Something I forgot to note in my slew of Con of the North posts: a couple weeks from now (April 19-21), there will be a pretty nifty gaming convention in Wisconsin called Gaming Hoopla. They now have their event listing … Continue reading
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The “Minneapolis Ties to Gaming” panel that I mentioned before went pretty well. We went through local gaming history pretty much chronologically, starting with boardgames published in the area nearly 100 years ago and ending with the potential future of … Continue reading
Minicon 48 was great, all told. I did quite a bit of gaming, though no RPGs. I will be writing up more in the next few days. … Continue reading
This weekend, I’ll be at Minicon, the Twin Cities’ longest-running SF convention. No scheduled games, but I could certainly run something if there’s interest! And I’ll be on a panel that promises to be really interesting: “Twin Cities Ties to … Continue reading
Carl Walter is converting a pre-existing campaign over to Blade & Crown, and wrote me to ask several questions about how to do so. Rather than just replying to him, I asked if it’d be okay if I quoted his … Continue reading
I don’t remember how I first came on this book, but I’m glad I did. Lebek: A City of Northern Europe Through the Ages is a wonderful reference for gaming purposes. Lebek is not a real city, but it evolves … Continue reading
I’ve already introduced the idea of using clouds to make maps. So, how do you actually do it? Step one is to get some photos of clouds, preferably the castellanus variety. They’re nice and puffy, without having flat bottoms. Longer, … Continue reading
The second post about clouds and mapping is going to take a little longer to write up, so here’s something else in the meantime: If you’re looking for an RPG based in semi-historical China, there are a lot of choices … Continue reading
Seems like gamers are often looking for sources of good, natural-looking landforms for maps. Personally, I tend to just draw maps by hand; I’m pretty good at scribbling, and I’ve spent a lot of time poring over various maps over … Continue reading