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REVIEW: CLASSIFIED! BY RAGE KAGE GAMES

The long-promised review of Classified! by Rage Kage Games is now here. I
tweeted (X'ed? Posted on Mastodon?) a while ago about how much I was enjoying
this game, but had a few other posts in the works that I wanted to finish before
writing this review. So,
May 20, 2024 8 min read
History


RETHINKING ALIGNMENT: THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING

One of the most ignored parts of D&D's core rules is the idea of alignment. I
get it, I ignore it too! For those who aren't familiar with it, D&D gives every
creature--PC, NPC, monster, beast--an alignment on two axes. One axis
May 13, 2024 10 min read
Media Studies


LESSONS FROM PERCY JACKSON IN ADAPTING MYTH

Something a little bit different today. This blog is all about using history
(including historical understandings of things like religion and folklore) and
using that to inform and inspire roleplaying. In the past, I've looked at some
examples of media as components of larger posts, from George RR
May 6, 2024 8 min read
History


VARYING RELIGIOUS CULTURE IN TTRPGS AND WORLDBUILDING

The focus on bone magic that has dominated the blog for the past three weeks has
made me start to think more about how we treat religion in D&D and other TTRPGs.
Because of the "real" nature of the gods, who go around and directly intervene
Apr 29, 2024 12 min read
Osteomancy


OSTEOMANCY FOR D&D

Part of the Magical Practices Project Part of the Osteomancy series Last week, I
walked you through my step-by-step thought process as I designed a homebrew
thing (a class? A trait? A third title for a system that has not yet been fully
laid out?) for a work-in-progress, still secret
Apr 22, 2024 4 min read
Design with Me


OSTEOMANCY: DESIGN WITH ME

Part of the Magical Practices Project Part of the Osteomancy series This is a
little bit of a weird post to be writing for a few reasons. First, I don't know
what I'm actually writing for this – I don't have a specific end design
Apr 15, 2024 13 min read
History


THE POWER OF BONES: HISTORY & MYTH

Part of the Magical Practices Project Part of the Osteomancy series This article
is going to kick off a big project and a short series that will be part of that
project. Let's start with the big one: exploring real-world 'magical' practices
(click here for the
Apr 8, 2024 12 min read


POCKETQUEST 2024

Special bonus mini blog post today! Something that DriveThruRPG does every year
now is to host something called PocketQuest, where short (under 25 pages) RPGs
get developed, uploaded, and promoted. It's a super cool project (that I found
out about too late to join this year, but definitely
Apr 5, 2024 2 min read
History


JESTERS & FOOLS: HISTORY & MYTH

Happy April Fool's Day! To celebrate this holiday, I wanted to write about the
history of court jesters, a staple trope in popular imagination about the
medieval European royal court, as well as share some resources for this classic
image for use in your Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Apr 1, 2024 9 min read
Review


REVIEW: THE MARKETPLACE BY PHALANX GAMES DESIGN

I spent 2600 words last week trying to explain the basic principles underpinning
the medieval feudal system. One big area that I did not really tackle was the
existence of trade in the medieval world. The short version: there certainly was
trade, but far less than the massive, globalized trade
Mar 25, 2024 6 min read
History


RETHINKING FANTASY FEUDALISM: HISTORY & MYTH

Something that came up while I was writing last week's post on the Luddites is
how hard it is to imagine a world that is based on any system other than
capitalism. The motive of individual profit, the majority of individuals living
in cities and towns, the ability
Mar 18, 2024 10 min read
History


CAPTAIN LUDD: HISTORY & MYTH

This post is all about a pretty major social movement in the early 1800s. While
that is certainly a bit later than the medieval-ish historical epoch that a lot
of fantasy draws from, the larger social point of the Luddites is one that can
pretty easily be adapted for a
Mar 11, 2024 13 min read


GM'S DAY 2024

Today is "International Game Master's Day"! To celebrate, this post is going to
be a little different than what I normally write / have written / will continue
to write. I'm going to talk about my own experience as a GM--consider this a
supplement to the
Mar 4, 2024 6 min read
Design with Me


SPIDER BROODMOTHER: DESIGN WITH ME

CW: Discussion of Spiders, Discussion of Body Horror This post is a part of an
ongoing Upgraded Monsters series. Click the link to check out all posts in the
series. I'm hoping to expand beyond just showing links to work that I create.
For this sort of article,
Feb 26, 2024 13 min read
History


WORLDBUILDING ELEMENTS OF A WESTERN

Readers of the blog may have noticed that both of my newly published homebrew
work is centered very much on the Wild West. This is because my current home
game is set in a fantasy version of the American West, so it has been dominating
my personal homebrewing for the
Feb 19, 2024 9 min read
Supplements


NOW LIVE! QUILL QUEST: OUTLAW'S TALE

💡Note: I'm publishing this post a few days early. I try to release on Mondays.
However, when publishing on DriveThruRPG, there's normally a couple days delay
between uploading the project and when it is cleared to be made public,
particularly as a new seller. I uploaded
Feb 9, 2024 3 min read
Review


REVIEW: QUILL, A LETTER-WRITING RPG BY TROLLISH DELVER GAMES

I'm very, very late to the party on this review. Quill: A Letter Writing
Roleplaying Game for a Single Player won the title of "Best Free RPG" at the
Indie RPG Awards all the way back in 2016. So I'm about 8 years too
Feb 5, 2024 7 min read
Supplements


NOW LIVE! ROGUE'S GALLERY: THE TUSALL GANG

My newest product is now available for download on Itch.io and DriveThruRPG. I
would really appreciate your support – your purchases support the upkeep of the
site and allow me to continue sharing my homebrew publicly. This product
contains a collection of NPCs for use in your roleplaying game campaign.
Jan 29, 2024 3 min read
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