Case Study: Dark Sun Genre: Fantasy Races: the usual AD&D plus Mul and Thri-Keen Main Setting: the desert lands of Athas Setup: You and your party have been captured as slaves and are in a transport ship that is attacked, giving you the opportunity to escape. Of course, you’re stranded in a dessert with minimal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Doing something a little bit different this week. Instead of picking an RPG to pair up with menu suggestions I thought it’d be fun to highlight a couple of family games. Because sometimes you just need a few monkeys. Game: Too Many Monkeys Type: Card Game Ages: 6 & up Players: 2-to-6 It’s a fun […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Case Study: Ghostbusters Genre: Paranormal “Reality” (feels funny calling it fantasy, what do you think?) Races: Human Main Setting: Pick the city or town of your choice that might have a fair amount of ghoulish activity Setup: Congratulations! You’re the proud franchisee of the Ghostbusters corporation and now you and your buddies/business partners get to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Case Study:Planescape Campaign Setting (AD&D) Genre: Fantasy Races: the usual D&D races plus a few Planar choices Main Setting: The Multiverse made up of Prime Material, Inner and Outer Planes Setup: As a multiverse, it seems less about exploring a dungeon for treasure and XP and more about exploring worlds and philosophies. As such, there’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Case Study: Toon : The Cartoon Roleplaying Game Genre: Comedy Races: any species (Human or Animal) or object (Robots and Toasters and things like that) Main Setting: the animated world where gravity only works when you think about it and physics are flexible at best. Setup: Anything goes as long as it’s funny! Who wouldn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…