So recently I wrote a post regarding an idea I had for dice mechanics in my upcoming game. It was highly influenced by “Powered by the Apocalypse” dice mechanics, but tweaked significantly for what I was doing. In the moment,

Continue ReadingThe Math doesn’t Math

So recently the world’s largest tabletop roleplaying actual-play, “Critical Role”, announced that they would be playing “Dungeons & Dragons” 2024 edition for their upcoming Season 4. This was rather shocking news to many, since Darrington Press (the publishing arm of

Continue ReadingDid Critical Role sell out?

So I see a lot of creators arguing that they need to use AI artwork in their TTRPG projects, because it is too hard to make their own, or too expensive to hire artists to do it for them. Well,

Continue ReadingMaking your TTRPG look great, for little to no cost

So, I thought today would be as good a day as any to provide an update on my latest TTRPG project. Yes, I know that I was supposed to be transcribing my old games, so I could publish them here,

Continue ReadingEUREKA!

Okay, so – as you may have noticed – the website has changed just a bit. Which is to say, all of the old content is, well… gone. Seven years of content, just gone. Sort of, anyway. So here’s what

Continue ReadingBack from the ashes

So I’m a bit of an old hand when it comes to TTRPGs. I started playing them in the late 1970’s, and transitioned into designing my own games in the early 1990’s. These games may not have been very good,

Continue Reading… and so it begins…