Gizmodo has an article on how Wizards of the Coast is working with a company called AltspaceVR to create an official virtual environment for playing D&D. The setup will use Oculus VR hardware for playing. It looks interesting, although would require a good hardware investment for anyoen wanting to use the system. (Personally, I prefer pen and paper — much cheaper.) One of the comments noted that last Christmas, Wizards laid off a...
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Warhammer resources for game masters
Even though Fantasy Flight Games have officially stopped developing Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 3rd edition, the players have continued to develop new resources. I recently found a new-to-me site, Daily Empire, a blog about all things Warhammer. The site has links to some fan-developed adventures, GM resources, tools, and more. I found a new 120+ page adventure I might run my Warhammer group through: The Queen of Embers. It is geared towards players...
Continue reading...More writing underway!
The Winter Writing Festival has been a big boost to productivity. I’m not writing as much on the fiction as I would like because of all of the role-play related writing I’ve been doing. Still fiction but kinda a mixture of the technical writing (explaining how to do a scenario is rather like writing a procedure) with the fiction (writing scenario descriptions, battle mechanics, etc.). Tonight I finished a good draft of one...
Continue reading...Fantasy Flight Games sale
Fantasy Flight is having a sale on a lot of their stuff — including the Warhammer FRP material. Many of the WFRP books and supplements are 50% or more off. I will probably take advantage of the sale and fill in any supplements I don’t have. Related Images:
Continue reading...Warhammer FRP dice rollers
Posting these because a friend of mine asked me if I had the links for the WFRP dice rollers. Here they are: Broken Tome WFRP dice roller (basic, but functional) WFRP Dice Roller for Android smart phones or tablets. Unofficial product. (Costs about $2.49) WFRP Toolkit from Fantasy Flight Games for iOS devices like iPads and iPhones. (Costs 2.99) Laakmann WFRP dice roller (offlline) WFRP3E Dice Roller and an offline version. Updated EOTE...
Continue reading...Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay character sheets
I’ve been looking for new character sheets for Warhammer FRP third edition (3e). The links to the sheets I’ve found are below. My favorite is Gitzman’s very pretty character sheet. (Note: Don’t print this sheet on a Phaser or other similar printer. You won’t be able to write on the sheet very easily.) Gitzman’s Enhanced Character Sheet. Probably my favorite of all of the sheets I found. Gitzman’s expanded fillable character sheet. A...
Continue reading...More Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay resources
Listening to Reckless Dice podcast episode 29, and they mentioned a few new resources: Explaining The Old World blog, which describes Warhammer FRP in terms of someone new to the game. You There What Day Is This, a blog about gaming and role playing Fantasy Flight Games has also announced an updated / revised version of The Enemy Within campaign for Warhammer. The Enemy Within first came out for Warhammer first edition in...
Continue reading...Tales of a first-time game master
I game mastered my first Warhammer session the other night. Oh man do we have a great group of people. We played for a few hours through an off-the-cuff nonsensical adventure in Ubersreik. It was a ton of fun and helped us get a feel for the game mechanics. I have lots of respect for all of the game masters I’ve worked with. Man do you all have to do a ton of...
Continue reading...Appreciating game masters
I knew preparing a campaign would be a lot of work. I knew learning a new system like Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay would be work. What I didn’t realize was how much reading, learning, and creativity would be involved in pulling everything together. Boy do I have a lot more appreciation for the work all of the game masters I’ve played with have done. Here’s to all of the GMs out there whose work...
Continue reading...More resources for Warhammer FRP
I’m starting to play Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WFRP) and I’ve been looking for adventures. There are adventures a few available in modules and supplements published by Fantasy Flight Games. What I wanted was something short that the group could use to learn about playing. Here are some of the resources I found. One-sheets–single episode / evening adventures–are available on the Daily Empire blog. There are also lots of resources and links for Warhammer...
Continue reading...Learning Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
I’m starting to learn Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, third edition, published by Fantasy Flight. Warhammer has been around for quite a while, both the roleplaying game (RPG) and the miniatures game. I have been interested in the RPG, but never had the opportunity to play a Warhammer game. So… what do you do when you want to play something and none of the local gaming stores offer sessions in the RPG of your choice?...
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