[Let’s Study: John Carter of Mars] Part 1: Welcome to Barsoom

I came to the Barsoomian party rather late. Having only heard of John Carter as an inspiration for the movie, I decided to grab a collection of Burroughs’ stories on Google Books and I was absolutely hooked. Sure the language was from a much earlier time, but the action and relentless pace of things that […]

[Let’s Study: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e] Part 6: GM Chapters and Conclusion

Game Mastering The GMing chapter of the book is admittedly a straightforward, but very helpful section. While WHFRP is an old and venerable title in the industry, it doesn’t mean that everyone who will be buying it will be an old hand at the hobby like I am. Instead, the chapter handles teaching new GMs […]

[Let’s Study: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e] Part 5: Religion and Magic

I’m going to admit, before I read this book, I only knew of Sigmar and the Chaos Gods. (that sounds like a band name come to think of it.) That said, the new corebook opens up quite a number of other gods of the setting, and is the kind of colorful setting material that really […]

[Let’s Study: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e] Part 4: Downtime

Given that it’s a game that defines it’s characters with Careers, it makes sense that between adventures, the player characters still get a means to pursue less harrowing (though no less interesting) activities. Events This section begins with rolling for random events. It seems that every character gets to roll for one event, though some […]

[Let’s Study: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e] Part 3c: Corruption, Disease and Infection

Hey everyone, I hope you’re not hungry when you’re reading this part of the book, because WHFRP’s section on Corruption, Disease and Infection is downright nasty! Corruption Given the presence of the Ruinous Powers of Chaos in the setting, characters of Warhammer Fantasy don’t remain pristine for very long. This edition of the game features […]