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I talk about Godbound a lot (free version available here, and the deluxe version available here; free version is complete and has everything you need, the deluxe version just...
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Sing, O Muse, of the wars between the stars.Sing of the clash of light, the hum of the blastersThe sith speed sith speed sith speed super sith speed sith speed super sith...
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From the widest gully to the deepest trench, holes define who we are and where we are going. And although Rover here may not know it, he is participating in a ritual as old as...
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Depending on who you ask, metagaming can vary between 'the reason we play' and 'cheating, get out'. This is in part due to changing definitions over time and in part due to...
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This is the nodecrawl post. A nodecrawl is the way that I tend to think about information that isn't organized in a more specific way. As this post will later define, there...
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As part of my current exploration in PF2E, I'm collecting a set of houserules that I would use which I am currently calling PathfindOSR. I like many of the things PF2E is...
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Indie RPG creators love community copies. We put them up all the time on itch.io.Other creators have products on OneBookShelf (OBS) websites (which actually is owned by Roll20...
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...or at least their names.I had an idea for a useful table that would actually fit in a blog post and said to myself all right, let's do it. This is a system/table for...
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This post is a compilation of some threads that I wrote on twitter about game design a few years ago. I'd probably write them a little bit differently if I was writing them...
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Many RPGs these days use a universal resolution system that covers all parts of the game. This was popularized with D&D 3rd edition and the "d20 System", the idea that no...
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Solo boss encounters are a common thing that people want to do in D&D-likes, but the way the system is set up, they don't really work unless you mess with it.This post is a...
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Today I had a thought and had to write it down, so here we are. This is the design fragment of a tactical wargame using the basic core of the Nightfall Engine (from Against...
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As is eternal, there is discussion about RPG design theories, what is a rule, what is the purpose of a rule, etc. I offer a definition that may be of some use, by looking at...
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Thoughts on an initiative system, to be used with any game that uses initiative.First, we assert that the game has a designation between combat and non-combat, and that...
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I plan to use a bunch of jargon in this post. I may or may not explain it.So to explain at least what the title means: PF2 is, of course, Pathfinder Second Edition. E6...
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It turns out I can just post whatever I want here and no one can stop me. Ability scores are boring in modern versions of D&D. If your ability scores are randomly generated,...
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Diegetic Character Advancement This post is an overview of different types and methods of diegetic character advancement. First, a definition. Diegetic Character Advancement:...
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This was originally posted elsewhere but is being reposted here to pretend that content exists. You're welcome.This is an essay about ten rules of RPG design. They're not the...