GM Advice
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Why Traps Belong on Random Encounter Tables
“Trap” has two meanings in OSR culture: #1 A Big Dangerous Puzzle, #2 A Sudden Punch in the Face Both the complicated puzzle traps and random-gotcha traps are fun (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise), but they can’t be used in the same way without causing frustration.
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What I Would Change About the Archvillian Games Sci-Fi Miniatures Line
Archvillain Games is a miniature line producer that works with a lot of YouTube personalities to sell monthly STLs for custom D&D adventures and (tangentially) their homemade wargame BATTLERUNE. If Archvillain Games wants to grow their sci-fi line into the powerhouse that their fantasy line is, they have two obvious solutions:
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Make the Rules Make a Scene
Here’s the bottom-line-up-front: “TTRPG rules should curve players into experiencing and acting-out the scenes the designer intends to have them experience and act out without needing to explicitly tell them to do it.”
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2nd Edition Brief
All the pieces are in place. The manuscript is fully written. The itch page is built. The Kickstarter is assembled (although backerkit may be smarter, I’ll have to dig a little deeper into that). All that is left are three things in order:
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The Grand Cemetery of St. Callixtus
10/30/2022 An autumn wind blows from the east… It symbolizes the end of all things. On it leaves the summer sun, With it comes the winter snow. But for now, there is only slow, rotting decay. Welcome back, Adventurers! Big news! We’re going to be starting our first Crowns Quarterly this November. This is a massive content-jam for Crowns that…
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Review: “Legend” by David Gemmell
9/16/2022 Welcome back, Adventurers! I wanted to start a new thing on the blog. I call it: OSI (Old School Inspiration). Since joining the military I’ve had a lot of time to read. Some of them are non-fictional historical epics, others are classic fantasy novels that have been really inspirational to my games recently. I’ll…
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Shipping Out Physical Copies, and a BIG Delay
4/15/2022 Welcome Back, Adventurers! This will be a quick post about what’s going on with the company recently. We’re dealing with Physical Copies, Adventure Updates, Campaign’s Release, and a BIG DELAY. Let’s get into it! Physical Copies All the physical copies have come in just fine! We’re doing count of them and sending them out…
Ward Against Evil 