“He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.” – Khalil Gibran   The lack of gods or any divine power is one of the defining characteristics of the […]

“On every side of the chamber the walls were alive with nauseous sound – the verminous slithering of ravenous, gigantic rats.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft It is said that rats are everywhere, and that is just as true on Cidri. From gilded palaces to squalid sewers rats […]

“I don’t need to bite to fight!” – Viper, ‘Kung Fu Panda’   Of all the intelligent creatures on or under Cidri, few are as feared as the nagiin. Found in all but the coldest regions, these serpent-men stand as tall as most humans, and their coiling bodies often reach […]

“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” — Bill Moyers   Most Fantasy Trip players — and most gamers in general — try to make their characters are effective as possible, tweaking their options and choices to maximize their capabilities. This leaves little room for background talents that […]

“The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.” — Grant Morrison Fantasy fiction — from the Connecticut Yankee to the D&D cartoon — is filled with tales of people from present-day mundane worlds being transported to different dimensions to fight monsters, save damsels, and live a life more […]

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain   For as simple as it is, combat in the Fantasy Trip has a lot of facets. Movement, facing, weapon choice, talents, and attack choices make each combat […]

“We enjoy the night, the darkness, where we can do things that aren’t acceptable in the light. Night is when we slake our thirst.” — William Hill It might be a little late for Halloween, but lately we’ve been thinking about vampires in the Fantasy Trip. Unlike most legends and […]

“Happiness is a place between too little and too much” – Finnish Proverb This is normally the time of year when we are preparing for an annual gaming convention trip and looking forward to spending a few days wallowing in TFT and other nerdy pursuits. Unfortunately, scheduling and an ongoing […]

“The monsters were his friends, and guarded him.” ― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame In the original Fantasy Trip, there were a lot fewer restrictions on what race of character you could create — centaurs, giants, and reptile men were all on the table. There was a strange (and […]

“All armor has its weaknesses. That doesn’t mean you should stop wearing it.” ― Elizabeth Carlton, Chivalry’s Code   While poets and the populace might swoon over the image of a mounted knight in gilded plate riding through verdant grasslands, it’s far more likely to find a warrior scrambling through […]