Shymeria Map
Just thought I’d post a pic of the progress on the Shymeria map. I had a false start that lost some time, but I think it’s starting to shape up nicely. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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Champions of Shymeria
When I watched the new She-Ra series, I realized that “Aetheria” was basically the same as “Etheria,” Eternia’s sister planet. A Google also turned up a video game that appears to be current that uses “Aetheria” with the “Ae” spelling. So I decided to change the name, which was a terrible thing because I agonize…
Cinemechanix: Super-Power Rules
I’m trying to work out how to make the rules for powers to work in Guardians of Shymeria. I’ve had several false starts so far. Every time I actually start writing the rules, I find myself lost once again in the Land of Crunch. I don’t want the rules to come from the Land of…
Shymeria Research!
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Campaign Design Walk-Through 4: Genre Trappings
According to Merriam-Webster, genre is “a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.” Genre trappings are mostly the things in the “content” part of that definition: people, places, and things that help define the genre. While these trappings help us recognize which genre a story belongs to,…
Bad Luck Streak at Wizard School
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Cinemechanix Design Journal: Defining Ambiguous Character Abilities
Before I get into the blog, the whore-like nature of my existence obligates me to mention that my newest ebook, 20 Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen Reviewed By Some Guy You Don’t Know is now available for just 99 cents at the Kindle store. My reviews of Dark Dungeons and the D&D movie may be…
Omarian Magic Rules
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Flash! Bang! Magic! Part 2
Last week, I talked about the need (or lack thereof) of special rules for magic in settings with flash-bang magic. The tl;dr version is that if everyone has a good understanding of how magic works in the world and and what a particular type of wizard can do and there are no setting conventions that…
We’re All In This Together: An Interview with Carter Newton, Part 1
Conducted by Leighton Connor Carter Newton is not only a co-creator of the award-winning RPG Hobomancer but also the author of Suicide’s Run: A Tale of the Hobomancers. Suicide’s Run is the first novel Hex Games has published, and it is on sale now. I was Carter’s editor on Suicide’s Run, but, more importantly, I’m…