24. Arguably one of the most popular television series of the last decade.
The premise is simple, each one-hour episode depicts an actual hour in the main character’s life. That character is Jack Bauer and over the course of 24 episodes (or 24 hours), he takes on the bad guys and averts national catastrophe by the [...]

In the opening scene of the movie Caddyshack, viewers are shown a bit of Danny’s home life. His siblings were the typical younger brother/sister fare, hogging the bathroom and delivering smart-assed remarks. His father was on his case, telling him golf would get him nowhere in life and that Danny needed a college education. [...]

Prequels to a familiar story are not just a cheap, Hollywood ploy to wring as much money as possible out of a box-office hit movie. When there’s a well-loved character involved, people are genuinely interested in that character’s past.
How many times have you read a novel, fallen in love with a character (or two) and [...]

Are you baffled over how to create a character using a character sheet? Do you have plenty of half-filled out NPCs or a great concept rolling around in your head? What about stats like speed and strength – got those hammered out yet?
Character creation is an integral part of any role-playing game, but it’s not [...]

Beginners in role-playing games are often overwhelmed by the character sheet. It seems to involve a lot of numbers and statistics (called stats) that don’t make much sense at all.
The World of Darkness character sheet is really the easiest one to figure out, though. All you’re dealing with is a rating system.
How witty is your [...]

Most gaming systems require players to fill out complex character sheets, complete with statistics on strength, speed, power of weapons, dexterity, health and more. They’re full of dots or numbers, usually involve math, and only sketchily cover character concept and background.
The reason for character stat sheets is that as the game unfolds and characters become [...]

You’ve decided to create a second character, you’ve mapped out the concept, and you’re ready to set the character loose in a role-playing game.
You have a new personality to explore, new adventures to perceive through a different set of eyes and extra playing time. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? It is exciting – and it’s important [...]

When you’re into role-playing games, characters are a lot like potato chips. You can’t stop at just one.
Your first character will always be nearest and dearest to your heart. Eventually, a new concept pops into your head, and it’s too good to pass by. The urge to bring this new character to life becomes irresistible. [...]

One of the biggest challenges in role-playing games is to play a character outside your gender. Many love the idea of playing the opposite sex, but very few pull it off well.
Falling into Stereotypes
It’s hardly surprising that it should be so difficult to make a believable opposite-sex character. After all, it’s not as though [...]

I recently read a post addressing violence in role-playing games. The question read:
I’m just wondering how it is that you can actually apply the moral qualms people have in the real world to that of RPG characters without disabling a character’s abilities completely.
Good question, and I’ll provide my answer here (lacking one at the original [...]