I was listening to a very old episode of Ken & Robin Talk About Stuff a few months ago. In the episode, they mentioned a GUMSHOE game they were going to write with Evil Hat Productions, the makers of Fate Core, one of my favorite RPG systems. Fate Core plus…
Sailors know full well the dangers of the sea: monsters, accidents, illness, and other misfortunes are an ever-present plague. But sometimes the worst danger that befall sailors (and other people who live and work near the sea) doesn’t strike from the ocean depths. Instead it strikes while on land, when…
A long, long time ago, I worked for a small game store during college. It was a golden time for RPGs, and the Internet-hype-machine didn’t quite exist, so sometimes product releases just snuck up on you. Because of this, I vividly remember the day the original 7th Sea RPG showed…
Out in the wild areas of the world, the spirits seem to command much greater power and respect. Most of the time, these spirits only communicate with Shamans or members of the Barbarian class. But interacting with spirits of nature sometimes leaves a lingering mark upon a person — something…
Forgot My Dice is proud to welcome one of the bearded bards of board games, Jonathan, to the site! You may recognize Jonathan from the podcast “Super Board Bros” where Trevor and Robert recently started producing a monthly segment. Sadly the “Super Board Bros” podcast is no more, but this has…
Investigation is an aspect that always seems to be baked into horror. Modern investigation procedural TV shows tend to have an element of the horrific, whether in the depiction of bodies, or in the gruesome clues which helps them track and find killers. Even in Curse of Strahd, the setting…
Dungeons and Dragons has always been my first love, which I started playing back during 2nd Edition, and it’s a game I always come back to. But the first RPG that blew my mind when I read it, so that it changed how I thought about RPGs, was the original…
There are 5 Mondays this month, so this week Robert and Trevor combine their powers and bring you a pair of magic items based on the theme of the month! Robert brings you a pair of cloaks inspired by a classic Scooby villain that would be perfect to give a…
There is a long history of adventuring groups that have an animal sidekick of one form or another, from the Mabari Hound and Dogmeat in your favorite video games, the Dire Wolves in Game of Thrones, to the members of Mysteries Incorporated. The genre is full of characters who have…
In a world where D&D exists, one of the questions I often find myself asking when I read fantasy RPG systems is this: Why am I playing this when I could be playing D&D? It’s a simple question, and not every game system has a satisfactory answer. Fantasy Age, however,…
