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My Idea Debt: The Six-Gun Seven

I’ve been a fan of the weird west genre since I watched The Adventures of…

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D&D 5E Review Part 5: Character Classes (Part 1)

As an author, co-author, or contributor to twenty-something RPG books and publisher of something like…

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The Monster Hunter

The monster hunter’s role in fiction is pretty self-explanatory: He fights monsters. Some people fight…

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Cinemechanix: What Rolls Mean

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QAGS: A Story Game?

I realize now that I didn’t mention this back in November, but the lack of…

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Fate’s Hand Rules

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Rex Kinkaid

For today’s Worldember article, I posted a character from the Haunted Hollywood/Ampersand & Ampersand setting…

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Tuesday Table: Random Sword & Sorcery Characters

Since I can’t think of an interesting table theme this week, here are some random…

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Wednesday WWPHITM? Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser

To continue with this week’s musings on Sword & Sorcery fantasy, this Wednesday WWPHITM? takes…

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The Rez

Steve Johnson2 weeks ago01 mins

Here’s the newest Diner Punks region! Only a couple more to go! Since I’m over 6K and still have about 20 days left, I’m thinking about trying to hit the 25K word count for WorldEmber. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Big Sky Country

Steve Johnson3 weeks ago01 mins

Today’s WorldEmber entry is a little short (it’s for one of the smaller areas of the Boomlands), but it’s got Silo People! Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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The Lumberlands

Steve Johnson3 weeks ago3 weeks ago01 mins

The latest Diner Punks WordEmber entry takes us to Bigfoot country. Here’s the link to The Lumberlands. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Come Out To The Coast…

Steve Johnson4 weeks ago01 mins

I’m going to assume you can finish the John McClane quote on your own. I just posted what happened to California after The Boom. You can read it here. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Salt & Dust

Steve Johnson4 weeks ago01 mins

Just posted the region write-up for The Basin, which is home to apocalypse Mormons, speed-worshipping raider gangs who race across the Salt Flats, and Elvis Goddamn Presley. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Gone To Texas

Steve Johnson4 weeks ago01 mins

I just posted the next Boomlands region description for The Dust Fields, which offers exciting career opportunities like being a slave for a water baron, digging around in radioactive slag for scrap, or raiding the other two groups. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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First World Ember Article: The Drag

Steve Johnson1 month ago1 month ago01 mins

It’s WorldEmber time at World Anvil, and this year I’m expanding the world of Diner Punks with at least 10,000 words of new content. Here’s the first 700 or so: Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Classic D&D Monsters, According to AI

Steve Johnson3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Since I’ve got a new computer, I’ve been playing with some new AI image generation software. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to see how it did with descriptions of some classic D&D monsters, so I grabbed my first edition Monster Manual and fed descriptions from the book into the AI. A few notes:…

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Universal Basic Income Vs. The AI Apocalypse

Steve Johnson5 months ago020 mins

Last time, I suggested that the real horrors that AI is going to visit upon the world will be economic, not artistic. As AI improves (at an alarming rate), it’s going to be able to automate more and more jobs, leading to skyrocketing unemployment, depressed wages, and a wealth gap that would make Margaret Thatcher…

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QAGS 3E Overview “Podcast”

Steve Johnson6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

So Google Notebook LM has an option where you can generate a podcast about whatever sources you’re using. When I was looking for a Notion replacement, I fed it a bunch of “best alternatives for Notion” type articles and generated a podcast to help choose the best replacement. That worked pretty well, so I gave…

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