Hello! Things have been a little quiet on the Masks RPG front lately, because the end of summer is bananas
Category: Game Design
The Smartwood Children (a Lasers and Feelings hack for my kids)
This weekend has been chock-a-block with face to face gaming goodness with cool kids. Friday was the 14th session of
Girl Underground meets the TARDIS?
There’s a game in development called Girl Underground, which focuses on a central Girl (in the vein of Alice in
Jonesing to play Zombie World
Enough that I made up a new Enclave option… one I’m surprised doesn’t exist.
The Hollow, by way of World of Dungeon: Turbo
I’m running a game for my kids, inspired by The Hollow series on Netflix, and for said game I’m basically
Fire Goose
Created at the behest of Mark Hunt, for a silly little project on MeWe. Fire Goose Small beast, probably evil
Masks Prep: Brainstorming + Random Situation Tables
MOST IMPORTANT BIT – Problems, difficulties, goals, and victims should all have a FACE (or faces): people that the heroes
How to Train Your Dragon with Risus hacks
I’ve been playing an RPG with my kids set in the Archipelago of How to Train Your Dragon. As a
PbtA with Little Kids
(I found this in a text snippet, as though I meant to post it, but as near as I can
Pondering FAE Tweaks for Star Wars: Rebel Ops
A few days ago, I publicly mulled over how the game is going. That post attracted quite a bit of
200-word RPG Challenge submission: Freaks
So this thing is happening: The 200 Word RPG Challenge puts your writing and editing skills to the test! What
Thinking about Spaceships and Star Wars because… well, OBVIOUSLY
First, before getting into the “thinking” part, I’ll just embed this silly song with clips from a bunch of spaceship
Converting Starship Stats from WEG to Fate
Contrary to the evidence from this and previous posts, I am definitely not running thinking about running a Fate-based Star
Mulling over a Star Wars game
Like (I imagine) a lot of folks, I’ve been thinking about how I’d run a Star Wars game, if I
Playing Hero Kids with my Hero Kids
Last night, in lieu of normal bedtime activities (reading Winnie-the-Pooh, Justice League I-Can-Read books, or our new favorite, Bone), Kaylee
Mulling Over *Mountain Witch* mashups
For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on stuff related to the Mountain Witch, specifically: Prepping for a traditional
Fate of the Four Nations (playing FAE in the world of Korra and Aang)
My family’s getting caught up on Avatar: Legend of Korra, which has unsurprisingly led to my daughter broaching the possibility
Wildstar Tabletop Gaming, by way of FAE/Jadepunk
“You should do a Wildstar game,” opined my daughter. “Sorry?” Her comment confused me, both because Wildstar is an MMO
FATE: The Goddamn Batman
So there are ways to stat out Batman as a starting character. But (a) someone already did that and (b)
Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Pseudo-review
So, a few days ago, a conversation I was having on g+ crossposted to this blog. That wasn’t intentional, but
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice – Putting the Play into Practice (4/4)
Whew. Okay, let’s see if we can pull all this musing into some kind of coherent plan for missions. There’s
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (3/4): Stages of a Mission
So let’s continue this conversation about how to create new PvE missions in Eve that are more engaging, interesting, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2.5/4) — Answering Questions and Comments
The last couple posts have attracted some good questions and feedback, and raise some points I want to address before
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (2/?)
So here’s the premise: PvE mission content in Eve comprises some of the weakest PvE content in any MMO, and
Life in Eve: You Play How You Practice (1/?)
When I first started playing Eve in earnest (which does not count the attempt some seven years ago) I went
Life in Eve: Heavy Hangs the Head
This bit of reflection came out of a (sadly) half-finished conversation with Dave and Margie, where we were talking about
Life in Eve: How I Learned to Love Hating “Safe Zones” in New Eden
I didn’t intend to write any more stuff about CCP and the development direction of Eve; it’s not really what
Life in Eve: Life on the Playground
My kids go to a charter school. This may not mean much to anyone reading this, so I’ll sum up
Life in EvE: “I’m not a Pirate.”
A few nights ago, members of the militia had banded together to work on retaking an Amarr-held system in the
Life in Eve: Retribution is Coming #eveonline
So last night, I actually found myself online at the same time as Em, and we had time to talk