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Quick and easy healing rules for Blade & Crown

Posted on 2014 December 29 by njwFebruary 1, 2015

I don’t think I’ve ever met a healing system that I like. My ideal healing rules would need to perfectly balance a bunch of factors: Player agency: The rules can’t make it feel like your healing is completely out of … Continue reading →

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Snippets from Calteir: Morensian mercenary traditions

Posted on 2014 December 25 by njwDecember 25, 2014

In Morensia, mercenaries are fairly common. In fact, it is arguable that Morensia was founded by mercenaries. Many large towns will have hundreds of mercenaries headquartered in them, usually in several large or many small companies. Since the reign of … Continue reading →

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Fictional nonfiction 2: The Dune Encyclopedia

Posted on 2014 December 21 by njwSeptember 4, 2015

Snippets of poetry from the Imperium; a sample folk tale from the Oral History; brief biographies of over a dozen Duncan Idahos; two differing approaches to Paul Muad’Dib himself and to his son, Leto II; Fremen recipes; Fremen history; secrets … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged buying and selling, fictional nonfiction, preserving mystery, reviews, worldbuilding | 2 Replies

New Traits for Blade & Crown: Short

Posted on 2014 December 14 by njwDecember 14, 2014

Traits don’t always have to be personality-based: You are Short. People may also take you less seriously for your diminutive stature, and you may have trouble reaching hand-holds when climbing, or striding across wide gaps. Yet you are also able … Continue reading →

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Snippets from Calteir: Coins of Aros

Posted on 2014 December 10 by njwDecember 10, 2014

The ancient and possibly mythical hero Aros did many wonderful deeds in the Kreshar region of Morensia. Among these, he gave his last coin to a poor woman in the village of Arosart. When she bought a loaf of bread … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t want you to tell me about your character

Posted on 2014 December 6 by njwDecember 6, 2014

So have I told you about my favorite Champions character? Well, third favorite actually, after The Human Cheese Grater and Bituminous Man, but he’s really my favorite in some ways because of the awesome time I, um, the time where … Continue reading →

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Check out the current Bundle of Holding

Posted on 2014 December 1 by njwDecember 1, 2014

The Bundle of Holding, which I’ve been privileged to be part of, is currently featuring a bunch of very cool indie games: Torchbearer, Uresia the Grave of Heaven, Nobilis, Lords of Gossamer and Shadow (think: Amber Diceless 2nd edition) and … Continue reading →

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Blade & Crown dice probabilities

Posted on 2014 November 27 by njwNovember 27, 2014

As part of designing Blade & Crown, I was naturally curious how the dice mechanic works. Do large numbers of dice make characters succeed all the time? What’s the difference between rolling one die and rolling three? With the help … Continue reading →

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Con of the North 2015: House of Indie Games’ games

Posted on 2014 November 23 by njwDecember 21, 2014

I participate in the House of Indie Games track at Con of the North. We’re mostly just a bunch of friends who like indie games. Two of us have even published our own indie games (Blade & Crown and Heirs … Continue reading →

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Con of the North 2015 program book is here!

Posted on 2014 November 20 by njwNovember 20, 2014

A couple days ago, the Con of the North 2015 program book came in the mail. And it is very big. Here’s the 2015 book, with the 2014 book for comparison: The new program book is letter size, with glossy … Continue reading →

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