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A game that evokes Star Fleet Battles while being way simpler. [ Link ] On the whole, I am rather impressed with the Federation Commander...

A very awesome D&D spellbook. [ Link  to gallery, Link to reddit post]

Projecting the map onto a table. [ Link ] This is a shot from one of the players of the first combat scene of the second session. The iP...

Gamers seeking a challenge go non-violent because violence is too easy. There's a moral there somewhere. [ Link ] Killing is easy in ...

Video game style achievements for developers. [ Link ] Visual Studio  Achievements , a Visual Studio plug-in, enables developers to unloc...

Press releases do not a community make. [ Link ] I think you have accepted that you have made some mistakes. So I am not going to rake you...

Save vs. GURPS. New edition to be a "universal rule set". [ Link ] “We’re focusing on what gets people excited about D&D, a...

No, really. [ Link ] The extraordinary thing about Barzilay and Branavan’s system is that it begins with virtually no prior knowledge about...

D&D large scale strategy wargame. [ Link ] Conquest of Nerath pits four realms against one another: an undead empire, a goblin/orc emp...

Clark Kent can't be Superman, Clark Kent wears glasses. [ Link ] If you haven't yet, it's pretty interesting to check out peopl...

This is an interesting idea for dealing with large amounts of money in RPGs like D&D. [ Link ] So here’s a modification I’ve been consi...

One reason I don't want to work as a game developer. [ Link ] Horror stories are constantly surfacing about the lengths game developer...

12 hours of physical labor, followed by virtual labor. [ Link ] A former detainee at a prison in Heilongjiang province, China, has told the...

Neat. The sword skill finally makes sense. [ Link ] This has been on my mind for several years, and I had chance to get all my notes togeth...

They're mind parasites. [ Link ] The casting of magical rituals was once a lengthy and time-consuming process; one which often required...

A map editor/world generation utility for Traveller. Still very early yet, but I'm making good progress. Inspired by Heaven & Earth ...

Made from a 3D printer. [ Link ]

This would be awesome to play in. [ Link ] A hobbit, a Sleestak, a Who, and the Cheshire Cat walk into a dungeon...

Awesome. [ Link ] What if Visual Studio supported achievements, just like games on Steam, Xbox or PS3? Bragging to your coworkers about wh...

Not bad, but misses Pulp (Adventure! or Spirit of the Century), and New World of Darkness or Dresden Files. [ Link ] I threw this chart to...