Warhammer: The Guide To Estalia – An Open Call
Alrighty, here’s how it is. About five years ago, when WFRP 2nd ed had ended and there was no sign of 3rd ed, a lot of clever, creative people pooled their efforts to create more sourcebooks for the...
View ArticleThrow Away the Carrot, Burn the Stick: Rethinking Procrastination, Part One
Procrastination is a big thing. We often joke about it, but it can do a lot of damage to our life if we let it, or we worry about it too much. And it can certainly eat away at our reserves – our time...
View ArticleThrow Away the Carrot, Burn the Stick: Rethinking Procrastination, Part Three
“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it” - Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven I’m not an expert in beating procrastination, just an expert in suffering from it. So here’s the part where my insight becomes even...
View ArticleEmotional Environmentalism, or The Care And Feeding of Your Creative Urge
Pollution is something we talk about a lot these days, but sometimes we forget what it means. If an oil tanker crashes on the road, and the oil leaks out, that’s not pollution, because it can be...
View ArticleThe Problem With Reality Is It Is Too Much Like Minecraft
Minecraft is not a game for me, but I am impressed at the kind of experience it can provide. Not only did my lego-mad friend build a house with a waterfall/waterslide on the roof, but he also went for...
View ArticleLike With The World Design And Stuff
Because there ain’t no point adventuring in someone else’s world, dog. For my upcoming D&D 4E game. As The Elves Tell It, the world of Cellona was once but two kingdoms, the higher plane of the...
View ArticleGames I’ve Got My Eye On aka What I Want For Christmas
Since I’ve put my roleplaying on hiatus, I’ve been gorging my board game addiction as much as cash will allow which is totally not enough in a world full of such brilliant games. Here’s a few I’ve been...
View ArticleThe Stevies for 2013
Yes, it’s that time again, where I fight the holiday blues by viewing the year through a lens of terrifying meritocracy to sift out the very best things it had to offer. And as always, the rules are...
View ArticleIn which my blog wanders away from gaming and writing again
“There is an inherent generosity to the human spirit, and one of its faces is the face of the teacher” - Michael Crichton I like to teach. In many ways I got into gaming because I liked to teach – and...
View ArticleThe Blog You Must Read Before You Die
“Let me not seem to have lived in vain” – Tycho Brahe, one of history’s greatest scientist, dying words It’s important to know your mythology, because it reveals what cultures care about. One of the...
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