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I played a solo game of Chris McDowall’s. Here’s the log after 45 minutes of play: Space Log Goal: Find my brother. Onboard the Eagle. Been keeping things afloat. Glad to keep...
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Read the preview and purchase the rules here! Introduction What you are reading describes a game but is not in itself a game. While other games have winners and losers, every...
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Electric Bastionland has a strong luck table format/formula (d6): 1 – Crisis/Rare: Something that needs addressing immediately, usually bad. 2-3 – Warning/Uncommon: A threat or...
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There’s a project which I am credited for “generous and critical feedback.” I had no idea my frothings and ravings could be construed as such. Very kind words. The project is...
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On the post about diegetic advancement triggers, I got a comment: Amazing stuff. What do you think would be cool advancement triggers for campaigns inspired by...
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Welcome. It’s me, Dreaming Dragonslayer. I have been a disciple in the arts of role-playing games every since my father sat me down to try out this new 4th edition of Dungeons...
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Here are the v0.3 rules. Quick post: Layout and wording changes. I got annoyed with some things after printing it out. This fixes 99% of my annoyances. Reduce, reduce, reduce....
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Last time we talked about diegetic advancement in games. That is, when you do something, your character Advances. It works well for asynchronous play in play-by-posts because...
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Mausritter is an excellent little game. Totally free, excellent layout. It’s simple AND has great GM tools. That’s the best combo I can think of. You have no excuse to not pick...
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The Red Ink Adventures continue! In another attempt to scratch that simple, vanilla fantasy, Into the Odd-inspired itch, I made a new edition of RIA. Here are the rules!...
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“Intergalactic Bastionland” (the future child of Electric Bastionland) has sparked my imagination. From Chris’s blog: The general concept for the Living Stars is: It’s not like...
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Twenty days since the last post. Finals, moving, and many, many, papers behind me. A whole summer ahead! I can’t, CAN’T, CANNOT stop reading Electric Bastionland (EB). The...
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13 articles were published here last month. Whew! So what’s fun about Electric Bastionland is the built-in group premise: You have a Debt to pay off with Treasure. Great, love...
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It must be Christmas here in the Dragonslayer Domain. Last post, I made a digital copy of an example dungeon I made using Maze Rats. Quick and easy… And sloppy. The dungeon...
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Let’s get to it! I love maze rats as a concept for intro/quicker type gameplay! I have a sixth-grader and some other noobs that I would love to introduce to the game, but I...
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To get that “next level” of GMing, you need to make your own adventures. To get good at making adventures, you need to make a lot of them. I’ve been reading Atomic Habits, a...
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Last time, I was working on a Landshut hack set in Tolkien’s universe of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This time, I’m continuing my work after a couple of realizations...
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EDIT: This is no longer the most recent version of the game! Continue reading for thoughts on Arnesonian gaming and LotR RPGs, but the rules here are no longer current. Click...
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“If you have to fight a dragon, you should go to its lair before it comes to your village.” Jordan Peterson “Dragonslayer” is the second half of the name of the blog you are...
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If you are present at a Faërian drama you yourself are, or think that you are, bodily inside its Secondary World. The experience may be very similar to Dreaming… J.R.R. Tolkien...
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Roll Willpower, not Charisma, when using magic. Me, five minutes ago I wrote that. Then someone mentioned a method of magic I had forgotten: summoning. Think of it like this:...
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[The Game Master’s] primary duties include: playing the roles of all of the NPCs, creating and running the fictional world. establishing concrete situations for the players to...
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I will be using Maze Rats to run Into the Wyrd and Wild. Here are noteworthy reviews of the product from Coins and Scrolls and Technical Grimoire. This post is a collection of...
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I’m expelling something from my RPG brain so as to not let the mindleeches of forgetfulness get me. I was entertaining the idea of an open table game online. Then I started...
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I’ve had some criticisms of the game Maze Rats. It’s a game I love so dearly (pick it up here), which means I have opinions about it. I wanted my opinion to matter to the game...
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I love Maze Rats. It is (as of posting) Pay What You Want. Go grab it. Now. I recently interviewed Ben Milton, the designer of Maze Rats. We talked about running games for kids...
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This is a continuation of my conversation with Ben Milton of Questing Beast (comprised of a channel, blog, newsletter, and role-playing game company). Find part I here. How...
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I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Ben Milton of Questing Beast (comprised of a channel, blog, newsletter, and role-playing game company). He designed the beloved and...
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I know DramaSystem is a little out there for my audience. I read many different games, both as a designer and as a friend of theater majors. I can’t really apologize for it....
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Imagine an RPG meant to be played with the traditional setup of players and GM but with the following rule: “When a PC takes any action that is uncertain and risky but...Linked by the ring