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ORACLES AND OMENS

A brief discussion on how Alex uses oracles in solo play.
Apr 10, 2024 4 min read
musings Featured


A FEW SOURCES OF TENSION IN TTRPGS

Alex talks about a couple of ways you can introduce tension into your games to
keep things exciting and moving along.
Apr 8, 2024 6 min read
musings Featured


CASCADING CONSEQUENCE IN PBTA GAMES

Please sit back and enjoy some of my thoughts around how you, the GM, can make
consequences of failure exciting and spiral your players further closer to their
doom - all while making it feel narratively fulfilling.
Feb 12, 2024 9 min read
projects


1994: MOONLIT CARNIVAL

The Moonlit Carnival has made its annual journey to your small town and people
from far and wide have come to take part in the festivities. There are many
things for you to do, and the big show begins right at dusk.
May 8, 2024 1 min read
gm-advice


DESIGNING OUTSIDE THE CHARACTER SHEET

Alex goes on a semi-coherent discussion about how the presence of large skill
lists in ttrpgs push the game into simulation territory
May 7, 2024 10 min read
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DEV UPDATE - MAY 3RD

May 3, 2024 3 min read
solo-play


IRONSWORN: STARFORGED

This week I'm running through a Starforged part-review part-actual play session.
May 1, 2024 6 min read
solo-play


IRONSWORN: STARFORGED ACTUAL PLAY SESSION 1

Actual Play session for Ironsworn: Starforged. Episode 1.
May 1, 2024 9 min read
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DEV UPDATE - END OF APRIL

Apr 26, 2024 4 min read
maps


MAPPING IRONSWORN DELVE

Alex does a short post this week, turning Ironsworn Delve's map into a battle
map for fun.
Apr 24, 2024 2 min read
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DEV UPDATE - APRIL 19TH

Apr 19, 2024 2 min read


REMOTE TABLETOP RPG TOOLS

I've been playing in a fully remote home game for about 6 years now, with the
same folks for getting close to 20 years now, and I semi-frequently get asked
what tools we're using to facilitate the game. So, I figured I'd take the
Apr 17, 2024 6 min read
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DEV UPDATE - APRIL SHOWERS BRING ...UPDATES?

Apr 5, 2024 2 min read
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DEV UPDATE - MARCH WRAPUP

Mar 29, 2024 1 min read
maps


RANDOM DUNGEON GENERATION ROUNDUP

Summarizing the things Alex liked / didn't like about the random dungeon
generation mechanisms I've talked about in the map series.
Mar 27, 2024 6 min read
musings


DESIGNING SITUATIONS FOR STORY GAMES

Alex talks about designing scenarios for narrative games while keeping the
spirit of "story now".
Mar 25, 2024 7 min read
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DEV UPDATE - WEEK 7

Mar 22, 2024 3 min read
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DEV UPDATE - WEEK 6

Mar 15, 2024 2 min read
actual play


SOLO MINE: FINAL GIRL

Alex walks through the Solo board game Final girl, does a product review and
short fiction all in one.
Mar 13, 2024 10 min read
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DEV LOG - WEEK 5

Mar 8, 2024 2 min read
musings


WHEN DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?

When exactly is it that you come up with a character background and motivation
in OSR games vs. story games? Let's explore.
Mar 4, 2024 9 min read
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DEV LOG - WEEK 4

Mar 1, 2024 3 min read
maps


THE SOLO MINE: SOLODARK

Cthos walks through another solo play session. This time we're revisiting
Shadowdark with some draft rules from the discord.
Feb 28, 2024 9 min read
musings


HORROR ATMOSPHERE IN VTTS

Running Horror Games virtually can be hard, we present some tips on how to
maintain a spooky atmosphere.
Feb 26, 2024 5 min read
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DEV LOG - WEEK 3

Feb 23, 2024 2 min read
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DEV LOG - WEEK 2

Feb 16, 2024 3 min read
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