A creative outlet for sharing game related topics and ideas. Topics include miniature gaming from all genres, model conversion, boardgaming and terrain building to name a few.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
PyMapper Version 8 Available
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Where Heroes Dare Character Sheet
Friday, November 2, 2012
Solo or GMless Roleplaying
Monday, October 29, 2012
donjon
The donjon web site is a fantastic rpg resource. Not only will the site generate a fully stocked dungeon with the size and level specifics you provide, but it will do so for several different versions of D&D as well as generic fantasy too. The generated dungeon material can be downloaded as a nice pdf package once the desired results are obtained. What an awesome FREE resource. Cudos to the donjon folks!
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Dungeon created as a result of the settings above. |
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Example dungeon and room description for the dungeon above. |
There are other generators that are handy for several genres of rpgs, not just fantasy. The person or persons responsible for this site have been doing it for quite a while and as a result, many of the offerings are quite polished and offer lots of variety.
B.Friday, October 5, 2012
ZunTzu
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Star Trek Deck Building Game |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Banners on the Cheap
You may have noticed the playing surface we used on our X- Wing game. It is actually a banner printed from images taken by Hubble. A company named Banners on the Cheap (www.bannersonthecheap.com) prints banners using all sorts of images. They even make roleplaying maps. The 4' x 4' banners I purchased cost $22 plus about $6 for shipping. I have ordered a total of four of these play mats. So far my experience with this company has been very positive and I highly recommend them.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
FFG Star Wars Dice App
To go along with Fantasy Flight's Roleplaying and Miniatures games is a dice rolling app for iOS and Android devices. The dice roller supports other roleplaying games with a generic set of multi-sided dice as well. There are all kind of sounds and backgrounds to go along with the dice rolling, but for $4.99 I expect a few extras. In general I think this price is high for an app of this type, but they did an excellent job and it really helps set the atmosphere for X-Wing games.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Axis and Allies Simulator App
Monday, November 14, 2011
Heavy Metal Map
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Heavy Metal Map interface |
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
News: Announcing PyMapper version 5.2

A few months ago I posted an entry about a mapping program called PyMapper. A new version is now available. The big addition is the random dungeon creation using pre-defined geomorphs. Below is the announcement from the yahoo group:
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Super System Character Generator
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Downing of the Sun Sword: The Game
Our dropship landed near a patch of trees to the south west of the objective. As we were unloading we saw another dropship landing to the east of our location just over the ridge. The race was on. |
The competition up close and personal with the downed ship's defenses. The communication beacon toward the upper left part of the picture is about ready to be destroyed. |
We caught a small break when one of our mechs was able to get to the communication beacon just before it was destroyed by the other team and was able to finish it off securing 7 victory points. |
Unfortunately we ran out of time and could not completely finish the scenario, but the rival team had accumulated twice as many points as we had and also had the data core in their possession. |
Monday, November 15, 2010
Downing of the Sun Sword: Lance Composition
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ultimate Computer Based Gaming Table or I gotta Have One Of These
BTR
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
RPTools MapTool
Monday, May 24, 2010
PyMapper
I recently discovered the PyMapper program on the internet. When the tile packs for D&D were released several years ago, a fan created a Java based mapping program that was posted on the WotC web site. I really liked the program because I could tell it how many sets I own and it would keep track of the tiles I used to make the maps and then I could print the tile manifest for game preparation. Support for the program fell off and when new tile sets were released they weren't made available for the mapping program. PyMapper is another fan supported mapping program and a Yahoo group was created to distribute the files and provide a mechanism for feedback. The group can be found here: PyMapper Group.
Pymapper can do all the things I like about the other program and then some. The interface is easy to use and fairly intuitive. Best of all the tile sets are up to date and now match what I currently own. If you have a need for this type of program you can't beat it, especially since it is FREE!
BTR