Creative Outlets

Quick Update, more to come this week!

Missed a couple

Here's why! Life. But also I have been putting in my usual writing time into some hobby stuff. So here is a quick post with some pictures of those things. Cleaned up minis Attached to Popsicle sticks Coating in a fine layer of aerosol propelled paint, spray paint. Look at them horsees Got some artillery … Continue reading Missed a couple →

Creating Jam

I missed the window for the cheap affinity purchase... oops. So I have not been creating things like I started a few months ago. This is unfortunate because there is so much stuff that is becoming clear to me about what I want to make. I want to create bastards. stuff. I will be reworking … Continue reading Creating Jam →

#dungeon23 Part 1

I am working on figuring out how I want to experience d23. Some options I have on my mind. Digital. Keep a google doc to have easy access to transferring it digitally and using it in the future for some capitalistic devious evil, like sell on itch.io? Full analog. This thing is supposed to really … Continue reading #dungeon23 Part 1 →

Bigfoot, UFOs, and #dungeon23

More RPG related stuff coming soon. And jump on board the #dungeon23 train. I'll be sharing my progress from time to time once it is underway.

How many attributes are enough?

Where do they come from? When thinking about game design, the idea of Attributes for a character is one of the basic things many of us first learned about when we started in the hobby. Strength, that is a pretty easy one to understand. Intelligence, well we all know what that means. Then we get … Continue reading How many attributes are enough? →

We got the rules wrong

When everything else seems so fun and exciting, like having a 90 ton mech dropkick another mech and then they both blow up due to poor rolling, this has to be at least a decently designed game. Turns out we were wrong.

Random Encounter Tables

As I look into the future of tabletop gaming I see more and more random tables being produced. Is this a shift in play style back to the old ways or is this something new and cutting edge? The vein of books, that derive full adventures from random tables, is not new to the hobby … Continue reading Random Encounter Tables →