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The City of Kish

Steve Johnson8 years ago2 years ago07 mins

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Cinemechanix Classes

Steve Johnson8 years ago3 years ago01 mins

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Modifier Math

Steve Johnson8 years ago3 years ago01 mins

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M-Force Specialties for Cinemechanix

Steve Johnson8 years ago2 years ago01 mins

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Scene from the movie Dark Dungeons (c)2014 by Rallsfilm & Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. Based on the tract Dark Dungeons by Jack Chick.
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Mal’s Story: A Tale of Low Level Adventure

Steve Johnson8 years ago3 years ago01 mins

In preparing to celebrate the QAGS 20th Anniversary, we’re going to be digging through a lot of old files, so I’m occasionally going to post material from older versions of The Death Cookie. Since we’re rushing to finish the first round of Cinemechanix editing this week, now seems like a good time to start. Mal’s…

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Personalized Special Effects for Cinemechanix

Steve Johnson8 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Before we start, you should go buy The Comprehensive Soldier, the newest sourcebook for Qerth! One of the core ideas of Cinemechanix is that we don’t give you rules for playing a game, we give you the tools to create the rules for the game you want to play.* One recurring idea in the rules…

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Qerth for Cinemechanix

Steve Johnson8 years ago3 years ago01 mins

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From the Archives: Adventure Ideas for Halloween

Steve Johnson8 years ago2 years ago016 mins

We all love Halloween, but except for those wacky Lovecraftian investigators who spend every October 31 trying to stop another evil cult from summoning up yet more Things Man Was Not Meant To Know, most RPG characters never get to celebrate the holiday. That’s just wrong, so here are a few ideas to help get…

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Campaign Design Walk-Through 10: Odds & Ends

Steve Johnson8 years ago3 years ago01 mins

By this point, you’ve got the “big idea” stuff about your ficton figured out. You know the basics of the setting, have some ideas for plot points, know who the characters are, and have some stock adventure ideas to get thing moving. If you’re halfway good at improvisation, you can probably run a session of…

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Campaign Design Walk-Through 9: Conflict!

Steve Johnson8 years ago2 years ago01 mins

Before we get into the next section of Guardians of Shymeria campaign design, I realized that I’ve been missing an important game-specific trait. Since characters become Guardians as recognition for an act of great heroism, it would probably be nice to know what the characters did to get noticed by the Guardians. So I’m going…

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