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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...Linked by the ring
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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...
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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...Linked by the ring
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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...
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Today Clayton of Explorers Design released an incredible article about an issue that's been living rent free in my brain and I finally have a word for: Dominant Mechanics -...
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Twisted views. Dastardly schemes. Impeccable fashion. The kind of character you just love to hate ~ Villains are a central cog in any campaign. Whether they're plotting their...Linked by the ring
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Sunken plains of mire and rust.Filthy skies and sticking dust.Would that one could be of good cheer,But nay the poison swamp draws near.(Old Elvish Rhyme)PART OF MERRY HEXMAS -...Linked by the ring
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Today I returned from PAX Unplugged with two systems sticking out in my mind among the priceless revelry, the exciting zine swapping, the enthralling games and the absurdly...
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This post, while relatively stand-alone, is the final part of a three part series called "The Glamour" - You can read the first titular part here, and its sequel here.Well...
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This post, while relatively stand-alone, is the second part of a three part series called "The Glamour" - You can read the first titular part here, and the finale here.OR...
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This post, while relatively stand-alone, is the first part of a three part series called "The Glamour" - You can read the second part here, and the finale here."There's a...
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On the evening of Wednesday July 23rd 2025, unannounced yet clear as rolling thunder, NSFW games as well as games with queer and LGBTQ+ themes began to disappear. My day job's...
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I was explaining to my friend and local game designer Phandas Trove my goals with making Inheritors' somewhat unwieldy hex crawl more digestible on the player side; The player...Linked by the ring
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The Bird Warren, aka Prismatic Warren, aka the Warren whose leader board I am seventh on (and climbing perhaps) is running yet another blog wagon - like a fool who's been...
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[[This is part of a series of light fiction I've been writing to both practice my prose and flesh out the world of Inheritors]]A faint warmth fills your body. Dimly, feeling...
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We're talking about violence, racial killings and rape - Which uhhh, very heavy needless to say. I'm not sure I handled it all with the greatest grace, so if you don't have the...
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from godard's alphaville - just LOOK at that stark lightingPreface: I've always believed more art is better. Art is how we communicate. Art is how we reflect. Through art we...
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With 65 minutes on the clock, I'm intending to keep up with my "minimum one blog a month" goal - And this time (as ever) getting a little personal ~ Lately I've been a bit...
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So those tariffs, huh? Years of folks collectively manifesting US global economic dominance and imperialism to take a hit has finally begun actualizing to the dismay of many...Linked by the ring
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From Sir Ian McKellen's Excellent Acting AdviseQuite a few people are aware I have somewhat... complicated feelings on theater. Even more so the perception that games that...Linked by the ring
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Hey chat ~ I've been a little less active in pretty much all but my local spaces recently. Insurance bullshit, paired with house hunting, paired with mild local drama, paired...
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The Darken/Nier series is one of those classic "I frequently forget this is technically fantasy" series, and it's one that's shaped my tastes in characters quite a bit. It's...
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OR : A PROLOGUE TO THE GENDER MANIFESTO[*0.5]OR : I'M REALLY GETTING ON MY BULLSHIT THIS TIMENo tabletop post today! Just an analysis of one of my new favorite games that I...
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This post is in conversation with two spectacular blog posts discussing boss monsters, number crunching and making truly memorable encounters. (One of them is even up for a...Linked by the ring
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In the immortal words of pedagogue and deific December chanter Andy Williams, "it's the holiday season" - Which means over on the delightful birdman's Discord folks are...Linked by the ring
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Hex Crawls are something I think about often, especially considering the best campaign I ever ran was one. Many a great theses have been written on the Hex Crawl too, from...Linked by the ring
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If you've played Genshin Impact (the open world gaccha game your favorite influencer has cosplayed from) you'll know that there's gold, or in this case Mora, which can be...Linked by the ring
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Dying is a big part of living. We say goodbye to our pets, our friends, our family, and eventually everyone when our own time has come. It's the great equalizer, the timer...
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Hey chat. Been a while - Been meaning to get back into blogging but have been busy getting into Yu-Gi-Oh and suffering from what is probably the worst mental health spiral...
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Hi everyone! Something a little bit different today :3 A thought popped into my head about the similarities between certain things and I was like "surely someone's already...