Category Archives: Updates

My New Game for the New Year! (& Other Stuff)

By Patrick Benson | Published: January 2, 2012

So I launched my “Santa as a Villain” contest on Gnome Stew and Martin Ralya (the Gnome-in-Chief) contacted me to see if I wanted to use some of the Gnome Stew funds to pay for the prize. I declined, but we got to talking about contests and I tossed out this idea for a “New Year, [...]

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If I Wanted Boobs I Would Have Bought Porn…

By Patrick Benson | Published: November 18, 2011

I will not name names, but as I flipped through one of my recent RPG purchases the depictions of scantily clad women were pretty silly. I mean, garter straps and fishnet stockings with a breastplate that exposes nearly the entire breast does not qualify as armor. I do not care that the artwork is for [...]

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What Projects are On Hold

By Patrick Benson | Published: September 8, 2011

This is the post that I dread making, because it is a public admission of my limitations. I hate writing it, but I know that by doing this I will pave the way for better things to come. All of my crazy ideas for games are on hold: Budge, Pudge, and everything else. I am [...]

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And the Winner is…

By Patrick Benson | Published: August 5, 2011

Gnome Stew has just won the Silver ENnie for Best Blog for the second year in a row! Critical Hits won the Gold ENnie! Congratulations to all of the nominees, and congratulations to Critical Hits on winning the gold!

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Should the Site be Primarily a Fudge Blog?

By Patrick Benson | Published: July 14, 2011

I have not been writing much about Fudge or Fudge derivatives lately. I find myself slipping more and more towards topics regarding how to be an effective GM. Similar to what I write about on Gnome Stew, but here I am able to be more genuine. Not that I am being untruthful or dishonest on [...]

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Mission Accomplished!

By Patrick Benson | Published: June 30, 2011

Way back on May 19th I set a goal for myself to publish an article every day starting from then until June 30th. If I could do that then I would submit my blog to be considered for membership into the RPG Bloggers Network. This would be my reward for posting an article every weekday [...]

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Good GM Move? Declaring Yourself Removed From Player vs. Player Shenanigans

By Patrick Benson | Published: June 20, 2011

Saturday June 18th was Free RPG Day and I ran a game at my local game shop of Icons by Adamant Entertainment, which is a an easy to run Superheroes RPG that is heavily influenced by Fate and Fudge. The premise of my one-shot session was that the heroes of the city have been wiped out, [...]

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The Plan For Next Week

By Patrick Benson | Published: May 6, 2011

I have picked up my A-Z creatures series again and I will be launching the week with my Fudge stats for dragons! This got me thinking that I should dedicate the entire week to producing content for Fudge in the form of items, monsters, and characters. So here is the line-up for next weeks articles: [...]

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Why No New Stuff Lately?

By Patrick Benson | Published: March 4, 2011

I just wanted to take a moment to explain why I have not been posting to SinisterForces for the last couple of weeks. I’m in the middle of a project for Engine Publishing’s next book, and I just don’t have the bandwidth between work, blogging for Gnome Stew, and all the other aspects of my [...]

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Budge v1.0 Available Now!

By Patrick Benson | Published: January 31, 2011

Here it is – Budge v1.0. You will also need the Budge character sheet. This is my effort to lay a foundation for future settings and games that bridge the objective style used by many RPGs and the subjective nature of Fudge. You will notice that the content starts with a more objective approach, but [...]

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