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Big Sky Country

Steve Johnson6 months 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 Johnson6 months ago6 months 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 Johnson6 months 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 Johnson6 months 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 Johnson6 months 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 Johnson6 months ago6 months 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 Johnson8 months ago8 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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Review: Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games

Steve Johnson1 year ago1 year ago09 mins

Jon Peterson’s Playing to the World was one of those rare books, like Guns, Germs, and Steel or High and Mighty, that’s extremely engaging despite covering subject matter that seems like it should be boring as hell. While I’m not bothering with the multi-book “let’s see if they’ll buy it twice” reboot of Playing to…

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Wiki Articles Are Wizards Play-Thru Review

Steve Johnson1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

I backed Ben Meadows’ Wiki Articles Are Wizards [Citation Needed] during this year’s zine quest because I like wizards and I like game-like systems for generating RPG stuff (my article about using Tarot cards and IMDB to generate campaign history is probably around here somewhere). The PDF was delivered earlier this week, so I gave it…

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My First M-Force Mission

Steve Johnson1 year ago01 mins

I needed something for the “Prose” tab, so I edited a chapter from my NaNoWriMo M-Force novel into a short story, The Dark Lord Vigoda. Read at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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