Once per week we go behind the bar at Apathy Games and discuss gaming in more personal terms and ask you to respond. The best response will be featured the following week. By the time you’ve started reading a blog about Savage Worlds, you’ve probably been around the roleplaying block and played your share of [...]

I pondered this question for several days before writing this post, and came up with a lot of examples of historical figures I’d never want to game with. Ganges Khan, for one. In the end, though, I’m forced to say that I would like to share my gaming table with The Bard. Yes, Shakespeare, though I don’t believe he gets any bardic music abilities, which is a real shame.

To some extent, this post could be categorized under Savage Worlds, because they system is a little notorious for anti-climatic boss fights. In fact, the very story I’m about to tell is an illustration of this problem. I’ll also preface this story by saying that climatic boss fights are a staple of many, but not [...]

It’s happened to all of us. We watch a movie and say, “Damn, that would make a fantastic RPG.” Sometimes it even happens, but not as often as we would like, usually because of licensing fees. It costs less to create your on intellectual property.

It is said that the only two things that are inevitable are death and taxes. Personally, I do everything I can to avoid both, in character and out. But, eventually it happens: You get stopped at the city gate and made to pay a tariff.

But this article is about death.

Once a week we go behind the bar at Apathy Games and discuss gaming in more personal terms. Savage Worlds is a bit of a mental leap; at least, it was for me.  I’ve mentioned before that Shadowrun is my one true love of gaming.  That holds true, even today.  I’m committed, or should be [...]