I think you have accepted that you have made some mistakes. So I am not going to rake you over the coals. I’m not going to make demands of you that are in my self-interest or that seek to bolster some position I have. I am not going to pretend to help you, but really [...]
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There have been some titanic struggles by various theory folks to nail down what an RPG “is” over the years. There was a lot of discussion on the Forge, and some people disliked it so much that “forge-speak” became a term of derision for theoretical analysis that was so obtuse as to confuse rather than [...]
The past month has seen quite a few retrospective posts from a variety of people that I am connected to in the RPG community. Some of it reflective on D&D, some of it reflective on independent game design, some on social media. I feel the necessity to put down my strategy for the new year [...]
Here is a page that I had trouble with on Google+ resizing down to the point that it was illegible. posted here for reference Share this:Facebook
There has been a bit of a uproar in the online RPG community this week about a game called Realms of Atlantasia that was recently released. The creator’s website is here. My understanding is that the spark for all this was a article in a local newspaper that made it’s way online. Once it was brought [...]
Some might consider this a bit early to conduct a year in review. But it is on my mind and I am going to go ahead and knock it out of the way early. This year has seen some pretty amazing stuff for me. At this time in 2010, Errant was not even released yet [...]
This has been a very successful year for me in terms of branding and influence. I owe that sea change to Google+. So for my Thanksgiving post this year, I am going to talk about my personal experience in social media and what I think it says about how internet interaction is going be based [...]
Alright, here is the first glimpse at the dramatic resolution system that I came up with to model Star Wars. I know this is probably painfully light on details for some of you, but I don’t want to give away the store just yet. Share this:Facebook
For a while, I have felt that none of the Star Wars RPG systems that exist really capture the essence of Star Wars. Despite being branded Star Wars, I felt like they weren’t any more applicable to Star Wars than GURPs was. No element of the design really spoke to what I feel is the [...]
The new beta version of Cascade Failure is now available! Cascade Failure is a post-apocalypse future RPG. Set in the aftermath of a devastating war that collapsed the interstellar economy, Cascade Failure is a survival game that casts the characters out into a dangerous and hostile universe. The game is built on a rugged OGL [...]