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One-Pager: Uprise: Bandits At War

You can find a one-page adventure at Sword’s Edge Publishing based on Uprising. An older post explains the idea behind the one-pager. You can find more one-pagers at Sword’s Edge Publishing.


Korea Historical Action: Uprising

Poster for Korean movie Uprising, showing the protagonist and antagonist facing off against each other

Uprising is the story of an enslaved Korean during the Choson-period overlapping with the Imjin War when Japan invaded Korea. The story follows the enslaved—who seems to a be a natural warrior—and his relationship with his master and his master’s Read more…


Song of the Week: Pop Muzik

I’ve been kind of all over the place with the first couple of posts in this thread, and I’m going to try to be a bit more organized. My plan is to start following a more chronological format—not necessarily when Read more…


RPG Thoughts: Extinguish the Points of Light

As I understand it, the ‘points of light’ concept in fantasy role-playing games refers to centres of civilization—the light—surrounded by barbarism, or at least uncharted dangers. The idea is that the heroes work out of the points to bring that Read more…


Song of the Day: Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!

The song of the day today is a more recent find—though it’s not a particularly recent song. It’s Trentemøller’s Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!! I pretty much always have music on in the background when I am writing—whether its creative Read more…


Song of the Day: The Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide

Music has been a really important part of my life. As a child, my mom got me in piano classes and viola classes. Early in high school I took saxophone in music class. But I was never a musician. I Read more…


Driving Miss Nefertiti

It’s been a while. Just checking back in to warn you that you might be hearing more from me as I’m planning on crowdfunding a print version of one of my games. You can find out more at Sword’s Edge Read more…


The Silence of the Solitary Writer

I’m not planning on posting links to this anywhere, and if you are here–on this site–and see this, know that there’s not much here other than lamentation and justification. Why am I writing this? Posting this here? To vent. I Read more…


The Light From a Dark Lord Goes Out

Bottom line up front: I won’t be publishing any more selections from Light from a Dark Lord. The intent had been to motivate my continued work on the story. The stats that I am seeing for readership aren’t really doing Read more…


A Bloody Crown Chapter 07

The Cyclops Banner: A Bloody Crown available now as an e-book. You can find chapter 6 here. Chapter 7: The Count of Aedeltor The Month of the Archer, Moransday the Fourth. Bereburh, Kellalh Borders, occupied by Surraev Count Caris Langleth Read more…