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On the ring since 2026-03-18
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Posted on February 27, 2026 This is part 2 of More Than Telling a Story, an open-ended series of posts describing aspects of TTRPGs that resonate with me that aren’t “telling a...
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Posted on December 14, 2025 Forget the Ennies, it’s time for the Endies! What RPGs did I play this year? What did I think about them? What intentions am I setting for next...
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Posted on November 10, 2025 Dear Reader, I haven’t done a big introspective post about my feelings in a while, but I’m feeling it tonight. So buckle up, or hit the eject...
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Posted on October 4, 2025 When I hear people say what they like about RPGs, oftentimes it’s something along the lines of “it’s fun to tell stories with your friends.” And while...
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Posted on September 10, 2025 In this game you create a character and write poems as that character. Perform Part 1 once to create a character. Repeat Part 2 each time you write...
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Posted on April 14, 2025 I just got back from a mini-con/GM retreat and wanted to jot down some highlights and reflections before I have to do my chores and get back to the...
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Posted on February 12, 2025 I’m currently running a campaign of Frontier Scum and last session I started a hexcrawl using the procedures in the Games Omniverious Hexcrawl...
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Posted on January 4, 2025 I didn’t realize it as it was happening, or really until I sat down to write a post reflecting on 2024, but it turns out it was a year of a lot of...
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Posted on December 22, 2024 I had a fantastic time playing Reel Robot Fishing (Solo Version) by Sandro AD for Prismatic Wasteland’s Covert Critic Secret Santa 2024. What...
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Posted on October 30, 2024 I’m swimming in a hazy mixture of post-con-blues and invigorating enthusiasm after coming home from Big Bad Con. This was my second RPG con, and...
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Posted on October 12, 2024 I love goblins. That itself is probably worthy of examination another time. But for today: why are goblins the way they are? I’m thinking...
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Posted on September 22, 2024 What would an OSR-style game look like without hit points (or wounds, or stress, or ruin, or any other similarly abstract resource)? What about...
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Posted on September 21, 2024 After lurking on my shelf for measureless eons, Arkham Horror: The Card Game has me back in its tentacles. This is mostly thanks to a friend...
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Posted on May 4, 2024 Don’t Kill a Bird with a Baseball: A Randy Johnson TTRPG by JD Clement is a 3-page, 1-shot RPG in which every player plays a parallel version of 6’10”...
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Posted on March 31, 2024 Since finishing school (which is starting to be a distressingly long time ago), I’ve found it challenging to finish personal art/design projects....
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Posted on June 15, 2023 Worlds Beyond Number is doing a 2-shot using the RPG Roll for Shoes which sounds like a really charming rules-light system. I’ve been having a lot of...
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Posted on April 1, 2023 I had so much fun with my reading goal last year, I’m running it back. Rather than wait until the end, I figured I’d do periodic updates along the way....
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Posted on March 7, 2023 A quick loaf update! I’ve baked a few more loaves since my post about Andrew Barton’s The Long Loaf, and in that time my sourdough starter has grown...
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Posted on February 19, 2023 I’ve made a bunch of loaves from Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast by Ken Forkish, but they always felt like a special occasion. Which is delightful. I love...
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Posted on January 21, 2023 I’ve played Dungeons & Dragons on and off since I was a kid. I’ve played some other role-playing games here and there as well, but D&D has always...
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Posted on January 2, 2023 As part of a larger effort to spend less time on my phone and more time doing things I love, I read 61 books in 2022. I wrote about how it was strange...
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Posted on August 21, 2022 I wouldn’t be surprised if Christopher Alexander’s “A Pattern Language” was more influential in the field of computer programming than it was in...
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Posted on August 14, 2022 When I step into a coffee shop that gets everything right, I step into a subtle alternate reality where I am cooler and more creative, less anxious,...
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Posted on November 28, 2021 Kate and I took the week of Thanksgiving off work and ran away to northern California for a much needed vacation. We visited the redwoods and the...
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Posted on August 29, 2021 “Are you on the good internet or the bad internet?” Kate asks. The good internet is a fun frivolous diversion. The bad internet makes me sad. I still...
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Posted on November 22, 2020 “Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things.” BANG! POW! Dang. That’s how you...
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Posted on October 14, 2020 Today’s mood: “Crazy Over You” - BLACKPINK Somehow, sometime, I think I stopped reading novels. Not completely, but mostly. When I was a kid, reading...
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Posted on May 4, 2020 Today’s mood: “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” - Fiona Apple Kate asked me to give a short presentation to her architecture firm to start a discussion about...
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Posted on April 4, 2020 Today’s mood: “Wuthering Heights” - Kate Bush A quick note to make a commitment. I’m going to do the 100 day project from April 7 to July 15. According...
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Posted on January 25, 2020 Today’s mood: “I Want to Grow Up” - Colleen Green Sometimes I imagine what I would teach if I were given free rein to design an architecture studio....