefly to medieval attitudes towards homosexuality and to an active gay scene in the 11th and 12th centuries. This article explores homosexuality
One aspect of the diversity of medieval life we did not address in Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition concerns genderqueer people. This article is intended to correct that omission, in
Common factoids (things that look like facts but aren’t) about the Middle Ages are that people of colour didn’t exist in medieval Europe, that women didn’t fight (or do much
I really don’t need an excuse not to update this blog, as I can go years without posting. But for what it’s worth, the last few months have been taken
The Kickstarter campaign for Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition is well underway, and I’m proud to be associated with it. It achieved funding in less than 16 hours and, as
About three years ago I wrote a post about my love-hate relationship with Dangerous Journeys, the game Gary Gygax designed after leaving TSR. Since then I’ve had the pleasure of
Update: Added one-inch square grids in European and US paper sizes. One of my colleagues in the Gulf Roleplaying Community was looking for some hex grids to print out, so
Lord of Runes is without question the best piece of tie-in fiction I’ve read. It’s an excellent fantasy novel in its own right. Before I further explore why I think
I’ve been papercrafting for a week or two And I’ve spent all me money on craft knives and glue… I’ve become increasingly involved with miniature-based roleplaying games, largely down to