For such a successful game, it’s funny how unsuccessful the (official) D&D movies have been. Part of it is probably just popular disdain of gaming culture. Most of it, though, is probably the fault of the first D&D movie. It … Continue reading
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This past Thursday night we finally finished playtesting The Bandit Map, the adventure for Blade & Crown that I hope to have out soon. The scenario was pretty fun and this session, the last, involved equal parts silliness and seriousness. … Continue reading
Already five days without a post… Real life has been keeping me extremely busy the past few days, with no time for a real post here. Hopefully I should have more this weekend. In the meantime, how about an aphorism? … Continue reading
This Thursday, Real Life intervened again and we were short a player. Had been hoping to finish our playtest of The Bandit Map, the Blade & Crown scenario I’m playtesting. Instead, we played a game that one of the players … Continue reading
In case you needed it, here’s another reason RPGs are cool: because they make you want to learn everything. RPGs (and worldbuilding, and working to make rules model the world) have made me curious about how pretty much everything works, … Continue reading
Minneapolis is kind of an amazing place. I’ve lived in other towns and been happy to find that there was a gaming scene at all. I’ve lived in places where the nearest FLGS wasn’t very L at all, often being … Continue reading
In my last post, I explored some ways in which you can make the astronomical properties of a conworld unusual and interesting. Astronomy can have interesting, evocative, creative effects on play, too. Here are some impacts it can have: Shaping … Continue reading
What does the night sky look like on your gaming world? What, for that matter, does the daytime sky look like? A few weeks ago, I was in a place where the night sky is truly amazing — at least … Continue reading
Way back at Con of the North, I think it was, I picked up a flyer for a new convention in town: MetaCon. It looks like MetaCon is primarily about anime and manga, but with a lot of other, more … Continue reading
How do you invoke an enchanted item? I always want magic to be evocative, and to help the players become more invested in the situation. For those reasons, just saying “I use my staff on the bad guy” seems… boring. … Continue reading