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Summertime, and the Gaming is Easy
Another hot day on the Canadian Prairies, so it seemed the perfect time to sit inside with the AC and give a quick update on goings on in my life, gaming, and the site. Big news right off the top: I put my name in the running to become an ENnies judge! It’s something I’ve…
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Making Scrolls Magical
I wrote before of ways in which you can make the magic in your game more magical. Today I want to focus on that most ubiquitous of magical items, the scroll. Casting magic from a scroll has been a staple of fantasy for longer than there has been fantasy. Mythology is rife with scrolls being…
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RG House Rules: Dump Everything but Stats!
Today’s post is actually a supplement to my weekly post over at The Rat Hole. If you check out over there, I talked about a possible house rule to deal with what I consider useless Ability Scores in D&D 5e. Here I’m going to talk about a second way of making ability scores useful again.…
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Catching Up for Spring
I’ll tell you, seasonally activated depression is a hell of a thing. I had it mostly under control this year, and felt better on a day-to-day basis than I have in years. But the winter draaaaaaaged on this year (we just lost snow last week) and the extra month of SAD kicked my ass a…
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April TTRPG Maker Challenge – Even More Catch-up!
Hard on the heals of my previous catch-up post, another catch-up post! Folks, I’m really good at this whole blogging thing, let me tell ya! 8 – Describe Your Routine When I freelanced full-time, I kept a pretty tight routine. I’m an early riser, so I would get up at 5:30am, have breakfast and clean…
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April TTRPG Challenge: Catch-up Edition
As has become tradition with these daily post challenges, I had several days where I wasn’t able to get a post up. And so here we are with a catch-up post! Yay! That said, I’ll be better about getting regular posts up. Also, if you haven’t been following the hashtag on Twitter, I highly recommend…
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April TTRPG Maker Challenge, Day 2: Where ya At?
Geophysically, I’m in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on the northern prairies. Because I live in Canada I’m also on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Metis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our community. Edmonton is…
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April TTRPG Maker Challenge
I’m taking part in the #AprilTTRPGMaker Challenge this month from @kiranansi. While I’ve been blogging about and editing TTRPGs for a few years, I am just easing a toe in the water of writing and designing my own material. This looked like a good opportunity to talk about that process, as well as solidifying some…
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Read an RPG Book in Public Week
I’ll have a longer post later in the week, but I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that it’s Read an RPG Book in Public Week, from March 5-9. Time to fly your hobby flag and be seen reading something role-playing related in public, as a way to raise awareness and show your…
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January RPG Blog Carnival Roundup
Whew! Sorry, everyone, January got away from me a bit. Between work getting busy and illness, I looked up and it was February. Nevertheless, we had several contributors to the January Blog Carnival, and I want to thank all the bloggers who took on our theme of “gaming on a budget”. Here’s a little round-up…
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