By any other name~
In the very early days of my gaming, I noticed a curious thing about the world maps with which my close friend was always fiddling: Port Blacksand. If you ‘zoomed out’ on any map far enough to see the coast, eventually you would come across a notation reading, ‘Port Blacksand.’ Had this been the same … Continue reading
Unusual Suspects
Rick sold the Cafe and the real adventure began. Sometimes, a person just has to stay up late, turn out the lights, and wrap themselves in the flickering light show of accidental greatness. Rick (often): I stick my neck out for nobody. With stacks of games about me, my dog asleep at my side on … Continue reading
The seeming absence of HR in RPGs
A lot of stories rely on people being in the right place at the right time. While I like that structurally, and enjoy making use of it in various ways and to varying degrees in the games that I play, it really only works once in any given setting… unless you are playing Mage and … Continue reading
Corruption: the other white meat
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -Hamlet Stirred, not shaken Temptation to the point of corruption is not something which I consider to be easy … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 