Wow. That’s going to be long . . .
My writeup of Chapter 3: Classes for Pathfinder is about half done. Six classes down, and it’s already over 2,700 words.
Breaking it into two parts for sanity.
I’ve been playing in +Rob Conley‘s Majestic Wilderlands game for a while now, and I’ve grown to like my character, Marcus. Still, there have been issues with how the game feels to me playing fighter-types (this is true of Swords and Wizardry as well), but looking over a few things, I’ve decided that part of the…
When I heard that there was going to be a big SJG project, and given that I have a certain amount of contact with Sean and the SJG team thanks to being an author for them, as well as doing the fairly well-received GURPSDay compilations, I volunteered to conduct a series of interviews with the…
In the discussion of common pitfalls in GURPS (which was really common pitfalls in RPGs in general, for the most part, some of which applied more directly to GURPS), the topic of metagaming currencies came up. What is a metagaming currency? Well, I’ll pick on GURPS, since I can think of a few: Luck can…
Due to copious lack of time, I’m not going to do a strict review with one post per article, like I prefer to do. I am, however, going to hit each one with my usual method: rating in three categories that boil down to quality writing, quality ideas, and drop-in utility with minimal prep. Destination…
I thought it was worth explaining in more detail what’s actually in the Dragon Heresy Introductory Set. Other Updates from the Dragon Heresy Kickstarter Welcome to Dragon Heresy! (blog/KS link) A Great Beginning: the first 24 hours (blog/KS link) Hail to the Shield-Guard! The Skjald-hirð carries the day! (FUNDED!) (blog/KS link) Designer’s Notes, and Shields with at…
Thursday is GURPS-day, and so here’s today’s entry: This one isn’t really navelgazing. I wrote The Last Gasp for a few specific reasons, and I thought I’d share a bit of how the article came about. First, I’ve been a bit – frustrated is too strong a word – but at least a bit twitchy…