I had a long discussion yesterday with a couple of other gamers about Sam’s post regarding cops (5 Keys to Running Law Enforcement NPC’s) and the follow-up comments and it got me thinking once again about realism in RPG’s.  First of all; Sam great article and secondly I like seeing so many in...

Recently, I wrote a post about “My Top 25 Roleplaying Games Of All Time”. This was in response to Zachary’s post at RPG Blog II about the Top 25 Roleplaying Games. He had 150 entries into the contest. It was by no means a scientific poll about roleplaying games, but I think he got a pretty ...

One thing that completely bothers me while watching television and movies is how horrible they portray cops. No, it doesn’t bother me that they make them out to look like bumbling idiots, because often that is just for fun. No, it doesn’t bother me that they make them out to be ruthless vigil...

Today we’ll follow up with the second half of Wednesday’s article on adventure motivation.  To recap:   When it comes to creating a background for your Dungeons & Dragons character there are several questions you should ask yourself.  Where did you grow up?  What was your family like?  ...

When it comes to creating a background for your Dungeons & Dragons character there are several questions you should ask yourself.  Where did you grow up?  What was your family like?  How did you choose your class?    What was your early childhood like?  These are all good questions design...