Threat in Tabletop RPGs

I was a bit intrigued when I saw a post on Penny Arcade about the Edge of the Empire beta of Fantasy Flight's new Star Wars title.  Of particular note was the dice mechanic.  It appears that the game is played with the standard polyhedral dice well-known to D&D players, but with a twist -- they are custom dice, in the same way Dragon Dice were.  They're measuring success using a threat mechanic, which is an interesting twist.  I'm not certain I'm particularly sold on custom dice, and I haven't tried the beta, but threat is a mechanic I've been considering implementing in my own games.

The End

As my last post of 2012, I wanted to look back on my posts for the year and determine what content I would prioritize for the coming year.

2013

I thought I'd look at 2013 and see what releases I'm particularly looking foward to.

The Morning After

It's the morning after Christmas. What was your yield? What was your best find? What do you wish you got?

Happy Holiday-Thing!

To Celebrate the Apocalypse...

The Steam holiday sale has begun.

Secret World End of Days Situation Room ARG

Funcom is at it again, running a Secret World ARG that follows the standard Secret World mission structure. For existing players, it's easy to dive right in, but this ARG is open to all players -- and given Secret World's new No Subscription Fee model, new players are very well welcome to fight against the coming end of the world.