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SLOUCHING TOWARD PROCEDURALISM“Here we come across another, very positive feature of play : it creates order, is order. Into an imperfect world and into the confusion of life...
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This year I’ve been playing Fellowship 2e, a fantasy adventure RPG that’s Powered by the Apocalypse, and I have a few gripes with an otherwise great game. Since session 1, I’ve...
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Key characteristics: Time repeats recursively (one month at a time). Timing seems linked to the Homeworld's (HW's) moon's months. The world appears to HWers as tilting sideways...
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Stumbling Towards D&D's Alternate, Alternate Combat System The combat mechanics of Classic fantasy RPGs are a huge source of both debate and game design innovation. The first...
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A draft cover for a potentialCrystal Frontier adventureA purchaser of Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier recently asked me how the adventure might fit into a larger setting....
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This is me using the bones of a short story to actually do fashion design. I'm more adept with words than pictures. Originally written for a competition on the Exilian...
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THE BOARD GAME - DUNGEON!Mid 80's box cover of DUNGEON!In the early and mid 1970’s David R. Megarry, a member of the same gaming group as Dave Arneson and David Wesley (of...
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Posted on November 28, 2021 Kate and I took the week of Thanksgiving off work and ran away to northern California for a much needed vacation. We visited the redwoods and the...
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New Threat type for Apocalypse World: Horrors. For creating unnatural and inhuman threats.
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Posted on August 29, 2021 “Are you on the good internet or the bad internet?” Kate asks. The good internet is a fun frivolous diversion. The bad internet makes me sad. I still...
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Welcome to Aeloss, land of proud stonewomen, magical rainforest, cut-throat merchant houses, and a sea-worshiping autocracy. The main settlements and cultural notes on Aeloss...
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It was not every night, but it was enough nights.Enough nights, Elsí would dream of severed, rotting, dexterous hands pulling her by her hair down a dark corridor slick with...
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Posted on November 22, 2020 “Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things.” BANG! POW! Dang. That’s how you...
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Posted on October 14, 2020 Today’s mood: “Crazy Over You” - BLACKPINK Somehow, sometime, I think I stopped reading novels. Not completely, but mostly. When I was a kid, reading...
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Posted on May 4, 2020 Today’s mood: “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” - Fiona Apple Kate asked me to give a short presentation to her architecture firm to start a discussion about...
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Posted on April 4, 2020 Today’s mood: “Wuthering Heights” - Kate Bush A quick note to make a commitment. I’m going to do the 100 day project from April 7 to July 15. According...
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Posted on January 25, 2020 Today’s mood: “I Want to Grow Up” - Colleen Green Sometimes I imagine what I would teach if I were given free rein to design an architecture studio....