Gaming Inspiration

 Being pretty much homebound recently due to the crazy winter weather, I had some time to sort through my ever-growing pile of "to be read books". I blame social media, but of late I find I struggle to sit down and read actual books for extended periods. I made an effort to fix that this week and found it to be helpful, relaxing and therapeutic. Here are a few tomes I grabbed to look through for gaming inspiration. I wanted to focus on books that were not specifically designed for RPG's but could be beneficial to jumpstart my creative muse. Even just thumbing through them, I've gotten lots of gaming inspiration! Locations, NPCs' and more!  

What non-gaming books do you use to inspire your gaming muse?

Terror Target Gemini

      Awhile back I picked up the Terror Target Gemini RPG. A fun little rules-lite game that I would call OSR adjacent.  I finally had time to read through it and wow what a great game!  Expect more posts about this one as my schedule permits! 

Description

In the Maju, life is shorter than a dynamite fuse...

TERROR TARGET GEMINI is an OSR Roleplaying Game where you play as Runners, professional adventurers hired for dangerous tasks (deliveries, arrests, rescue missions, assassinations) in the savage lands known as the Maju.

TERROR TARGET GEMINI is a hyperviolent and anachronistic western, a colorful and wacky fantasy, and an action-packed manga full of demonic gunslingers and martial arts witches. It’s influenced by: The Good, The Bad, And The Weird; Sand Land; Trigun; Progear; Lupin III; Inherent Vice Perdido Street Station; DeadMan; Metal Slug; The Green Fog; and others.

TERROR TARGET GEMINI is 168 pages of full colour rules, setting, and wacky illustrations, featuring:

• All the rules and setting information you need to play the game.
• Create unique characters from one of six bloodlines: Elves, Felids, Imps, Krus, Qaradins, and Humans.
• Choose one of four classes, each of which has four subclasses: Mercenary, Adventurer, Researcher, and Jack of All.
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Labyrinth Lord: Revised and Expanded

 Look what I found!  

Labyrinth Lord: Revised and Expanded

"You take the role of a burglar, cleric, cyclops, brownie, dwarf, elf, fighter, hobfolk, or wizard, on your quest for glory, treasure, and adventure! 

This is a complete roleplaying game. All you need are a few sheets of paper and some dice.

 
The Labyrinth Lord awaits your arrival. Can you survive the dangers of the labyrinth?

Revised & Expanded!
•    Two new classes
•    More monsters
•    Expanded play advice
•    New adventure by Pauli Kidd!

Hope there is a POD version soon!

Ashes Without Number!!

 

     Happy I backed the latest Kevin Crawford release: Ashes Without Number! 

     Those who have followed my blog for a while know that I am a big fan of Post Apocalyptic gaming and Kevin Crawford's games (such as Stars Without Number).  Back in the day Mr. Crawford put out Other Dust which was a fun P.A. game using the same basic engine as SWN). Well Ashes Without Number has taken P.A. Sandbox gaming to the next level!  

     This book has tables galore, so even if you have a different P.A. game you are running, you can still use this book to work up a fun campaign. I'll post more about this game soon, going off to read my copy that just arrived in the mail today! Woo Hoo!!