Our Cyberpunk RED Frequently Asked Questions page features the answers to the questions we had while prepping for our Cyberpunk RED campaign, as well as the questions people asked us once they found out we were playing the game. Looking for more cyberpunk goodness? Check out our Cyberpunk RED resources page and our Cyberpunk RED Screamsheets …
Chris Birch, co-founder of Modiphius Entertainment, joins us to talk about his company’s upcoming slate of games including the hopepunk scifi game Dreams and Machines and the Roman Empire-era Cohors Cthulhu (a prequel to their popular Achtung Cthulhu! role-playing game). We also discuss Modiphius’ Via Modiphius and other programs to foster and promote upcoming RPG …
The Lair of Secrets – or more specifically, me! – will be running events at MEPACon Fall 2023. The convention runs October 20-22, 2023 at the SureStay Plus Hotel in Bethlehem, Pa. Bethlehem is located in the eastern part of the state, in the Lehigh Valley – it’s about 90 minutes west of New York …
(a note, found in the Lair, scribbled on an old memorandum about knitting and quantum entanglement) David, Remember when we were chatting the other day, and you mentioned that your comic book adventures sort of hit the pause button after the 90s? Dude … it’s time to hit play again. Seriously. Such wonders await you. …
Cybepunk RED screamsheets are the equivalent of newspapers in the dark future. Published on flimsy plastic sheets, these dynamic sheets tell the story (or the rumors) of Night City and other urban realms. As an role-playing game tool, they can help recount the players’ own adventures while revealing the deeper story of the your campaign …
I truly enjoy playing role-playing games. I truly enjoy running role-playing games. For the last decade, I’ve often found myself in the GM’s chair, crafting narratives and orchestrating encounters for my fellow gamers. As fun as this role can be, I’ve often missed being a player, navigating through the trials and tribulations of a carefully …
Changing Gears: A Foray Into the World of Solo RPGs Read More »
Sometimes in life, you need to change gears. Change your job, change your home, change your state … or even change your game. And sometimes, you need to change all the gears at once, as we saw during the pandemic, when many of us saw our real-world games disappear within a manner of days while …
Cyberpunk RED – the fourth edition of R. Talsorian Games’ signature role-playing game – inherited a rich history and loyal following from its predecessors. As Lair of Secrets geared up for our campaign, we went looking for – and found – a ton of links dedicated to advice, preparation, cartography, and battle maps. Have suggestions for this …
Bullet journals are a great way to stay focused and organized in your regular life … so why not extend them to your gaming life? Bullet journal techniques can be used to track the games you’re playing, as well as your progress through them. At the most basic level, you can use it to track …
Before we played Scum & Villainy, even before starting the Lair of Secrets, we played Blades in the Dark. It’s an urban fantasy role-playing game centered on heists and inspired by the likes of Leverage, the Ocean’s movies, Peaky Blinders, Heat, and Reservoir Dogs. Like its successor games, in Blades in the Dark, player characters are documented using playbooks. The playbooks are like a …
