On my way through Duluth yesterday, I stopped at an FLGS I’d heard of: Dungeons End. (No apostrophe.) Seems like the Duluth area has several FLGSs; I think I decided to check this one out more or less at random. … Continue reading
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With vacation time comes the chance to get more work done. Such is life for the non-full time game designer. Over the past week or so, I’ve been working on a bunch of different projects: The Bandit Map. This continues … Continue reading
Worth noting: I’ve arranged with Dan Davenport to do an IRC-based Q&A. It’ll be on July 8, from 7 to 9 pm CDT. I’ll post a reminder when it’s closer to the arranged time. To get into the chat, you … Continue reading
Here are some common campaign styles for RPGs: The PCs live as ‘space assholes’ or ‘murderhobos’, wandering in search of fame and fortune. They are either able to skirt the law, or stay just ahead of it. The PCs work … Continue reading
In Blade & Crown, combat stances are pretty important — so much so that I think they’re nearly essential. In fact, I think their use could be extended. One additional use is in surprise situations. As I stated in the … Continue reading
After some discussion last month, I realized that there’s no designated place on this blog to discuss Blade & Crown. So, with no further ado, here’s an open thread to do just that. And here’s a discussion topic to start … Continue reading
Other general things WisCon 38 has me thinking about: As always, WisCon this year had a lot of powerful, important discussions. The discussion about social isolation was, for me, the one most directly related to gaming. But an ongoing, overall … Continue reading
This WisCon, I did a fair amount of actual gaming. Foremost among these, of course, was my Mountain Monastery Murder Mystery. As I’ve mentioned before, this is set in a monastery/abbey of Sister Earth, in my main campaign world, Calteir. … Continue reading
As I mentioned before, a lot of the panels I went to at WisCon this year didn’t have much to do with gaming. This one, however, did: Social Isolation and WisCon For many of us, WisCon can be a magical … Continue reading
WisCon is over. Post-con blues have set in. But I have many pleasant memories. It was a great con. Not a lot that’s relevant to this blog, but I’ll be writing about a few things in upcoming posts. For now, … Continue reading