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December 5, 2024
Right now I have a couple of playtests happening as I work on a robust role-playing game system—a game that is complex, with many pre-defined components that is more about player choice than player creativity when it comes to character Read more…
November 21, 2024
When writing a fantasy RPG setting, I think we all borrow to some degree. There is borrowing from other creative works, and then there is borrowing from history. When borrowing from history, we are also often borrowing from other cultures. Read more…
November 10, 2024
So, I’ve already pointed out my dislike for the “Points of Light” campaign concept. Protecting the status quo might be somebody else’s idea of a good time, but I’d prefer to organize that underclass of goblins and help them start Read more…
November 2, 2024
Campaigns in which the PCs are supposed to be ‘evil’ certainly can be bad, but not necessarily so. ‘Evil’’ might mean fighting the status quo instead of committing horrible acts on innocents. In a Facebook thread (I have broken down Read more…
October 26, 2024
The last time I yelled in your general direction, I was commenting on my dislike for the ‘points of light’ concept in RPG adventures. That was focused mostly on a specific kind of high fantasy or sword-and-sorcery type game. While Read more…
October 25, 2024
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.