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Monthly Archives: November 2014

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 →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Blade & Crown, dice, rules variants & expansions, theory | Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Blade & Crown, Con of the North, conventions, Fate, Heirs to the Lost World, Microscope, The Quiet Year | 2 Replies

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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Snippets from Calteir: King Thardan IV, “the Great”

Posted on 2014 November 18 by njwNovember 18, 2014

Name Thardan IV Official Name King Thardan IV of Morensia, Duke of Marbrae Profession King Born 54 SD (901 SR) Died 114 SD (961 SR) Thardan was the tenth king of the Semlaren Dynasty. Thardan IV was the son of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Calteir, snippets from Calteir, worldbuilding | Leave a reply

Critical mass is hard to do

Posted on 2014 November 15 by njwNovember 15, 2014

Over on her blog, Mortaine put up a very important post about how hard it is to succeed in the RPG market when you’re not a white, cis, hetero man. It’s well worth taking a moment to go read. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged buying and selling, diversity, manifestoes, publishing | Leave a reply

Free-form magic for Blade & Crown

Posted on 2014 November 9 by njwFebruary 9, 2016

Spell effects in Blade & Crown are intentionally unquantified. As I’ve said before, I like to keep magic mysterious, powerful and rare, and I think keeping it unquantified helps preserve mystery. Once you know that a fireball will emit 0.015625m3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Blade & Crown, narrative control, preserving mystery, rules variants & expansions, social contract | Leave a reply

Ancient capitals in 3D

Posted on 2014 November 5 by njwNovember 5, 2014

A good illustration in an RPG session is worth, as the saying goes, a thousand words. I’ve mentioned before how useful the fictional nonfiction book Lebek has been in gaming; more than once, I’ve used it to give players a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged China, fictional nonfiction, tips and tricks, tools, worldbuilding | Leave a reply

Snippets from Calteir: the Unnamed Dead

Posted on 2014 November 1 by njwNovember 1, 2014

Almost in time for Halloween, here’s another snippet from Calteir. There are many forms of undead which humans have not named. Either no one has ever encountered them, or those who have seen them didn’t survive. A mass of dark … Continue reading →

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