Cinemechanix Design Journal: Are Attributes Really Necessary?
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Cinemechanix Design Journal: Design Goals
My new book, So You’ve Decided To Run A Role-Playing Game, is on sale now. The PDF is available from Hex through the usual channels. Print and Kindle editions are available through Amazon. You should buy copies for all your friends and probably some strangers, too. Last week, I talked about some of the specific…
Cinemechanix Design Journal: Areas Where QAGS Needs Improvement
You’ve probably already figured out that I took a break from blogging last week because of the holidays. I was tempted to use the same excuse this week, but decided to start the new year off on the right foot and finally get around to the Cinemechanix posts I hinted at a few months ago…
The Lands of the Dragonsword Throne
As I told you last week, I decided to write an awful fantasy novel for National Novel Writing Month. So far I’ve written right around the 1667 words per day needed to finish in 30 days and I feel good about finishing on time. My original plan was to build the world as I went, but…
A Message From The Cliche Mines
This week’s post isn’t specifically about gaming, but since terrible fantasy and gaming kind of go hand in hand, I figure it’s not completely off-topic. As some of you may know, I wrote an M-Force novel for National Novel Writing Month a few years ago. The first draft isn’t anywhere near publishable, but it helped…
Design Goals: Cinemechanix
Today in shameless self-promotion, I’ve just released my latest non-gaming book through Brainfart Press. It’s called Dispatches From The MGT: Curious Signs from the American Workplace and you can get your copy from CreateSpace or Amazon. My previous Brainfart books, Obscure Early Bluesmen (Who Never Existed) (Kindle edition also available) and The Callipygian Grimoire: A Discordian Activity &…
Memorable Encounters
All Games Considered spent most of a recent show reviewing a whole bunch of Hex products. If you’re on the fence or want to know more about a particular QAGS book, there’s a good chance they mention it in the podcast. What follows was written for a sort of game essay contest for a blog…
DC Classic: Why You’re All Wrong
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From the Archives: The Stages Of Gaming
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in the late 90s or early 2000s, so I’ve cut out an introductory bit that’s no longer relevant, which is why the thing starts a little abruptly. I’ve left the dated references in so you can make fun of how old I am, though. What follows are the…
WWPHITM Wednesday: Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon: The Movie
As you’ve probably already heard, Warner Brothers has just picked up the rights to do a new Dungeons & Dragons movie. It’s being produced by the guy who directed the terrible Jeremy Irons D&D movie and the screenplay’s by the guy who’s penned such thoroughly…uh,…filmed and released?…movies as Wrath of the Titans and Red Riding…