Author: Brian Holland

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Brian Holland

Brian is a Sales Manager in the tourism industry and love to escape into a good game, be it tabletop or board game. He's currently running a homebrew Firefly campaign that's Powered by the Apocalypse, and can't play enough Five Tribes and Kingdom Builder.

Locations: Finding the lay of the LAND

Posted by Guest Author | Jan 30, 2017 | General

In my last article, I used the acronym...

What Are Your NPC’s AIMS?

Posted by Brian Holland | Dec 5, 2016 | General

Today’s guest article is by Brian Holland,...

The Butterfly Effect

Posted by Brian Holland | Mar 8, 2016 | GMing Advice

This guest article by Brian Holland talks about...

It Came From The Stew Pot

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