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It’s the season of Advent. My brother, grandparents, and I have been doing Advent devotions after each dinner. We clear the table, dim the lights, and light the required...
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I’m thrilled to announce that I have released my first paid product on itch.io. From the preface: One player is SKORNE the devil prince and commands his demon rulers and...
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Play worlds, not rules. One Easter break, I binged the video game Shadow of Mordor. I was obsessed with the Nemesis system that created the sandbox-like environment of the...
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I saw hints of this in the Maze Rats campaign I ran, but this is typical of many, nearly all fantasy role-playing games. In that game, the players were often against...
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Welcome to another edition of me throttling my perfectionist instincts until they choke and perish. My name is Sam. Four years ago, I received a free picture frame in one of...
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So there I was running a “Hogwarts-inspired” adventure game, now titled “Magic School Adventure Game” (long story short, I got into a brief legal tussle with Warner Brothers...
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I’ve been student teaching. Here’s something I wrote in my journal. You’ll see pretty quickly how it relates to RPGs and the art of being a Game Master… I’ve been focusing on...
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Would this be Electric NeverBastionland? Or Electric BastionNeverland? I’m in love with Neverland. I love the Disney cartoon, Hook (the Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Dante...
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I don’t normally do “lore-related” posts. But here we are. I’ve been using the Free Kriegspiel Revolution rules of Adventure Hour! for World of Elements. It’s my love letter to...
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Skills are cool, I guess. Making lists of stats and abilities and skills and whatever can be cool. Items are cooler, for sure. In the renewed interest in games to make things...
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Confession: I’ve been bad about posting. And I could claim there were good reasons for doing so like student teaching and volunteering and all these other things. All totally...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. Clarity is key in children’s games....
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. This is something I wrote while...
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So RPGs are popular on my campus. In the heart of Wisconsin, near the places where Gygax and Arneson gave birth to the role-playing game, RPGs are well-known. I could name the...
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Squires Errant is a game made for the Eclectic Bastion Jam by Tim B. of quarterlingscorner.blogspot.com. Squires Errant lists the Special Attacks and the dice mechanics of Red...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. When we last looked at death in...
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This blog turns 1.5 years old on it 100th post. Wow. Not so much that “time flies” but so much has happened. I got into this gig because I was making things for my Maze Rats...
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I’ll tell you straight-up, folks: this was a doozy to write. And not because of the stupid play on words at the beginning. I actually wrote this article, changed my mind about...
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My brother and I were watching a crime show that takes place in Birmingham right after World War I. Between episodes I confessed that I was just watching the show as a...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. Hittin’ all the hard topics....
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This is an update to the Belly of the Fishy Beast adventure, but without all of the numbers. It’s system-neutral now, which makes it perfect for Adventure Hour! A couple of...
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I’ve had a couple people reach out about running games for kids (how to do it, what rules to use, what adventures are good) so I’m accumulating resources as I continue prep for...
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Folks, I am now holding classes dedicated to role-playing games for younger students on Outschool! Here’s the pitch: My name is Sam Doebler and I run role-playing games for...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. Here comes the heavy stuff… It’s a...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. At this point, I’ve played about a...
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d6 Inhabitant d6 Role 1-2 Human (“People”, p. 280) 1-2 Career (failed or otherwise, p. 18-235) 3 Mockery (p. 282) 3 Patron (p. 253) 4 Machine (p. 284) 4 Specialist (p. 253) 5...
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Weekend project. There’s something about getting REALLY into a task where the hours pass by that is just beautiful. Spent around 8 hours in the past two days alone. Geez. More...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. There is no “number-based...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. …Then everything changed when the...
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This is part of the “Playing with Youngers” series, but requires no additional context to read and enjoy. Find the rest of the series here. It was right after lunch at the...