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So I thought I'd post a thread about religions and Gods and innovative ways you've developed them for your campaigns. I got the idea chatting with Fenris in another thread. So I am going to throw out some ideas but just know that I do things differently campaign to campaign. I like a lot of...

So I was just curious who all are playing this system and which flavor is the most popular? Now if you are using O.L.D. to handle some aspects of your N.E.W. game then you are playing N.E.W. in my opinion. I get the impression from drive through that N.E.W. is the most popular. I know it is...

So I recently read a book by Alexander Macris called Arbiter of Worlds. I thought reading it that based on my own idea of fun it was almost a perfect book. It enunciated my own preferences pretty well.... 1. Let the dice fall where they fall and character death is a real threat. 2. Avoid...

While I have a strong opinion on metagame design elements, I by no means intend to imply that those who enjoy such concepts are doing it wrong or should convert to my way of thinking. This is about a preference. It would be just as silly to try to convert everyone who prefers chocolate ice...

So I've been watching the information coming out of Paizo on PF2 and I'm pretty excited. In fact, I haven't felt this excited in a long time. I feel like they are keeping all that I loved about 3e and smoothing off some of the rough edges. My only concern is the skill system, and correct me...

(Trying to be nice). There is a lengthy discussion on the wotc boards about the healing options provided and there is a lot of debate about whether Wotc fulfilled their promises or they didn't. I personally feel they are not going to meet the expectations they set based upon what I've seen...

After some thought about trying to bend D&D 5e to my playstyle, I began to entertain the idea that perhaps FATE would require less bending. I bought FATE CORE, and FATE System Toolkit at Gen Con. My only issue with FATE and the major reason I avoided it in the past was their use of...

Edit: here is the link -- http://pulsiphergamedesign.blogspot.com/2014/06/game-design-interesting-decisions.html I thought this phrase deserved a topic of it's own. Most of the problems people raise on these boards are hypothetical with regards to my own games. I just don't have those...

Text from my blog.... The basic gist of the Oberoni Fallacy is... The fact a GM using rule zero can fix a rules problem does not mean there is no rules problem. I agree with Oberoni that such thinking is a fallacy. But that fallacy has been taken too far in some discussions. We are no...