Breaking Out of the Creative Fugue
Where Am I Going? What Am I Doing? And A Bit of Who Are You People?! I’ve been in such a frantic state of creative immediacy I’ve lost sight of what I’m trying to do.… Read More »Breaking Out of the Creative Fugue
Two New Original TTRPGs, One Campaign for MCB, and A Biography
Six months is a long time without an update. Thankfully I’ve been keeping busy and have a lot to share on the ttrpg front! First things first. I have survived my first summer break as… Read More »Two New Original TTRPGs, One Campaign for MCB, and A Biography
Surviving My First Table at Gamicon: Arsenic P.2
have been in or adjacent to the ttrpg hobby for over 30 years in some sort of capacity ranging from bright eyed player to host of a mini convention at Critical Hit Games. If you… Read More »Surviving My First Table at Gamicon: Arsenic P.2
Surviving My First Table at Gamicon: Arsenic
I have been in or adjacent to the ttrpg hobby for over 30 years in some sort of capacity ranging from bright eyed player to host of a mini convention at Critical Hit Games. If… Read More »Surviving My First Table at Gamicon: Arsenic
Drive Role Playing with Shared Histories for One Shots
Optional Accords for Goblyn Market The key to a one-shot adventure starting off on the right foot is making the players invested in their characters. Since it’s only one and done sending a character into… Read More »Drive Role Playing with Shared Histories for One Shots
Avoid TPKs with 8 Easy House Rules for Party First
In celebration of Longshot Behind the Radiation Curtain at the Commonwealth Casino being published I created a couple free to download resources for Party First. It got me thinking about how I play the game… Read More »Avoid TPKs with 8 Easy House Rules for Party First
Building a Better Curse for Goblyn Market
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Curse of Warding. Again?! Unlike other systems curses are more than neat contrivances to drive a plot forward. They are a currency to be traded, bartered, and paid. They are ancient… Read More »Building a Better Curse for Goblyn Market
The Odd Person Out Syndrome in Goblyn Market and Curses!
Playtesting is in full swing for future products (and seeing if current ones need updating!) for Goblyn Market. We had another full table of four players including two newbies to the system whose only background… Read More »The Odd Person Out Syndrome in Goblyn Market and Curses!
The Wisdom of a Bumbling Detective Revisited
Reformatting Adventures to Mirror Columbo Goblyn Market adventures are unlike anything I have ever written. Waaaay back on November 9th I wrote a Kickstarter update describing how Goblyn Market affairs are structured. If you missed… Read More »The Wisdom of a Bumbling Detective Revisited
A Watched Game Never Publishes
We’ve all heard the old idiom ‘A watched pot never boils’. Well, the same applies to tabletop rpg games! Last weekend I participated in a charity ‘fun’ run/walk lugging a five-year-old in a wagon (a… Read More »A Watched Game Never Publishes