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GNS is a theory about tabletop RPGs, and while many people have discussed it in great detail, to the best of my knowledge there has been no attempt to test any aspect of GNS...
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This is the third session in what I'm calling the SHIELDBREAKER campaign, set in my Phantasmos campaign setting. Click here for the Session 1 Play Report! Click here for the...
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To help my SHIELDBREAKER players (or anyone who wants to use Phantasmos), I've made some Magic the Gathering-style cards for some of the NPCs. Since I haven't had as much time...
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As a cognitive neuroscientist and data analyst, I like to take an empirical approach to decision making. I want to understand how people feel about and engage with my blog,...
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I recently started writing for High Level Games, I'm aiming for one article a month there. They're a cool bunch who provide each other writing advice, and I think being...
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This is the second part of my Antikythera Nova setting (first part here). I'm still not totally satisfied with my writing on that first post, but hopefully it's coherent and...
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These are 20 races, classes, or other concepts that would be considered anathema in many traditional fantasy settings. Either these can be ways to subvert genre expectations in...
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I'm working on a new "traditional" fantasy table, and I don't think it'll be ready for a while unless I find a vein of inspiration, but I wanted to share one of the ideas for...
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While my home group has unfortunately not been able to meet in months, my roommate and I had some friends visiting from out of town and we got to run a one-shot with them! I...
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I will return to Antikythera Nova eventually, but I wrote this micro-setting for a one-shot I ran recently (play report soon), so I thought I'd share this first. Because this...
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This is the third in my series of Weird & Wonderful tables of "traditional fantasy" elements, the first two being Elves and Goblins. As with my goblins table (and the latter...
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I will be running a one shot in my Vortekka micro-setting using Dungeon World later this evening! I had included Vortekka in my list of Places in Nova Arkham, but this version...
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This is the second session in what I'm calling the SHIELDBREAKER campaign. On the whole I think things went more smoothly this time, although I forgot to prep those NPC cards /...
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This is the first of what will likely be three posts for my science fiction space setting Antikythera Nova, as part of my attempt to post easily digestible "micro-settings"....
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Goblins (1d20)Description 1. Mirage GoblinsWhimsical creatures inhabiting a plane parallel to reality. No matter how far one travels, no matter how wonderful their world may...
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This is the first of what will likely be three posts for my science fiction space setting Antikythera Nova, as part of my attempt to post easily digestible "micro-settings"....
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Last night I GMed my first LotFP game! The game was set in my Phantasmos campaign setting. On the whole I think it went pretty well, but I'll discuss it all in detail below....
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The mental images or thematic apperceptions of psychological projective tests; the objects seen in clouds; the phosphenes and hypnogogic imagery before sleep; pareidolia....
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Unless I'm completely forgetting something, I believe this is my first Weird & Wonderful table that is setting-neutral and decidedly NOT Phantasmos. Elves in the traditional...
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I played my first game of LotFP/OSR/FLAILSNAIL the other day, with GM Dan D. His play report is great so I don't need to repeat it, just follow the link above. I feel like I...
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So now here is the official post for Mogleth, the second ordinal beasts which I have commissioned amazing art from Scrap Princess, and also the art I've used for the new...
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This is a repost of Scrap Princess' amazing interpretation of Mun Jira, now accompanied with words. 5/31/19 Nearly a year later I am quietly attempting to re-do this writeup!...
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This is an attempt to hack the OSR game Lamentations of the Flame Princess to utilize certain core mechanics from the Cypher System. Note that I have no LotFP/OSR experience...
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Locations (1d20)DescriptionNotable People/NPCsAdditional Notes 1. The People's MarketAn open market, most famous for its fruits and vegetables, but also carries other foods...
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While I've posted about the Big Picture and my personal Themes for the setting, this is my attempt to further clarify the Key Concepts in the setting, the things that make it...
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For an upcoming one-shot I will be running in my Phantasmos campaign setting using the OSR book Lamentations of the Flame Princess (LotFP), it was brought to my attention that...
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An Introduction Usually when I pitch a setting for tabletop gaming, I break it down into three points: Description, Theme, Suggested Systems. The latter is more so about the...
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Before it got too out of hand, I went through all my old tables and tried to hyperlink them as thoroughly as possible. Might not be perfect, but hopefully it should be easier...
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This is one of the tables I struggled with the most, mainly because I struggle with describing environments, and also because I'm not good at naming places. A handful of the...
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Like with the classes table, this one was tricky because it's system neutral. Also, while I think some of the latter entries in particular are pretty cool, I realize that a lot...