GDJ Episode 37: Part Two
But there's a problem. The boxes weigh about fifty pounds. There's a seventy pound limit on luggage. I've got four boxes and the luggage limit is three. This means I've got to get my Scorpion hat on.
GDJ: A Quick Orkworld Update
Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news first this time? All right.
GenCon Photoessay
Finally! After whittling down the photos to a mere 137, then resizing them so as not to give your web browser a seizure, we bring you the GenCon 2000 Photoessay, in all its gory detail. There are six freaky and…
GenCon Photoessay: Costume Contest Photoessay
We couldn't include pictures of every entry in the costume contest, and remember that many of these people performed as well as paraded, so this collection cannot do the costume contest justice.Also, our photographer…
GenCon Photoessay: Costumes
Here are pictures of some of the costumes we saw over the whole weekend. There was no way that we could get pictures of everyone in costume, so, sorry if we missed you. As always, it was impressive to see what people…
GenCon Photoessay: DnD3E Press Conference
Thursday morning, just before the opening day of GenCon 2000, Wizards of the Coast had a press conference to talk about the release of Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition. Clinton, Nick, and Peter were on hand, and I…
GenCon Photoessay: The Crazies
All I can say is, when Jacob has a camera and Photoshop, you better watch out.
Gencon Photoessay: The People
Somewhere around 35,000 people attended GenCon 2000, and here are some of the highlights.
GenCon Photoessay: The Trip
These are mostly random pictures of things that we saw either on the way to GenCon, on the way back, or driving between the Airport Econolodge we got stuck at and downtown Milwalkee.
GenCon Pictures! (Part 1)
The gamers are coming! The gamers are coming!Take a look at how things really are here at GenCon...IF YOU DARE!
German Roleplaying
Sebastian Dietz of Purple Dragon takes a short look at the hobby gaming industry in Germany.
Get 'Em While They're Young: Will Fad Culture Hamstring RPGs?
Fads have been the Holy Grails of children's merchandising for the last half century. They have borne companies aloft to untold heights of profitability... and crushed them under the boot of post-fad indifference.
Hero Wars Review
A review of Stafford's new role-playing game, Hero Wars, must take role-playing history into account. Stafford began to write and develop a mythic fantasy world called Glorantha back in the 1960s, and over the next…
Homecoming
This scenario won Grand Prize during the Call of Cthulhu Writing Contest which ran during January 2000.
Horrific Humor
In this installment I will attempt to cover the two minor styles of gaming, horror and humor, and to give guidelines on how to effectively use the different styles of play to create a better, IMO of course, campaign.
How To Play The Great Con Game
Seven very important tips on how to have fun at a Gaming Convention.
If You Want Something Done Right…
One of the first things I learned in English 401 (that was Creative Writing) was if you're trying to write for everyone, you'll fail every time. The folks who read H.P. Lovecraft don't read Danielle Steele. The folks…
In My Opinion: On Being a Hero
I welcome you, fellow gamer to the newest column on everybody's favorite Gaming Outpost! In this biweekly foray into the dark & dank belly of gaming I will seek to give a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of our…
Interview: Caias Brian Ward
I was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, I kilt myself a b'ar when I was only three... no, wait, that was Davy Crockett. He was the King of the Wild Frontier, you know?
Interview: Continuum Team
"The Yet is the things a spanner discovers he must do, but hasn't... yet. Sometimes called the "required Future", but it may not actully happen farther Up in time, so the term "The Yet" is more effective."
Interview: David Edelstein
By Graveyard Greg - "Go. Chess never interested me that much, but GO fascinates me. I've always wanted to become good at it, and I've never had the time."
Interview: Doug Bolden
I wrote a system called ASIA (a simple interactive) RPG. It was a fair, one page RPG that was decently universal, but had one major flaw. Given enough time, there was no way to fail a roll.
Interview: George Vasilakos
I co-authored D&D with Gary Gygax . . . before I came along it was called Dungeons and Gophers . . . I set the bonehead straight and the rest is history. Just kidding . . . aside from running Eden Studios, I've done all…
Interview: John Zinser
Recently, I sat down over the phone with John Zinser. Besides being the president of AEG, he is also one heck of a nice guy. Alderac Entertainment Group is responsible for such great games as 7th sea, Legend of the Five…
Interview: Jolly Blackburn
You know, when I got into this business it was my desire to write games. I wasn't quite sure how to get my foot in the door, so I decided I'd freelance for some gaming magazines.
Interview: Jonathan Tweet
Mark Rein*Hagen and I founded the company Lion Rampant and wrote the RPG Ars Magica, which debuted in 1987. That game was an attempt to do wizards right; to simulate everything with a single, intuitive mechanic; and to…
Interview: M.J. Young
MultiverseMultiverser is a word known to the Gaming Outpost. Mark Young has spoken out on many things, but how much do we know about the Multiverse? How much do we know about good old MJ? Come take a look at the man,…
Interview: Marc Vézina
My official title is "Director of R&D," meaning I'm the one overseeing the development of the games and making sure no one slacks off. Unofficially, I also serve as the Webmaster, do some marketing, provide support for…
Interview: Nathan Hill
I am 21 years old, a computer science major at Cameron University in southwest Oklahoma, and an avid gamer. I also am the President of the virtual company Mystic Ages Online, which has been in existence for about 3…
Interview: Oblivion's Edge Team
Oblivion's Edge is an RPG set in 2042--ten years after martial law was repealled...why was martial law put in place? Because of economic collapse, riots, terrorism, and a mega-nasty class-4 hot agent virus colloquially…