5 terrible rules in otherwise awesome RPGs

Tabletop roleplaying games are amazing. They transport you to other worlds and allow you to weave immense tales with your friends while eating high carb snacks. Let's be honest - gaming is probably the best past-time ever.

But even when you're all playing your favourite game, there's usually a point when you need to look up a specific rule and realise that it's more difficult to comprehend than M-Theory and you sit around for the next hour trying in vain to figure it out.

Other times one of your more devious players realises how they can use a game-breaking spell to their advantage and become a cosmos-chewing god on earth. These are annoying times.

Here are 5 rules that sully otherwise fantastic games.

Thor: The Dark World full trailer has arrived - it's hammer time!

Feast your thunder-loving peepers on this slice of Marvel action. Thor: The Dark World is in cinemas 30 October 2013.

Review: 2000AD Prog 1843 - Under Pressure

It's time for our weekly 2000AD review - this time a bit late. But don't worry, Prog 1844 will be reviewed tomorrow. In the meantime, strap in for some undersea terror, gun-wielding mother-funters and a massive codpiece.

Join the USR Google+ Community

It's come to my attention that some people may actually enjoy the little game I made one Sunday afternoon, so I thought I'd do a little more to cultivate it and help it flourish. USR now has a lovely little Community on Google +. Be sure to join if you like story games and chatting with fellow nerds.

Spin Doctor: Peter Capaldi is the Timelord we need

There is always a degree of anxiety when the BBC are set to announce a new Doctor. Matt Smith was a curveball with acting stints outside of the mainstream realm and was most noted for his role in The History Boys. Now the baby-faced human jaw is moving on, leaving a new Timelord to wield the sonic screwdriver. There were some big names in the running, from the apocalypse-cancelling Idris Elba to the ginger Homeland heart-throb Damien Lewis. We now know that as of this year's Christmas special this will be perennial actor and self-proclaimed Whovian Peter Capaldi.

Changes to the comments section

Hey guys - just a bit out house-keeping today before I resume regular bloggery. The comments section is now tied directly to Google Plus. This is as a result of people telling me that they were unable to comment for some reason using the default Blogger comment thread.

So now if you want to comment, make sure you have a Google account. You can add me to your circles here and I'll be sure to add you to mine.