The Rolemaster Blog
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Articles and discussion on Roleplaying in general and various settings including Shadow World, Forgotten Realms and Aioskoru. We talk about pen and paper roleplaying as well as play by post. We have a strong interest in Rolemaster but also play and love other games
The Rolemaster Blog
2M ago
I started this blog ten years ago (7th November 2014). The question that kicked it all off was “Where is all the playable material?” from someone who pointed at all the supporting material posted on blogs for many game systems. People sharing adventures, or just adventure seeds, and homebrew content. When I started, I thought ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
2M ago
Many years back during the early beta of RMU I built a quick conversion chart from RM2 to RMU for use with Shadow World. Now that RMU is published, with final professions, I’ve spent some time thinking about what changes would need to be made in Shadow World to align it with the new ruleset ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
4M ago
One of the common subjects that my friends and I discuss is just how large the player base is for Rolemaster (and to a lesser extent Shadow World). One of the ways we can assess the strength of the community is through membership and participation in the various RM channels. Unfortunately there are only a ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
5M ago
I’ve finished up my first draft of a game aid I’ve been picking away at for a few years. This is a visual guide and expanded description of the 120+ Shadow World herbs/substances that is found in the Master Atlas. In my campaign, players learn a new Herb for each skill rank of Herb Lore ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
6M ago
There has been a lot of discussion around the future of Shadow World since Terry passed away, generally around 2 basic topics: Putting aside #1, I think much of the hesitancy around bringing in new authors is concerns around the quality and consistency of new material. But I also think there is a secondary reason ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
7M ago
I know I am terribly remiss in blogging these days. I have two blogs and I post to this one more often than the other, so that shows how bad I am at keeping things updated! Long time readers of this blog will know of Navigator RPG. This was written back in September 2019. Nicholas ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
8M ago
Just a quick note. I’m having great conversations with Rolemaster and Shadow World participants and creators via the Rolemaster Podcast: “In Search of Andraax”. Do you have a long running Shadow World campaign? Do you have significant house material for Kulthea? Do you have some thoughts on Terry’s setting? Let’s talk! I really enjoy to ..read more
The Rolemaster Blog
9M ago
I’ve been busy with work and with recording and editing new podcast episodes, and have lost a bit of momentum with the Rolemasterblog that I had been building! That’s frustrating, but there is only so many hours in the day. I had a few thoughts in my previous blog, but now that I’m immersed in ..read more