Category: Game Design

As I’ve mentioned before, I sometimes miss things that are going on with the players in my games. Back in

Game Wish asks: What do you think is the best cast size for the games you?ve played? What are the

Following in Ken Hite’s footsteps, my list of what I consider the ‘best’ RPGs, currently.

Perverse Access Memory: WISH 78: Two Characters, One Game Do you think allowing one player to play more than one

Timeline Tool. Online.

WISH 30: Is PBeM Roleplaying? Are PBeM (Play-by-email) games actually roleplaying? Why or why not? How does PBeM differ from

Monday Mashup #17: Psycho Hmm. I think I’d got with My Life with Master on this one, simply because I’ve

WISH 73: Player-Driven Shifts What’s the biggest PC-driven shift you’ve ever experienced in a campaign? If you were a player,

WISH 71: Unwritten NPCs For GMs : when you plan or play your NPCs, do you intentionally leave out some

WISH 72: Character Interruptus Talk about a few characters you had to stop playing before their stories felt finished. Where

Halloween tomorrow night — some folks are coming over and I think I’ll run a one-shot for something or other.

A one-year-old boy has been bitten 30 times by a group of more than a dozen other babies at a

Things go awry in discussing a one-shot JL supers game with Randy on the phone. [Warning, mention of sexual paraphenalia

Perverse Access Memory: WISH 69: Non-RPG Games for Gamers Recommend three non-RPG games for RPGers. Why do you recommend these

Perverse Access Memory: WISH 68: Multiple-GM Games Have you ever played in or GMed a game with more than one

Arrowflight‘s magic system is… Well, it reminds me of something. I attempt to create a Wall of Earth spell from

Perverse Access Memory: WISH 67: Storytelling How do you tell stories in your games? Are there character stories, overarching stories,

Grey Ghost Press is going to use the Fatigue Rules I wrote up for Fudge (and Swift) a few years

Evil Animal Minion Generator. (via, I am given to understand, the hidden Djinn)

Lately, I’ve been pissing people off. No, I can’t point at anything specific for this statement, but I’m vaguely (disquietingly)

Monday Mashup #9: West Wing Bryant’s comment: I think the most interesting thing about West Wing is watching the relatively

Population: One: Monday Mashup #8: Beach Boys Without pushing in any particular direction, I?d say there?s potential for romantic scenarios,

Population: One: Monday Mashup #7: Shogun If I was going to boil Shogun down to a sentence of summation, I?d

WISH 65: That’s My Job Does what you do for a living have any impact on your gaming? Have you

I will not be GMing any games this weekend, including Friday night. As near as I can tell from my

Related to this post on Justin’s ongoing struggles to improve (and our ongoing struggles to help him), I felt I