Kobold Engineer by Laura Simpson The central idea for Kobold Engineer rocks. In it, you play a lowly Kobold who wants to climb the dungeon management ladder by serving his master, Coyote. Coyote, of course, wants the Kobolds to prove their worth by setting up a dungeon to kill heroes. The game reminds me a […]
Into the Void by Kira Scott Into the Void employs some great, simple mechanics to tell the story of a doomed crew on a mission to save Earth from catastrophe. Each player manages a collection of traits to forestall madness, as the pressure of deep space slowly drives every crew member crazy. For the most […]
Hey Mapgie Fans! Each year, Game Chef gives roleplaying game designers a challenge: produce a fully functional roleplaying game in just one week, using the ingredients given by the Master Game Chef. It’s been a year since our last Game Chef entry, and we’re excited to put together another game for the contest. I didn’t […]
As we wait for the final touches to be made to the layout for the book, we’ve been working on finalizing the teacher materials for The Play’s The Thing. Our awesome teacher consultant, Pete Figtree, has put together an awesome guide that helps teachers use the game in the classroom with specific ideas and suggestions […]
As part of Game Chef 2011, Magpie Games is reviewing a few of the other entries and recommending one go on to the “Final Round.” Our entry, The Play’s The Thing is also under review and we hope to post any and all comments we get here on the blog. The first game we’ve been […]
Urban Shadow’s corruption mechanic often allows someone to get out of a bind by taking corruption and giving in to the power that they wield…eventually opened up new corruption moves (acting like gaining experience) which of course generated more corruption themselves. All to the end of turning your character into a monster. This is what WoD was trying to do…like forever!
