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• Combat as Art - Boss Design and Reflections on Violence
  2w ago · 12 min
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  When running "Combat as Sport" players and refs are mostly concerned with a "balanced game" where mastery over rules, procedures, execution and options results in victory. When...
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  • The 46er - July 2026 · Table 46
  • Shiny TTRPG links #284 · Seed of Worlds
• Micro-Blog: Preview and Micro-Reviews
  6w ago · 2 min
   OKOK so I want to get at least one post out every month and here's my hurried last-minute entry for May (been dealing with a lot lately, but I have a feeling June is gonna be...
• Mapping Noise - A Simple System for Informed Fog of War (Map Blogwagon)
  2mo ago · 4 min
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  This one is gonna be short because I'm once again being emotionally, physically, financially and temporally drained by teeth issues completely out of my control (the horrors...
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  • Around the Blogosphere in 80 Days (Blogwagon Roundup) · Prismatic Wasteland
• Public Access is Not What You Think It Is (A Review)
  4mo ago · 21 min
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  Looping forests. Creepy basements. Crawl spaces whose darkness can't be pierced by your flashlight. Wouldn't it be great to have a game that preys on your fear of the unknown?...
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  • CATMAIL #3 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
  • The Explorateur: Issue #18 · Explorers Design
• Marathon - The (Solo) Review
  4mo ago · 19 min
  I won't bury the lede here; Is Marathon good? Yes, absolutely, I legitimately adore this game, got my money's worth and see it in many ways as a triumph of experimental design...
• Video Games Are Dying (But Actually For Real This Time [Except Maybe Indies But You Know])
  4mo ago · 8 min
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  It's 8 p.m. on March 3rd 2026, a little over 24 hours from the conclusion of the Marathon Sever Slam - No not that Marathon, instead its new younger sibling; a live service...
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  • CATMAIL #2 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
• Is the Juice Worth The Squeeze?
  4mo ago · 5 min
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  Two weeks ago I celebrated a pretty awesome one year milestone, and this summer I'll be hitting the big 3-0 ~ This all still feels surreal given there was a time it was looking...
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  • CATMAIL #2 · AMONG CATS AND BOOKS
• d6+d3 - And Other Cursed Dice Curves
  4mo ago · 4 min
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  Nova over on Playful Void has a lovely little series called "Make Dice Work For You" - It's an excellent primer on dice, maths and using probability curves that I think every...
• Micro-Blog: The Skirmish Game as a Sims-Like
  5mo ago · 5 min
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  The Sims is a series of games that despite its obvious "genre" (that of simulation) actually has a lot going on that defies neat categorization. While players have the...
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  • Shiny TTRPG links #263 · Seed of Worlds
• Microblog: Medium Spicy
  5mo ago · 2 min
  There's this pattern that happens every time I go to a new falafel place: They'll ask me how spicy I'd like the sauce, I'll say "medium spicy" then they'll look at my pasty...