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The Poor Man’s Conlang
Conlang is an abbreviated term for Constructed...
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CAMPAIGN FINALES
“How does it end?” is an eternal, human...
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Reconsidering Rifts
A bit over ten years ago, my gaming group had a...
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Illustration Inspiration
  Art by meeeee, Avery Liell-Kok    It...
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Diseases in RPGs
Diseases are universally feared by everyone....
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In my first article I hit the high points of how...
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Gaming as Imaginative Play
Credit to PiratedPictures. No, his pictures...
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Steal This: No Forests On Flat Earth
Fringe conspiracy theories are often fertile...
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APPROACHES TO CONTINUITY
Marvel comics didn’t invent continuity, but they...
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One Shot Characters: Fully Detailed or Blank Slate?
One shots are not necessarily my preference for...
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Players Setting Precedent
The cat’s tail flicks as she crouches low in the...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Adversaries that play to PC Strengths
Like the good host of a banquet party, whose...
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Gnome Stew at Queen City Conquest
This year, a preponderance of Gnomes will...
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THE ONLINE EDITION: OLD-SCHOOL PARADISE?
The advent of the internet was a lifeline for...
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