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rooted in blogs, linked in a ringNick Hendriks
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On the ring since 2026-04-02
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UPDATED April 8th 2026: In retrospect I decided I didn't care for how I was handling armour for the Automatons. My design goal was to encourage players to seek situational...
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Over the last few years at work we've shifted into tracking work on a quarterly basis. Hardly revolutionary for many workplaces, but it was a shift in thinking for me. I've...
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In the previous session of my solo All-Out Apocalypse game the party finally entered the water park in the West Edmonton Mall, where they hoped to find some chlorine to solve...
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This post is a part of December's blog carnival: The End Times and After: December 2025 RPG Blog Carnival Recently I wrote new vehicle rules for my All-Out Apocalypse game...
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As seems to be my way, it has been approximately FOREVER since I last played this solo game. I'm hopeful that I remember how any of this works. Last time: The gang got into a...
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Photo credit: thomashendele I've been running this West Marches game for a while now. I've posted about it before. One of the key elements of a game of this sort is a random...
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I've had a busy summer and my autumn does not promise to be any different, so my blogging habit has fallen by the wayside. I'm not sure I had much to contribute to many of the...
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I read far too many articles offering guidance on how to reduce the amount of time spent prepping for ttrpgs. Ridiculous!! If you are anything like me, you can never have...
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This is a mechanic I think might be interesting in a game where combat should feel punishing, and winning a battle does not guarantee your safety. Every time you take damage,...
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You are so small and the world is so big! Lucky for you a mighty steed awaits, its chitin glossy and vibrant. Choose or roll for three traits (re-roll incompatible results):...
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Just a brief thought. It occurred to me recently that I've probably been looking at factions through the wrong end of the microscope. I find the concept of factions to be an...