What’s The Bad Guy Planning?
No more random generators, this week, just a couple of good old-fashioned tables to help you figure out what your villain is up to. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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Cinemechanix: Role-Playing and Story Mechanics
When I redesigned the character stats for Cinemechanix, one thing I wanted to do was make the whole “Story” side of the sheet seem less like an afterthought, in part by including some kind of crunch to the story stuff. Role-playing and story mechanics are something I’ve never quite settled into a firm opinion on,…
Eris Needs Cheese, Part 2
Last week, I set out to answer a question we get periodically, “when are you guys releasing more Qerth books?” but kind of got sidetracked explaining what happened with Qerth (and our company, and the game industry) between the time we started writing it in 1997 or 1998 and the book’s eventual release in 2006….
Tuesday Table: Random Small-Town Festivals
With Special Guest Table Co-Creators Brandon, James, Lindsay, and Richard. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
How The Lusty Minotaur Got Its Name
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Running Convention Games
Since it’s con season, this week I’m going to talk about running convention games. For the most part, the tricks to running a good convention game are the same as for any other game: make sure everyone has fun, give each character a chance to shine, and give the characters a stake in what’s going…
What Makes A Good Game?
Last week, I posted an excerpt for the upcoming second edition of M-Force and mentioned that we’d been working on it for quite a while. We planned to release it much earlier this year, but it’s taken a lot longer to write than we expected. Some of the delays are the usual “real life getting…
Cinemechanix: Trademarks
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Operation Toothpick
For my second WorldEmber entry, I wrote an article about an M-Force urban legend: Operation Toothpick. Read at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Archetype of the Week: The Warrior
The warrior is a character who specializes in battle. Unlike swashbucklers, most warriors prefer to dispatch their enemies with ruthless efficiency and sound tactics rather than with flashy displays of skill. This does not necessarily mean that the warrior is a humorless killing machine, however. Many warriors revel in the thrill and glory of…