The Squad Ignites Firefighting Simulations for Console Crews
Realistically simulating how to fight fires and rescue people from burning structures is a surprisingly difficult task, which is why not too many firefighting simulation titles exist, especially not realistic ones. But Firefighting Simulator – The Squad does a good job in its depictions for both pros and amateur firefighters.
Enjoying the Fun and Fellowship at TravellerCon USA 2022
GiN reporter and reviewer Colin Flanigan traveled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to enjoy the annual TravellerCon USA convention. While there, he attended a show with the creator of the RPG, ran a game, and met with some devoted fans who keep playing in and advancing the Traveller RPG world. There is also an upcoming charity livestream that you don’t want to miss.
Checking Out an Emerging Sci-Fi RPG From Burnt City Games
GiN Reviewer Colin Flanigan journeyed to Travellercon to check out one of the world’s newest role-playing games, a sci-fi epic based on the classic “Dumarest of Terra” series of novels by Edwin Charles Tubbs. For sci-fi fans, this is a game that they will not want to miss.
Sailing Between the Stars and D&D Realms With the New Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Dungeon and Dragons players first got a glimpse of the Spelljammer campaign setting in 1989, with medieval type adventurers piloting sailing ships through space. That amazing concept has now been recreated and updated in a massive new Spelljammer: Adventures in Space compendium that is not to be missed.
A Clever Guide for Crafting Cool RPG Characters
It’s fun to welcome characters from sci-fi, horror, x-punk, superhero, western and other genres into our campaigns. The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide, an expansion from the core book that mostly just covers Dungeons and Dragons characters, helps us to do that in an interesting way.
The Adventures of the Happy Jacks RPG Network
What started as a gathering of a few friends and musicians at the Southern California Renaissance Faire has turned into one of the most popular RPG podcast networks, the now famous Happy Jacks.
Good Times at The Good Time Society
Gamers looking for comedy, role-playing and glorious geek culture should look no further than The Good Time Society. It’s the pure joy of nerd chic.
Actual Play Podcasts Feature Haunted West Gameplay
One of the most innovative games we have covered in recent years is Haunted West. That RPG was featured on two excellent gameplay podcasts that were fun to experience and featured some big names in the role-playing and RPG game making community.
New Updates For Dune Adventures in the Imperium Live Playtest
The GiN Live playtest of the Role20 Dune RPG is going well. GiN readers who signed up to play with us are busy building their houses and conquering Arrakis plus all the political intrigue of that storied universe.
Haunted West Offers Gameplay, Guns and History
Those looking for a great new role-playing game to play with friends will love Haunted West. The fact that this excellent RPG and system comes along with 800 pages of historical context is just an incredible bit of icing on this delicious cake.