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World Wide Wrestling Second Edition Review

by | Apr 20, 2021 |

I would get up really early on Saturday mornings to get ready to watch cartoons. Sometimes I got up so early that I would see these shows that looked like the sports broadcasts that my family would watch in the afternoon, except that the people that were getting ready to compete would spend...

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Fantasy Campaign Stakes and Escalation

by | Apr 16, 2021 |

Bear with me as I set some expectations for what we’re going to look at today. The basis for everything I am going to explore is the interaction between sub-genres of fantasy and the scope of a fantasy campaign. To frame this discussion, we’re going to look at some terms as defined in the Big Book...

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Crunchy Mental Theater

by | Apr 14, 2021 | ,

In combat, when it comes to envisioning the locations of the various participants, there are two general options available: battle grid and theater of the mind. With battle grid, you typically have a battle mat with 1-inch squares forming a grid. The surface is either dry-erase or wet-erase, which...

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How to Do Bad Things and Get Away with It: Advice for the Contrary Game Master and Player

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Put away the ski mask, you absolute sociopath. This is about doing bad things in gaming, and what you do on your own time is between you and your defense attorney. If you’ve been gaming for any amount of time, you’re familiar with most of the old adages about how to make a good game: “show, don’t...

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Inkwell Ideas Sidequest Decks First Impression

by | Apr 6, 2021 |

The people at Inkwell Ideas have been producing Sidequest Decks, decks that have an inspirational map on one side, with a sketched-out adventure outline on the back of the card. While these cards lean on particular genres, they don’t have any specific game mechanics included in the outline....

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Aches and Pains on the Day After

by | Apr 5, 2021 |

Did any characters almost die during the big boss fight? Anyone have to roll a death save for their character?  Maybe their hit points didn’t drop to zero. How about below half, even? Sure, the system is abstract, but surely a drop like that would take its toll.  How about that preliminary...

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