Here at Happy Bishop Games, we love roleplaying games. Not just for how they create socially acceptable environments to say things like, “I disembowel him with my pinky!”, but for all the different ways rpgs have to resolve conflicts. From rolling a single d20 to throwing some coins in the air, there are a lot
After a long time of editing, re-editing, figuring out how to use InDesign, sleeping, and more editing, Happy Bishop Games is proud to announce the release of its first product: The Chrysalis Revolt 2709-2710. Chrysalis Revolt started as an entry to the 2008 GameChef competition. GameChef is a contest where people design complete roleplaying games
What happens when you give a group of people, tortured by starvation and disease, plenty of food and medicine? They worship you, of course. In Triune, the Hegemony controls the weave–a combination of a replicator and the internet. If you are a citizen of the Hegemony, you can download things from thin air. While everyone
EN World Gameday Chicago has come and gone, and it was a resounding success–as usual. I played Shock: Social Science Fiction and it was a blast, but the most fun I had was playing my Lacuna mod. Lacuna Pt. 1 is a fantastic game, but I wasn’t energized by the setting. So, like any upstanding
I’m a big fan of EN World Gameday, especially because my local version is held at the world’s greatest game store, Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. I always run a game or two. This year, I wanted to try some games I’ve never played before, so I agreed to run Shock and Lacuna, Pt. 1.
I’m not afraid to say it: I love Lulu. Lulu.com is a print-on-demand (POD) service that works wonders for teeny tiny “Bit off more than we can hold in our mouth never mind chew” publishers like us. You type up your Next Big Thing, upload it to Lulu as a .doc or .pdf file, go
After some debate, brainstorming, and drinking, Happy Bishop Games decided to create three versions of the main rulebook for Triune RPG. This is not some attempt to follow Microsoft’s branding strategy of creating so many editions that you don’t know which one to buy. No, instead we are creating different versions for different audiences: Casual
In the Triune forums, there’s a discussion about how the game handles changes to the setting. That discussion made me think about one of my favorite rpgs of all time and a big influence on Triune. But first, some explanations. Every character is Triune has levels in the three paths: Heaven, Hell, and Hegemony. (Hypocrisy
Fine, I’m way behind the video game curve. I just started playing Mass Effect, and while I like it (mostly because I made my character HOT!!!), I noticed something interesting in how the game handles character advancement. Your super kewl ninja/soldier/spy/candlestick maker has levels and skills, and when you gain X amount of experience points
While working on Triune, I’ve asked a lot of people for advice. (And received some I never asked for. Seriously, I’m not designing a D&D clone so stop recommending XP!) From Allen Varney to the fine folks at RPG.net, I’ve received tons of great ideas. But the best so far is to ask yourself a