Category Archives: Jeu de rôle (JDR)

Some Great Blogs to Visit

In case you haven’t seen them already, here’s two other great sites to visit. A Book of Creatures (https://abookofcreatures.com/ is a wonderful collection of creatures and monsters drawn from a wide variety of folklore. Recent additions come from the Congo, … Continue reading

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Hedgehobbit on Early Roleplaying Methods

Hedgehobbit has a series of videos on YouTube talking about early games. Good stuff, but I’ve played most of those so I didn’t get much out of most of them. This discussion, however, I found really fascinating. He is very … Continue reading

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11 Ways to be a better Roleplayer

Just found this blog about being a better roleplayer. It is old (June 20, 2013), but really rings true for me. Check it out. 11 Ways to be a better Roleplayer

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Dyson’s Refrigerator Dice

Dyson made some simple and attractive refrigerator magnets out of dice. Check it out!

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The Coolest City I’ve Never Seen

There seems to be a very cool game (and fantasy city) in French, although I haven’t read it yet. Wastburg, as described on Le Cyberespace de Jérôme Darmont. Originally a novel of roguish fantasy (a la Fritz Lieber’s Lankhmar, apparently) … Continue reading

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Faucongris: French Adventures for the World of Greyhawk

I discovered a number of adventures written for the World of Greyhawk in French. Most of the English synopses were straight from Google Translator and didn’t make any sense, so I retranslated the synopses and also organized the adventures so … Continue reading

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French Role-Playing

I’ve always enjoyed buying British rpg material. Their fanzines are eclectic, their humor jaded, and their modules tinged with Old World folklore. The French, well, I love Donjon comics of course; I love everything from Joann Sfar. But I haven’t … Continue reading

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Dungeon Comic and RPG

I just found out that there’s a un jeu de rôle médiéval-fantastique (medieval fantasy role-playing game) of the Dungeon comic by Sfar and Trondheim. The page for it is located at http://www.legrog.org/jeux/donjon-clefs-en-mains/donjon-clefs-en-mains-fr. The original publication in 2001 is pretty pricy … Continue reading

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