Video Review - The Call Of Cthulhu RPG by Chaosium

I started playing this game when it first came out in 1981 and I’ve had a blast playing it. Whether I ran games or just played characters in them, this is one of my favorites. Our group played this fast and loose, treating it more like The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser than a straight horror game.

The game is made by Chaosium and uses the Basic Role Playing system they are famous for. It’s very easy to setup a character and with the percentage numbers used for skills and abilities, it’s also very easy to get someone new to role playing into a game fairly quickly.

I haven’t played this in a while and currently I have the 5th edition set of rules. Kurt Wiegel of Game Geeks offers up a very nice review that explains the overall approach to the game a lot better than I can do so enjoy the review! Read more

Two More Role Playing Systems To Try Out

After playing the new 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons a few times, and integrating some the Arduin Grimoire rules into the gameplay, I’ve done some more research into other systems.

I’ve found two systems that I want to dive into and try out next… Read more

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition - My Final Verdict

I think I’ve made up my mind about the new 4th edition. I think that “out of the box” it’s completely playable but it doesn’t quite suit my needs for a gaming system so here’s what I did… Read more

Free Dungeons & Dragons Resources

Since getting the new 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, I did a search online for resources that would allow me to be creative without the usual headache that accompanies the process.

Well, the fine folks over at DungeonMastering.com have put together a couple of great posts that provide more than enough material to get the DM Juices flowing.

Here are the links to those posts:

387 Free D&D Maps

83 Free D&D Adventures

Thanks to DungeonMastering.com for researching this material.