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Realistic, Cinematic, Believable: Believabiity as Rule Zero (Part 1)

I was going to post this one today. But after 36 hours traveling and very little sleep, I realized that I had it wrong. At length. I’ll be revisiting this, most definitely. But I will say this: I was going to set up “believable” as an overall goal that people who clamor for “realism” actually…

Don’t forget to check the weather

Over at Dungeon Fantastic, +Peter V. Dell’Orto comments casually that he assumes that the local environment in his Felltower Dungeon Fantasy campaign matches whatever is going on outside his house at the moment. I thought this was brilliant, and extensible The internet, plus sites like weather.com, weather underground, and apps such as WeatherBug all allow you to get…

What the hell is Roleplaying anyway?

Some who come to this space may wonder: “What in hell is he talking about? Roleplaying game? Isn’t that kinda kinky?” Well, yes, if you do it right. Kidding, kidding. Mostly. But more seriously, for the moms out there who have wondered what their offspring was wasting their time with for the last 30 years…