Category: Jim Pinto

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Podcast Episode – The RPG Room: Writing vs. Design

Once again we got together  in the RPG Room to discuss things roleplaying. I was joined by Jim Pinto and later on by Vickey Beaver and we decided to discuss the merits of good writing vs. game design. When is about roleplaying games, both indeed matter, but which one matters most? Clear, well written rules…
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Podcast Episode – The RPG Room: Steampunk never had a chance!

Steampunk has become very, very fashionable in the last few decades. Although the concept has been with us for along time and novels with technology that had the flavour of what we currently know as Steampunk have been numerous by favour authors, it was only in the 80’s that the term Steampunk was coined by…
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Podcast episode – The RPG Room: Get out of my hobby!

Our hobby has a nasty side sometimes and when it shows its ugly face it is very difficult to roll high enough to save for the trolls. And some trolls don’t go away even if you pour acid or burn them to the ground. That’s what happened recently with a Kickstarter project from Daring Entertainment.…
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Podcast Episode – The RPG Room with Paco and Jim

By Paco Garcia Jaen and Jim Pinto Once again we’re Jim and I are back ready to talk RPGs to our hearts content and, hopefully to your heart’s satisfaction. In this episode of the RPG Room, Jim talks about systems that don’t manage to match the rules and the setting. We discuss how to go…
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