Link Love Awesomeness and Kickstarter Updates
by B.J. Keeton | Jun 27, 2012 | Books
14 days left on the Kickstarter, 56% funded, and three new tiers of rewards! Awesome!
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying PDF and Customization Tips
by Burek | Jun 26, 2012 | Gaming
Our final installment of our introduction to Marvel Heroic Roleplaying focuses on customization! The system is very flexible and allows players to play the hero they want to play. This piece will focus mostly on character creation and show you some examples of custom...
Meet the New Guys: John Ayers and Josh Bury!
by B.J. Keeton | Jun 25, 2012 | Blogging
If you haven’t noticed over the past few weeks, there are a couple of new faces here at Professor Beej. The response to the recent call for writers was phenomenal, and I can’t thank you enough for that. We’ve had some fantastic folks show interest in...
What Makes Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Unique?
by Burek | Jun 22, 2012 | Gaming
So you’re interested in Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, are you? We break down why this Marvel roleplaying game is different from any other tabletop comic rpg.
[Guest Post] They’ll Blow Us Away Next Year: My Reaction to E3 2012
by B.J. Keeton | Jun 21, 2012 | Gaming, Guest Posts
Today’s guest post is brought to us by John Schmidt, who arguably has one of the coolest Twitter handles on the interweb. He’s talking to us today about the elephant in the room: what all of us were thinking about E3, but didn’t really want to admit....
It’s In The Atmosphere
by John Ayers | Jun 20, 2012 | Books
I love to read, and that is no secret. I wouldn’t say that I have a favorite genre, but I am probably seen more reading science fiction or fantasy. I have been known to pick up a classic or two, though–I still hold that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and...
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: A Marvel RPG at its finest
by Burek | Jun 19, 2012 | Gaming
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying is–you guessed it–am open-ended, flexible, and true to the comics Marvel RPG. You don’t even have to be a comic fan to play!
Kickstarter Update: Guest Posts Galore!
by B.J. Keeton | Jun 16, 2012 | Books, Writing
This week has been crazy, y’all. We’re almost halfway to the funding goal for Birthright‘s Kickstarter, and it hasn’t even been a week. You folks amaze me. Really, you do. I’m humbled and awed you’d want to support a schmuck like...
Why You Should Try Tabletop RPGs
by Burek | Jun 15, 2012 | Gaming
The tabletop RPG has long been considered the pinnacle of geekiness, and though it has long been the whipping boy of much of the geek subculture, the abuse is mostly undeserved.
From Pantser to Planner: The Evolution of A Writing Process
by B.J. Keeton | Jun 13, 2012 | Writing
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You have never written a novel. You have started numerous projects, made some decent progress into them—around 10-15k words, maybe—but then…you fizzle out. Every time. Once you make it past the part of your story planned out in your...