BBC UK has up a list of five things that Dungeons and Dragons begat. It still makes me mad when I hear of people blaming games (D&D included) for things like teen suicide and violence. I’d blame the parent who buys the games whose age ratings are over their child’s age. And then there’s the ignorance angle. But thats a whole nother debate. D&D brought us together with fantasy and many sided dice.
The Grim Blogger of Grim Reviews (who happens to be kicking my ass with the quality and quantity of Mythos content he posts) has yet more good stuff up on his site! This time its about the GumShoe system based RPG “Trail of Cthulhu” and he’s got all sorts of good comments and links to entertain and inform you about the game.
After having listened to the recorded audio of a sample game over at Yog-Sothoth.com, and then listening to their interview with the guys of Pelgrane Press, I forone am highly intrigued by the game. Heres a little bit of a summarization I remember from the audio. “They wanted to make a game that kept dice rolling when it was fun, but removed dice rolling when it wasn’t”. They’ve come up with a point cost system to remove dice rolling for parts of the game mechanics. You can hear more details in the YSDC interview audio on Yog Radio #27.
Now I just need to find the time and people to play with! Not to mention pre-ordering the game manuals!
Chaosium has some special edition Basic RolePlaying system books available in time for the holidays!
Why not spread some holiday cheer in the form of a big book with a big blue dragon on the front?
Go get yourself some BRP at Chaosium!
