Monday, 26 February 2018

Reaction Dice Which Create the World - Matagi Hunters

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Long-time readers may remember three posts I wrote about using reaction dice to build the game world ( here ,  here  and  here ). I still in...
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Tuesday, 20 February 2018

What is the Blogosphere for now? New Modes of Play

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Zak S recently put a post up on G+ (which I hope he won't mind me paraphrasing and quoting from) to the effect the OSR or DIY D&D or...
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Monday, 19 February 2018

Confessions of a Lazy Wannabe Novelist: A Call to Arms?

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I have spent an inordinately large amount of time in my life penning the beginnings to short stories and novels. (My Mum still occasionally ...
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Friday, 16 February 2018

NPC Idea: Rumpelstiltskin's Child

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What if Rumpelstiltskin's plan had succeeded and he had ended up with an adopted son? Brought up by an amoral trickster-devil, taught to...
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Thursday, 15 February 2018

New Blog/Project

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Some readers may remember my series of posts on the  Fixed World . I recently started another blog which comprises a travelogue written by a...
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Monday, 12 February 2018

The Great OSR Novel?

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There is no earthly reason why a great fantasy novel couldn't be written about dungeoneering. I picture it as being not so much characte...
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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

The Meta-Game Art Genre

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In case you're not heard, Wizards of the Coast have finally got around to releasing  the D&D Rules Cyclopedia in print form . If you...
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Monday, 5 February 2018

The Fantasy RPG In-Group and Out-Group

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I was sitting looking at my bookshelf earlier on this evening, and my eyes for some reason fell on Galilee , a doorstep by Clive Barker from...
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Thursday, 1 February 2018

Animal Spirits

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An entry from a random encounter table from my current work in progress, which is getting closer to completion: Animal Spirit An an...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018

He denies that he is ill, but they take no notice, kill him, and have a feast

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I am almost finished re-reading Herodotus's Histories , this time Robin Waterfield's brilliantly readable and gossipy translatio...
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