Victorian Roleplaying Themes — mine it for all it’s worth.
Author: doycet
Compare and Contrast
I’ve often said there’s practically no difference between the basic PC conflict setups for Amber and Vampire (whether that’s a
Wednesday Weird
The Wednesday Weird is a writing exercise where each week a topic will be posted and participants will write about
Doing the Cool Thing
Reading one of the ‘Actual Play’ entries on the Forge left me a bit… confused. Here’s an excerpt: We did
Cool, baby. Cool.
So for the last couple weeks I’ve been contributing the insanity of the Lexicon Of The Second Age, in which
Game theory
The 20′ By 20′ Room: Definitive Narrativism links to essays on the Forge (a rpg forum I won’t bother to
Note to self: reviewing at my leisure
RPGnet: Review of HeroQuest
Schedule updates
Weekend games on the Game Calendar updated through May — Friday games to be updated soon. I’m liking this tool
In summation
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 82: Three Word Summary Sum up one or more games that you GM or play in
Making Magic… magic.
A long email exchange on magic in rpgs — not a lot that resonated with me, but I did want
Order of events
Interesting thoughts on why to decide your Estate last when creating a character in Nobilis, stored here for my convenience:
Oblivious
As I’ve mentioned before, I sometimes miss things that are going on with the players in my games. Back in
Pure. Gold.
Random Name Generator I want this thing on my palm.
hIsToric TALE CONSTRVCTION CIT
The makers of the Historic Tale Construction Kit have taken various bits of art and lettering from the Bayeux Tapestry
Eight is enough
Game Wish asks: What do you think is the best cast size for the games you?ve played? What are the
Review
Following in Ken Hite’s footsteps, my list of what I consider the ‘best’ RPGs, currently.
Grist
The Harrow: The RPG Collection
All your deity are belong to me.
You must all go read The Righteousness Game at Hitherby Dragons now. Go. Seriously. Now.
Perverse Access Memory: WISH 78: Two Characters, One Game Do you think allowing one player to play more than one
Updates
In an effort to knock the creative rust off my brain, I’m participating in the creation of the OceanOfStoriesWiki –
“Still… not as scary…”
The creator of Nobilis, reinventing the ecosystem of the world’s oceans on Hitherby Dragons. The ocean should be made of
What more need be said?
GURPS Vorkosigan
The technology of game scheduling
Thanks to Dave noticing that, once again, Hosting Matters provides both top-notch support and the coolest toys, I’ve been able
Cool
Timeline Tool. Online.
The beginning of the end of the beginning…
So I wrapped up the OA campaign last Friday night with the the most unwrap-uppy wrap-up I’ve ever done. Let’s
Precious goodness
R. Sean Borstrom at Hitherby Dragons explains the dancing pope army: The Vatican forces will also clean your floors. They’re
Giving up the linky love
Props to OgreCave.com, which is a really good unplugged gaming site. Of recent note: the Christmas Gift Guide for Gamers
Stepping into other shoes
After some thoughts provoked by the posts here and here, I opted to eschew the turn timer for the Nobilis
Schedule through February
You people make the mistake of asking me to work out a schedule, then this is what you get. (Though
[Insert “Huzzah” and “It must be mine!” here]
Dork Tower, the Game Heh. Dunno if it can compare to the freebie goodness that is Dave’s copy of Dork