My standards for fantasy magic: it should, I believe, be mysterious, powerful and rare. This is my preference in all fantasy RPGs, especially Blade & Crown. As I was designing B&C, the powerful part wasn’t hard to work out. Magic … Continue reading
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Again inspired by the Build a World events run by Ben Rosenbaum at WisCon, and encouraged by previous iterations of this activity, I did a session of this at Minicon 49. We were inspired by the con’s official theme (Pirates … Continue reading
After “Fandom or Fandoms”, I had a choice between two panels that both looked pretty good: “Navigating The World Of Small Press Publishing” or “The State of Art in the Gaming Industry”. Navigating the World of Small Press Publishing How … Continue reading
There are a lot of movies that feel like RPG adventures — Ladyhawke, for example — and there are even a pretty good number of movies directly about RPGs, like the second D&D movie. But I just discovered that one … Continue reading
Via the Darklands email list, I discovered a Kickstarter project that looks pretty nifty: Serpent in the Staglands. The combat system looks heavily inspired by Darklands (which, as you may remember, I consider to be basically the best CRPG ever). … Continue reading
Executive summary: Minicon 49 was lots of fun. In the same vein as this year’s Con of the North, I was rushing to get to the con on time Friday. If this keeps holding true, I’ll need to start asking … Continue reading
I’ve played Artemis a few times now. It is, as I’ve said, a pretty revolutionary concept. It’s not quite an RPG, not quite a LAN game, not quite a LARP… Artemis is pretty much its own genre. In my head, … Continue reading
Another delay between posts… This weekend is Minicon 49, so for the past nigh-unto-week I’ve been working on the Pocket Program and various other con committee-like duties. (The pocket programs are now printed! Yay!) At Minicon, I’m going to be … Continue reading
Tonight before gaming, John texted me to let me know that Classified, the James Bond 007 retroclone, was back in stock at the Source. As I walked into the store, Burl greeted me with a friendly, “You must be here … Continue reading
All ten of my items are posted now. For the record, they were: Dinosaurs! A couple nice plastic dinosaurs. Stance markers for Blade & Crown. Glass beads as cheap as they come. Die-cast vehicles for use in SF games. Chess … Continue reading