The Expanse Roleplaying Game Kickstarter: Here Comes the Juice!
The Expanse Roleplaying Game is funding now on Kickstarter. The Expanse RPG brings the science fiction universe of James S. A. Corey’s bestselling novels to tabletop gaming.
Entries by Steve Kenson
Ronin Roundtable: Gamemastering Basics
As Mutants & Masterminds developer Crystal Frasier is demonstrating in previews leading up to pre-orders, The Basic Hero’s Handbook has a lot to offer both old and new players interested in the World’s Greatest Superhero RPG. “But what about Gamemasters?” you ask. Fear not! As it happens, The Basic Hero’s Handbook (or M&M Basic […]
Ronin Roundtable: Rogues Gallery
Villains, can any superhero game or setting ever really have enough of them? Villains are one of the driving forces in a superhero series, since it is their schemes and plans the heroes are looking to foil, and therefore their motives and activities to call the good guys to take action. The newly […]
Ronin Roundtable: Back to Basics
I love to cook. I find the process of preparing a meal relaxing and love feeding family and friends wholesome and satisfying food. Still, there are plenty of times when I find I don’t have the time to cook something from scratch, and I’m happy to accept a little help from a meal-kit or some […]
Ronin Roundtable: Back Issue Gaps
Some three years ago in “Back Issues” I talked about some of the planned additions to the forthcoming third edition of the Freedom City setting sourcebook for Mutants & Masterminds. With the latest look at Freedom City now available, I wanted to devote some space here on Ronin Roundtable to talk about some of the […]
Ronin Roundtable: Charting the Expanse
As you may well have heard by now, Green Ronin Publishing has licensed The Expanse science fiction novels by James S.A. Corey to produce The Expanse Roleplaying Game, an AGE System game set in the world of the popular series (the seventh novel, Persepolis Rising, was released on December 5th, in fact). The Expanse is one […]
Ronin Roundtable: To Boldly Go…
Hard to resist the appeal of the world’s most famous split infinitive, given the topic of this column and the recent relaunch of a certain science-fiction television series, although this Ronin Roundtable has to do with far more earthly matters. One question I get a lot on diversity panels and interviews about inclusion and such […]
Ronin Roundtable: The Six of Swords
The Adventure Gaming Engine (AGE System) edition of Blue Rose: The Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy is now in the hands of backers of the Kickstarter and available through distribution in fine game stores everywhere. As readers digest the contents of that sizable book, those looking to run a new Blue Rose game of […]
Ronin Roundtable: Rhydan of Unusual Size
After some shipping snafus, the Blue Rose Romantic Fantasy Roleplaying game has made its way into the hands of Kickstarter backers and will likewise be finding its way to a game store near you (especially if you ask your friendly local game store to stock it…). One element of the Blue Rose setting that differs […]
Ronin Roundtable: Freedom City, Then and Now
The worlds we create certainly can take on a life of their own. That has been my experience with Freedom City, the central starting point for the Earth-Prime setting for Mutants & Masterminds, now the focus of two major forthcoming projects that reflect the history of the setting and its future. Sentinels of Earth-Prime Over […]