How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less

Pondering post-apocalyptic science fiction as a game setting. Whether I should put the work in, whether I should go for something fairly str...

The best villain is just a little bit tougher than the players. Tough enough to win that first fight, but by a small enough margin that the ...

I played Halo for the first time today. And I started learning medieval swordsmanship. Longsword, specifically. That's what I call a su...

Considering doing National Novel Writing Month. Like I don't already have enough to do. Mostly I'm trying to figure when I should do...

Someday, I need to run a campaign that actually uses these ideas. Or just get a copy of Mutants and Masterminds. Though I think there is so...

Confound it. It just finally occurred to me how awesome post-apocalyptic sword & sorcery fantasy would actually be. At least, if "...

What I don't generate randomly or spin off a secret, I steal. Shamelessly. Partially because it helps maximize content volume while mi...

One of my major tools in building hex map, and associated setting, is the Second Rule of Dungeoncraft , from Ray Winniger's (excellent) ...

Hrm. They're seriously ditching the Great Wheel cosmology? One of the absolute number one things that makes me think, "Yeah, that...

Turns out I posted too soon. Behold: Serendipity! Source of many fine random generators. The interesting site generator is exactly what I ...

"This humble mountain republic was noted for its advanced art. It was destroyed by a neighboring country because of the people's ex...

Preliminary report: Risus -mediated play-by-post roleplaying is awesome. Naturally, this is mostly a function of the GMing. She knows her ma...

Something else I'm doing with my hex-map: working in the free Wizards adventures. They're short and to the point, with one or two lo...

I have been provided with significant amusement. The psychiatrist is my favorite. "Very engaging. I really enjoy this song a lot."...

So I was going through my notes for the Arcana Evolved island campaign, because I was thinking that I might post them on the blog in respon...

Continuing on my last post: Sometimes, the players aren't going to fail. Sometimes, you're going to go into a session with a plan f...

Robin D. Laws is (as always) saying some interesting things today, and I thought I'd chime in, because it links up with something I...

It occurred to me, in a discussion with a friend, that I try to see problems in technological terms. He brings up this political/social pr...

I've noticed a tendency to glorify angst. It's something that that writers do, that artists do, that important people thinking impor...

When it rains, it pours, right? I get four posts one day, and then . . . nothing. I could say that I didn't have anything worth writing ...