Category: Gaming

  • Lamentation’s End

    It was just before Gen Con, and I had had a good run. I had gone months without thinking about anything related to Lamentations of the Flame Princess or Zak Smith. I realize that is a luxury and a privilege that some don’t have. But any obligation I had to think about LotFP was in…

  • RPGaDay, Day Sixteen: Dreams

    Dreams are often used by the Game Master to provide a spooky or unsettling moment for the players. But there are so many ways to use dreams to enhance the game for your players, and add exciting elements to your campaign. Here are some tips and things to keep in mind: I dreamt this moment!…

  • RPGaDay, Catching Up!

    As always, we come to the part of RPGaDay that I play a bit of catch up. So enjoy, and if you want to chat about anything I’ve written here, find me on Twitter! Day Ten – Focus This is something I might write a longer article about, because there has been some interesting discussion…

  • RPGaDay 2019, Day 8 & 9: Obscure and Critical

    Yesterday was a bad brain day so no post, but my migraine/depression is your gain with a twofer today. Enjoy! Day Eight – Obscure As I was building my current D&D campaign world, I had to make decisions as I went as to what things would be common knowledge and what would be obscure or…

  • RPGaDay 2019, Day Seven: Familiar

    I love wizard’s familiars. They have been a staple of fantasy fiction for ages, and a part of TTRPG lore for as long as the hobby has existed. I love that the bookish, sometimes curmudgeonly, wizard has a cute(ish) little companion that follows them around. Occasionally they are even useful, though that doesn’t matter because…

  • RPGaDay 2019, Day Six: Ancient

    The characters in my D&D campaigns encounter old things all the time. My current games are set in a homebrew world in which an interplanar war 1000 years previous led to an arcane cataclysm almost five hundred years before present day. So as they explore the world they are commonly encountering ruins that are at…

  • RPGaDay 2019, Day Five: Space

    I presented at a convention last year, talking about the history of science fiction roleplaying games. I’m in the process of switching that up and editing it for future use. But it was fun to research and pull together, because science fiction RPGs have always taken a back seat to fantasy RPGs. Recently, though, with…

  • RPGaDay 2019, Days 1-4

    August is once again upon us, and that means it is time for RPGaDay! Started by Autocratik way back in the mists of time, RPGaDay is a series of daily creative prompts, meant to inspire folks to talk about TTRPGs. I write blog posts, but folks are encouraged to post on twitter and facebook, record…

  • 2019 ENnies Nominations

    Today is a big day for the 2019 ENnies and for me. The 2019 nominations and Judges Spotlight winners were announced this morning, which means my work as an ENnies judge is 95% complete. If I weren’t going to Gen Con I’d be completely finished. Since I am attending there are the small matters of…

  • It’s Been a While

    The annual nerd festival I run is over for another year, and a number of other impediments have fallen by the wayside. So this is me getting back in the saddle. Sorry for the long silence, but expect to see more from me more often. I haven’t been entirely idle, of course. I wrote some…