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Review: Tunnels & Trolls 7.5

tt-coverYesterday I received the Tunnels & Trolls (T&T) 7.5 edition box I ordered from Flying Buffalo Inc. (FBI). This review will summarize my impressions based on a first partial reading and some experiments with character generation and the included solo adventure.

In summary there are quite a lot of things I love about this edition, a few things that might be improved (8th edition please) and some product decisions I find discussable. Content-wise T&T 7.5 is a great old school game that includes all the benefits of more recent indie games as far as simple mechanics, freeform rules and easy customization go. Definitely a good game to get newbies into role-playing and as great for old timers who do no longer have the time to read through rules manuals with hundreds of pages before they can start a game.

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Gamma World 7th Edition…

…is one game I definitely would love to see. But not at any price…


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Being a Fanboy… and a Troll

Today is a good day. After a long hard day of work, I visited my blog and noticed that the Trollgod himself graced my comments with his wisdom 🙂


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Obscure RPG Quest, Part I

As I mentioned elsewhere I am collecting roleplaying games (of the pen & paper variety). I probably by now own more than 400 such games and the number is growing whenever I spot an interesting new or old game.

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Design Fascination

I’m really interested in design. Sadly I’m neither very talented (as you can see from the way I modified this blog theme) nor did I ever happen to enjoy any formal design education. Nonetheless I once more noticed how much I enjoy toying around with colors, fonts and more. I usually feel very inspired to start writing while playing with fonts… there are so many fonts out there that just ooze feelings… and provide ideas for stories, games and more.


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Dave Arneson… Rest In Peace

Dave Arneson, Co-creator of the roleplaying game genre

Dave Arneson, Co-creator of the roleplaying game genre

Dave Arneson, co-creator of the roleplaying game genre, passed away on the 7th of April. After Gary Gygax‘s death last year the second and last founding father of our hobby has left this world. I’m deeply saddened by this since I have been following his late Blackmoor publications with great interest and always was amazed about his fantasy campaign and its extremely long run. My sincerest condolescences go to his family and friends. Dave, rest in peace, and fare well on the next big adventure!