Tag: forbidden lands

Push or Be Powerless: The Willpower Economy in Forbidden Lands

Push or Be Powerless: The Willpower Economy in Forbidden Lands

Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you play it safe in Forbidden Lands, you fall behind. The game’s Willpower system makes that clear almost immediately. You don’t build up power by succeeding: you build it by pushing your rolls, taking damage, and gambling on outcomes that could just as easily make … [continue reading]

Wailer’s Hold is Abandoned

Wailer’s Hold is Abandoned

Reading Time: 4 minutesWailer’s Hold is abandoned. Or was. When I ran some Forbidden Lands RPG sessions earlier this year the players chose to journey towards Wailer’s Hold. Rather than let the abandoned site wallow in disepair and enshrouded in mystery, I decided an opportunistic entrepreneur would try … [continue reading]

Forbidden Lands Reference Sheet

Forbidden Lands Reference Sheet

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter running several sessions of Forbidden Lands, I kept finding myself stopping to look up the same handful of rules: How far is Short range again? What’s the modifier for a Hard task? How much cover does that stone wall provide? None of the questions were particularly … [continue reading]