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Cyberpunk RPG Hackers & Carbon 2185

Cyberpunk RPG Hackers & Carbon 2185

What do Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020 and The Sprawl have in common? Hacking rules that take forever to resolve, meaning the other non-hacker players have nothing to do for a while. (As usual: Based on one of my German YouTube-Videos) Shadowrun and Cyberpunk 2020 are very well known Cyberpunk RPG systems.

Shadowrun 6 – What did Pegasus change?

Shadowrun 6 – What did Pegasus change?

Working on my German review of Shadowrun 6 I of course also bought the German version. Not only because everyone keeps saying the German version will be better, but also because … it is a German review, of course I am going to review the German version. The German review is

Session 0 is very important!

Session 0 is very important!

Hello everyone, today I am going to write about one of the most important things in TTRPGs, next to roleplaying, and the rules themselves: Session 0. What is it, why is it so important? As is usual, this post is based on one of my German YouTube videos. If you

Same Page Tool in German/Deutsch

Same Page Tool in German/Deutsch

The English original from Deeper in the Game can be found here. Hallo, heute ein Deutscher Artikel von mir.‌‌ Eine Übersetzung des Same Page Tools; ein nettes Werkzeug, um alle Spieler in, oder vor, einer Sitzung 0 zusammen auf die "Same Page", also einen gemeinsamen Nenner, zu bringen. Wenn ihr

Review: PbtA is a great system

Review: PbtA is a great system

Hello everyone, today I want to talk to you about one of my favourite TTRPG-systems: Powered by the Apocalypse, or short: PbtA. I will tell you how PbtA works, and whom it is great for. This video is based on a German video from my YouTube-Channel. PbtA is no actual

IMHO: Fudging Dices is bad! – A DnD-Problem

IMHO: Fudging Dices is bad! – A DnD-Problem

Hello everyone, recently Matt Colville released a video talking about fudging dice rolls, i.e. the GM setting the dice as he thinks fits the story most. I have some things to say about that … I seriously recommend you to watch Matt's video first though, because this blogpost is 50%

Rant: Looking for GM sucks

Rant: Looking for GM sucks

This post will not be about RPG-Systems, nor rules, nor dice, but about looking for GM posts, and the reasons I – as someone who GMs a lot – dislike them, even find them disrespectful. This video is, again, based on a German video I published on my YouTube-Channel, with some slight

[RPG-Review] The Sprawl is a bad PbtA game

[RPG-Review] The Sprawl is a bad PbtA game

If you have read my The Sprawl campaign diaries on steemit, you will already know some of my problems with The Sprawl. If you did not: There are problems with The Sprawl, and I do not like the system. Why is that? That is what we are here for! This

The Quiet Year – First Impressions

The Quiet Year – First Impressions

Oh, this blog still exists … Uhm, hi! A lot of stuff has been happening recently, and time has been sparse. I took some time to write this though. Soon I will also write a recap of my The Sprawl campaign for sessions 3.5 to 6, plus the usual GM

Talking RPG settings with my group

Talking RPG settings with my group

There has been a break in my posts. I blame the Mass Effect Trilogy. Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2: Awesome! Mass Effect 3 … pewpew? Red, Green, Blue? I really want to run a short (4 sessions or so) campaign now, set around/just before the Mass Effect 2

[RPG-Review/First impressions] Fiasco

[RPG-Review/First impressions] Fiasco

Last saturday my The Sprawl group played Fiasco, because one player wasn't available. A great chance to tell you my experiences with Fiasco. Fiasco was on my list of games to play for a while now, but @lextenebris encouraged me to play it sooner, rather than later. The group created

[RPG-Review] Lasers & Feelings

[RPG-Review] Lasers & Feelings

It's me again! This time I will speak good of a tabletop RPG! The RPG I will speak good of today is a small system made by John Harper called Lasers & Feelings. Also available here Just one page of rules, and freely available. Great! Setting The first paragraph of

Rant: Shadowrun: Anarchy is bad, too

Rant: Shadowrun: Anarchy is bad, too

Everyone liked my Shadowrun 5E rant. Let's do it again! Last week I told you that Shadowrun 5E's rules are garbage. But Catalyst listened to everyone shouting "The rules suck!", so they made Shadowrun: Anarchy. A rules-lite version of Shadowrun, distributing the GM authority around the table. Shadowrun:

Running The Sprawl: First impressions

Running The Sprawl: First impressions

Yesterday I had my first (gameplay-)session of The Sprawl, as a Game-Master. Even though I feel very comfortable with Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games, I am having a hard time with The Sprawl, and my players do, too. I will not say too much about the mission I

Rant: Shadowrun 5th Edition rules are garbage

Rant: Shadowrun 5th Edition rules are garbage

Based on a German video I published on YouTube – differences to the original are minor. Now it's English though! These will appear a lot less frequently from now on. The DnD-Rant and this rant have already been on the internet, I just translated them (adding a bit of stuff here

Rant: DnD5E isn't good for everything

Rant: DnD5E isn't good for everything

Hello Internet, today I want to rant about something. This something is Dungeons&Dragons 5E. There are two things I want to rant about: DnD isn't good as a TTRPG-System for everything (even though it's used for everything … knowingly or not, that's another thing)DnD isn't good as a