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5e Wild West, Gaslight, Steampunk and Victorian RPGs

Evil Robot Games Posted on September 30, 2024 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 30, 2024

It’s come to my attention through various Kickstarter projects and searches on DriveThruRPG that there are a lot of 5e games coming out set in the above settings, and I’m going to list them as well as some that I … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Everyday Heroes, Game Design, Gaslight, Golden Age of Steam, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Everyday Heroes, D&D and the SRD Monsters

Evil Robot Games Posted on January 21, 2024 by EvilRobotGamesFebruary 18, 2024

So, for my upcoming Wild West game and existing Cyberpunk game, I am working my way through some Everyday Heroes NPCs, and by NPCs, I mean the monsters from the D&D 5e SRD. It is pretty well documented that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyberpunk, D&D 5e, Everyday Heroes, Game Design, Humbug Initiative, Monsters, Western

I need a new suit… yes Mister Wick

Evil Robot Games Posted on December 16, 2023 by EvilRobotGamesDecember 29, 2023

I like Everyday Heroes, I’m running a cyberpunk game in it. It’s kind of a Bubblegum Crisis thing with powered armor, but armor and penetration values just don’t work the way we want them to. Without going into too much … Continue reading →

Posted in Bubblegum Crisis, Cyberpunk, D&D 5e, Everyday Heroes, Game Design, Humbug Initiative, Weapons

Galactic Starcruiser Thoughts – Narrative Flow

Evil Robot Games Posted on September 8, 2023 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 10, 2023

I just finished my first trip on the Galactic Starcruiser and I have some notes. The first one is on the path, I played the smugglers path and won’t be posting any spoilers here just the minimal concepts necessary to … Continue reading →

Posted in Galactic Starcruiser, Game Design, Missions, Uncategorized

Laser Sword Duels in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 25, 2023 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 1, 2023

SPOILERS for AHSOKA Watching the new Ahsoka and I felt compelled to break down some Laser Sword fights. I’m running an Everyday Heroes cyberpunk game, and one of my players has a strong hero that knocks people around, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Everyday Heroes, Game Design, Highlander, Star Wars Saga Edition, Weapons

Making (the most of )D&D 5e Monsters

Evil Robot Games Posted on January 27, 2023 by EvilRobotGamesJanuary 27, 2023

The Dungeon Master’s Guide has rules on making Monsters for 5e, but the monsters in the Monster Manual don’t match up to those criteria at all, mostly because both books were being written at the same time. Blog of Holding … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Monsters

Modern and Futuristic rulesets for 5e and OGC

Evil Robot Games Posted on August 1, 2022 by EvilRobotGamesSeptember 2, 2022

I spent some time recently looking at how many 5e compatible core rulebooks there are for modern and future settings. I wanted to know how many of them are filling in the rules not covered in the 5e SRD and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyberpunk, D&D 5e, D20 Modern, Everyday Heroes, Game Design, OGL Declaration, Spaceships and Starwyrms, Starship, Starship Combat, Steampunk, Uncategorized, Western

Publisher Resources Götterdämmerung

Evil Robot Games Posted on July 15, 2022 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 15, 2022

We’ve been selling books in the marketplace for five years this month, and I’ve been collecting publisher resources for much longer. At some point, every game designer considers publishing their own work, a few that have done it told me … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Publishing

Götterdämmerung Galaxy Pirates Species from Starfinder to 5e

Evil Robot Games Posted on July 7, 2022 by EvilRobotGamesJuly 29, 2022

This post isn’t finished, but this draft is ready for comments. So ERG has a task converting Galaxy Pirates species from Starfinder to Dungeons and Dragons 5e and that is challenging because the expectations and capabilities of each system are … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Eldred, Galaxy Pirates, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Katar, Kopek, Pathfinder 2e, Slavern, Starfinder, Trogon

Götterdämmerung a Rosetta Stone for D20 RPGs

Evil Robot Games Posted on May 31, 2022 by EvilRobotGamesJune 5, 2022

This post isn’t finished, but this draft is ready for comments. So ERG has an issue with converting A Broken Sky from Pathfinder 2e to Dungeons and Dragons 5e and that is the expectations and capabilities of each system are … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Game Design, Götterdämmerung, Pathfinder 2e

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