Monsters and Manuals

Creator of Yoon-Suin and other materials. Propounding my half-baked ideas on role playing games. Jotting down and elaborating on ideas for campaigns, missions and adventures. Talking about general industry-related matters. Putting a new twist on gaming.

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Game Design as Common Law

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Most readers of this blog, as citizens of England and Wales, the US, Australia and so forth, will be at least somewhat familiar with the com...
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Saturday, 24 April 2010

There are all kinds of sources for our knowledge, but none has authority.

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One of the things I like about traditional RPGs, and older editions of D&D in particular, is that they have what David Brooks calls ...
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Fighting Fantasy Monday (Except on Tuesday and a Week Late): Seas of Blood (XII)

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[Totally forgot to do Fighting Fantasy Monday last week. Forgive me, I pray. Anyway, the general wish was to swim into the hole in the stern...
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Sunday, 18 April 2010

Looking for Life in the Back of Your Mind

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I think it's somewhat interesting that the first two editions of AD&D fairly accurately map to developments in rock music - the heig...
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Friday, 16 April 2010

Understated Inspirational Art

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Look closely. The Dragon's Den by James Campbell.
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Tom Shippey Tells it Like it is

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Tuesday, 13 April 2010

The Luck in the Head

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I'm a big fan of having a luck stat in RPGs. Perhaps this stems from my childhood love of all things Fighting Fantasy , where your LUCK...
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Sunday, 11 April 2010

Why People Game

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At yesterday's Call of Cthulu game we had a new player, and what's more a complete newcomer to gaming, in the form of the fiance of...
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Friday, 9 April 2010

Fighting Fantasy Monday (Except on Friday): Seas of Blood (XI)

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[There was some discussion about regaining STAMINA. In Seas of Blood this can only be done by resting - 1 day per point of STAMINA. Seems ex...
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Thursday, 8 April 2010

Can you spell 'spell'?

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Being away from writing blog entries has had the corollary that I haven't done much blog reading recently, either. Apologies to everyone...
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