So it's over a year since the lockdown started, and with vaccines starting to roll out, and the possibility of a more normal existence on the horizon, I've been thinking. Reflecting on the whole awful thing, the ways I got through it, the things I learned, and the things that…
My Thursday night D&D game is on hiatus, because it suddenly became way too topical, what with it involving a ruling class exercising police power on an oppressed underclass. So we decided to play something else for a bit. One player proposed Changeling 2e. And so began our…
This isn't about games. This is about childhood, growing up, and a changing relationship with hobbies. It probably applies to a lot of things, but for me, this is about Music.…
Nostalgia can be a hell of a drug. I grew up playing old DOS games, and the occasional console game at a friend's house. I was primarily a PC gamer during my formative years (still am), and while I was growing up, games were growing up as well. There were…
I ran a Mothership game for the Tuesday night group. It just wrapped up. Here's how it went, and the lessons learned.…
A deity of a fallen civilization from a D&D game I ran a while back. Feel free to steal. Illara, Goddess of Fortune and ProphecyAlignment: True Neutral Illara is recently depicted as a younger, attractive woman, although she has gone by other names and faces in ages gone…
This is from my developing notebook of one-shots, for when you need a game night on the quick. Lord Blood has sent you, his trusted Taxmen, throughout his domain to collect his cut. Everbody pays. You must collect. If ANYONE tries to cheat the Taxmen, the Auditors will find out.…
I'm in a sizable Exalted game which runs several times a year over the course of a weekend. It's a fun-ass time. We started the game in 2e, and transitioned to 3e as it became available. The campaign has been going since...Jesus, 2010, and I love the game and…