Wednesday, 28 October 2020

We Need Long Campaigns

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Pay close attention to what has happened to your mind. You are beset, besieged, bewildered by notifications from your phone, your social med...
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Saturday, 24 October 2020

An Introduction

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What does one do when it is a Saturday night (the worst time for blog traffic)? Certainly not post a content-only post (the worst type of po...
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Monday, 19 October 2020

I Want to Break Free

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God knows I want to break free...from Drive Thru RPG. Yes, I said it. I hate that site. I hate publishing through it: the eye-watering royal...
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Wednesday, 14 October 2020

What Did Medieval Battles Look Like, Really?

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Today marks the something-and-somethingth anniversary of the Battle of Hastings . No, before you start, I don't have the date memorised ...
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Thursday, 8 October 2020

The Books You Liked Best, 2000-2020

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You know what? Let's cheer ourselves up. What are your favourite 20 books of the last 20 years? Not by date of publication - I mean the ...
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Monday, 21 September 2020

What Counts as a F*** You Moment?

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If there is one principle upon which I submit almost RPGs agree, it is that 'fuck you' moments are weak DMing. They belong in the re...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2020

The Fourth Model

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There are, I think, three basic models which DIY D&D publishers have divided between themselves. (I am talking about commercial publishe...
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Monday, 14 September 2020

Yoon-Suin Kickstarter Trailer and Special Offer

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I have completed a draft of the 2nd edition of Yoon-Suin. Those of you who were hoping for a u-turn towards minimalist design will be disapp...
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Wednesday, 9 September 2020

The Modern Post-Apocalypse

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Are you familiar with ' Without Sky ', the astonishing (and astonishingly short - you can read it in 5 minutes) piece of micro-ficti...
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Monday, 7 September 2020

RPG Theory: Moments for Taking the New Ball

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I'm now going to do something I rarely if ever do: give technical advice, rooted in theory, for making your campaign better. A long time...
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