- Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Playtest overview.Posted 224 days ago
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City Government Power Bases – Leadership
What forces govern your city? Popularity Being popular earns a government a lot of power, though it is always a fragile thing. Think of popularity as a form of temporary affiliation . Popularity is often restricted...
- Posted 820 days ago
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Pow! Bam! Crunch! Story Conventions In Pulp (continued)
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grown so substantially that it has become necessary to split it...
- Posted 824 days ago
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Bam! Zap! Crunch! World Conventions In Pulp
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grown so substantially that it has become necessary to split it...
- Posted 838 days ago
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Blat! Zot! Pow! The Rules Of Genre In RPGs
This article is being co-written by Blair Ramage, with whom I co-referee a Pulp Hero campaign. Although it started as a single item, it has grown so substantially that it has become necessary to split it...
- Posted 845 days ago
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Lessons From The West Wing III: Time Happens In The Background
One of the best pieces of writing/direction that I’ve ever seen in a TV production takes place in a later episode of the series, in season 6 or perhaps 7, and it’s something that has made...
- Posted 852 days ago
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Rules Mastery For Dummies & Busy GMs Part 3: Student, Tutor Thyself
Back when I was first given a copy of the Champions Game System, it was only the third genre of game that I had ever been exposed to: The first was FRP (In the form of...
- Posted 887 days ago
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Rules Mastery For Dummies & Busy GMs Part 2: Getting Enthusiastic About Rules
Last time around, Johnn described (via exerpted email) his difficulty in getting enthusiastic about reading rules. Johnn has been making a common mistake, and it’s one that I have been guilty of myself in the past....
- Posted 894 days ago
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Rules Mastery For Dummies & Busy GMs Part 1: Introduction
In October, my co-author and partner here at CM contacted me to ask, (Extensively Paraphrased:) Something that has slipped away from me this past decade is a solid knowledge of the rules I game with. This...
- Posted 901 days ago
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Rules Mastery For Dummies & Busy GMs Part 1: Introduction
In October, my co-author and partner here at CM contacted me to ask, (Extensively Paraphrased:) Something that has slipped away from me this past decade is a solid knowledge of the rules I game with. This...
- Posted 901 days ago
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Treasure Detail Generator & Dice Giveaway
Win these dice! You can win a set of the dice that appear in this blog post. Details at the end. Thanks for Q-Workshop for supplying dice to give away! A gamer recently mentioned a disappointing...
- Posted 904 days ago







