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“‘Tis but one way to fight those nightmarish haunts stalking the swamps and cities, laddie. Macabre and unsettling, but as they say, ‘fight fire with fire.’ Same goes for...
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A lot of the OSR is about trying to re-create that first feeling of adventuring: The OSR often invents new monsters or gives twists on existing formulas to recapture what it...Linked by the ring
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There is no magic in this world but for these one hundred items… Find the PDF on the itch store! 🙂 The original text comes from Patrick Stuart of the False Machine blog. These...
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What if you could take Firefly The Game and transform it into Traveller? After reading Sir Poley’s Four Legs of Traveller series, you’ll come to understand there are four...
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When you recall your day, you might boil it down to some actions you took, some things that happen to you and how felt about those things. Let’s focus on actions because what...Linked by the ring
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Rules: Problem: The battle against the dark lord ended in the mutual destruction of good and evil. The dilapidated school of witchcraft and wizardry is filled with lost...
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How can you add items to your inventory when it is full? You cannot. You must first empty it. FKR is not added to your gaming tools. FKR is the tool that unmakes all others. In...
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Just saw Andrew Kolb’s new setting book announcement: CALLED IT! Next I’ll predict the housing market and stock market. 🙃 Stick around!
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A synthesis of duels using player skill and Troika! variable damage for use with B/X, Old-School Essentials, and other elfgames. What if you didn’t roll to hit? What if you had...Linked by the ring
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Hi Sam! I decided to hold back on my review of ZOMBIES RIGHT NOW. I think I didn’t play it with the right group, or perhaps didn’t guide enough as host, to get a fair...
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First sincere sip of YouTubing. Fun experiment, I was excited the whole way through 🙂
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Problem: The imperial sailing ship HMS Nebular is on an expedition voyage to the distant star of Last Rigel. The gas giant is speculated to be home to a vapor of prized...
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As with RPGs, the core of matrix games is fairly solid. In RPGs, you play a character by saying what you do next within the scenario outlined by the game master. In matrix...
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Start with a problem. Say what happens next. There is no order of play. Anyone can add to what happens. If two or more players have different ideas of what happens next, they...
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Start with a problem. Say what happens next. There is no order of play. Anyone can add to what happens. If two or more players have different ideas of what happens next, they...
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Start with a problem. Say what happens next. There is no order of play. Anyone can add to what happens. If two or more players have different ideas of what happens next, they...Linked by the ring
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Here you’ve seen me talk about matrix games. Now here’s a quick one I drafted up, super entry level. No-prep, no experience needed. Get in the game quick, get a feel for it,...
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This is an unpaid review. Chris Engle sent me a digital copy of his new book, Social Matrix Games and asked if I would be interested in reviewing. I know these kinds of games...Linked by the ring
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A short hobby I picked up between classes. Cairn is in my bloodline. This is my creative fix while game design and regular sessions elude me. In a forest clearing there were...
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It took watching the newest Spider-Man movie to realize that the multitude of multiverses are boring and empty.Infinity times infinity, infinity to the nth degree is...
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For use with Into the Odd and its children. Made with Cairn’s woodsy setting in mind. Rules Initiative is not based on DEX here, but Light. Stolen from Veins in the Earth,...
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Entertainment is ubiquitous. We need principles to limit the role it plays in our lives, else we are swallowed whole. Here are some of mine. There are connections to RPGs and...Linked by the ring
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Question from a reader today! Edited for brevity, though I appreciate the extra context: Hey, I’ve been really inspired by your open table posts, specifically the ones on...Linked by the ring
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“Be strict with time to bring meaning to your endeavors. Trace its pathway as it loops in no discernable pattern. Hold on tight as it loosens the bonds of sanity.” Xagyg,...
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The prompt is, of course: [Roll 1] Light, [Roll 2] Heavy.
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Nothing is your fault, everything is your responsibility. Imagine your younger brother is playing a game of chess and asks you to take over. Would you feel bad about losing?...Linked by the ring
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A few procedural bits and bots I’ve found enhances gameplay of Into the Odd (and other Mark of the Odd games): Rolling a Character Before rolling a new character, find which...
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This is how to cut an expedition short and remove tedious dungeon backtracking from your Mark of the Odd game: When the group flees danger to end their expedition and return to...
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Before zooming into full turn-by-turn combat between the player characters’ party and their opponents, maybe you want to keep it abstract. Try this. Get a bag and some white...