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On the ring since 2026-05-28
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Lots of RPGs describes themselves as heavy metal. Today I will dare the task known to be impossible, but which every metalhead is drawn inexorably to do: I will decree what is...Linked by the ring
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I recently read Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons by Jon Peterson, a nonfiction book about the struggle for ownership of D&D between Gary Gygax and Dave...
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I like to think Fear and Panic is a pretty streamlined game: it has shorter, simpler rules than almost every other game in the d100 horror space, not counting some one-pagers...
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Time of Monsters is an original, pre-apocalyptic setting for horror game Fear and Panic. "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of...
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I recently had a good time at a sea music festival. I’ve listened to a variety of nautical music on YouTube and Tidal, and even seen the Longest Johns play at a bar, but I’d...Linked by the ring
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Backerkit is trying a little experiment. To celebrate the Ennies this year, they invited Ennies nominees from last year to sell their games via special, 10-day crowdfunding...
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This is a blog about RPGs, but I want to talk about something else and I have no other platform for long-form content. If you’re looking for an RPG article, skip this post....
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This blog post is inspired by a panel I was on at Sabrecon in 2025. Unlike most panels, we ended up with two and a half hours to talk about making RPGs with a small group of...
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Here’s a neat little dice idea I’m thinking about. If you roll 2d6, the odds of rolling exactly 7 are around 16%. The odds of rolling an odd number other than 7 are around 30%....Linked by the ring
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I was involved in organizing Designed in the DMV, a local group of mostly-but-not-exclusively-RPG designers in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area. I’ve had to leave the area for...