fantasy
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Bad Guy Bingo II
Hey you! Yeah, you! You play D&D right? Okay, maybe not D&D, but some other elf-game that’s you call D&D when you’re explaining it to others right? And I don’t just mean “played D&D” I mean have you played D&D? Here’s a test. If you got a BINGO on the board below, I’ll believe that you’ve played enough D&D…
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2025 in Review
2025 was a massive year for me, my family, my career as a soldier, and my career as a game developer. This timeline is all the major events I went through this year, including some things that were not connected to Ward Against Evil. I wanted to make this timeline to look back on everything…
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Behind the Screen – First Dungeon (SR02)
Where last we left our heroes, our heroes had just committed double homicide, got caught, escaped, and are hiding out at a local barmaid’s apartment. They have low enough HP that by resting the night all of them return to max HP.
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March 2025 Round Up
This month we launched the Crowns 2e Kickstarter. It failed. That’s okay! In the ashes, Crowns 2e will rise again! There’s going to be a full release on itch.io on March 1st with a 50% sale for anyone who owns Crowns 1e. Everyone else gets 10% off.
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What OSR GMs Can Learn From Open World Video Games
I’m specifically talking about three open world games and a different idea from each that can be taken and applied to an OSR open world/West Marches-style campain. They are: Vantage Outposts, in Mad Max (2015), Most Wanted, in Batman Arkham Knight (2015), Collect-a-thons, in Far Cry 5 (2018)
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February 2025 Round Up
This month we launched the Crowns 2e Kickstarter. It failed. That’s okay! In the ashes, Crowns 2e will rise again! There’s going to be a full release on itch.io on March 1st with a 50% sale for anyone who owns Crowns 1e. Everyone else gets 10% off.
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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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