My Buddy Bob Writes Role-Playing Games
Posted July 29th, 2006 by Howard TaylerI’ve been meaning to plug the excellent RPG work of Robert J. Defendi for, like, EVER. I keep meaning to, and then keep not doing it. I played a demo back in February, and I blogged it, but then I posted an auction and it slipped below the fold.
Well, his d20-compatible game “Echoes of Heaven” just got reviewed by Andrew Branstad of RPG Now, and he really liked it. The review is here.
Upshot… Bob, who is a Writers of the Future winner, doesn’t bother thinking small. The setting and campaigns take the idea of a war in heaven and make it playable, in heaven and on the ground. Branstad gave it four out of five stars. Having played the demo, I recommend it to you.
I know, I know… not all of you are looking for an RPG to play.That’s fine. Mostly I’d just like to congratulate my friend Bob “Mountain of Love” Defendi on his first staff review — a glowing one at that. If you ARE looking for something new to play, you can find all Bob’s stuff at Final Redoubt Press.
Explore posts in the same categories: Games
July 30th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Sort of off topic, but does the “Writers of the Future” thing actually hold any meaning? I’ve just assumed it was a Hubbard/Scientology thing. Given Hubbard’s writting skills (pretty good pulpy fiction, but all the same and way too long) I had written this off.
Anyone?
July 30th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
Actually, it does. There’s a competition every year, and it’s pretty stiff. The works that win are very, very solid.
–Howard
July 30th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Hmm. And just when I was getting ready to run yet another pair of friends through the Revelations cycle in In Nomine. I spend half a year on that every year and a half or so, though, so it’s not much of a coincidence. (I’m equally likely to be getting ready to run them through “Me And My Shadow, Mark IV” in Paranoia or taking a break from RPGs.)