roleplaying

RPG systems

I have been playing a lot of RPG games lately. I finished Mass Effect 2, a Fallout 3 replay, and am about to finish Final Fantasy XIII. Also i am actively playing Torchlight, Borderlands and Overlord II at the moment. All these games share many of the well known RPG… Continue »

Warhammer digital

In my last two posts i have talked about the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and the Warhammer 40K setting, and about how i think that those two settings are very well put together. I have also talked about how i find that the basic concepts and ideas of the settings have… Continue »

Paradise Hotel Fanboys

Paradise Hotel is an often debated television show in Denmark. My claim is that it is in fact just like a video game. It has designed rules, it has a game culture, and it has fanboys! Continue »

Games of the decade: Call of Cthulhu

My claim is that Chaosiums Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game is one of the best roleplaying games ever made. Back when it was originally published you had very few choices when you wanted to pick up a roleplaying game. The selection usually ended up being between Dungeons and Dragons or some obscure game you hadn’t heard about anyway. Those games where more or less always variations on the Dungeons and Dragons theme. Go get XP, and treasure in X setting. Call of Cthulhu changed that. Continue »

Hero Quest

Hero Quest isn’t a good game. There i said it. It has a lot of flaws, the game mechanics are weird, and in some respects the game is also a bit limited. However i still love the game – why? Continue »