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The improvisational moments in an RPG game are sometimes the best and most memorable. In a recent game I had two such moments which seemed to land well with the players. For the sake of clarity, this was a Mage: The Ascension game. First, during the game the players found themselves in the...

The podcast may be found here. Introduction Greetings from the best dive bar in Kadath. I am resigned. When I am resigned, I go looking for bourbon. The latest brouhaha in the table-top RPG (TT RPG) circles is about how Wizards of the Coast (WotC) is going to change the Open Game License...

Hello- I want to imbed a podcast in a post to the forum. I know this can be done, but I don't know how. Can someone provide some guidance?

The podcast is here. Greetings from the Waffle House in Arkham. This is a strange town. The menu includes squid sausage. And at the table next to me is an angry old man – someone stole his lawn gnomes. I will tell him the thieves are the crew of some other podcast. I will decide which podcast...

Images of, and narratives about, the European Middle Ages and wizards are part and parcel of fantasy fiction. So much so that it can be challenging to conceptualize fantasy fiction without at least one. This situation is true even in settings that are not twists on Middle Ages Europe. Such as...

Greetings from a shadowy coffee shop with suspicious customers leaving with someone else’s briefcases. I’ve ordered a latte and a coffee cake and fully expect a secret message in one of them. Vampires have a prominent place in popular culture. This includes books, movies, series, and so on...

Greetings from the Cheesecake Factory in Doomtown. The American West – and its violent colonization – assumes a large part of American fiction. This colonizing violence influences most RPGs: if not in the game’s mechanics, then in the narratives that the settings seek to inspire. This is...

This is a podcast review of Wraith The Oblivion. Stories and games usually end at death. There are exceptions. For example, in D&D, characters come back from death about as often as real people come back from a 7/11. But those are exceptions. Usually, character death means the player must...

In this podcast I say that RPGs are an art form.

I am starting a podcast review series. The first episode is here (which is admittedly mission statement rather than a review). Episodes will appear every other week.

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I have published an RPG book and am hoping to get some reviews of the book. I want to send out some reviewer copies, on the understanding the book will be reviewed and the reviewer will be posted on places gamers will probably see the review. The book is Liches: Dance Macabre. If you are...

Liches: Dance Macabre is an RPG supplement. It is about liches – naturally – and is for Pathfinder and 5E D&D. I will be launching a Kickstarter for it in a few weeks and would appreciate your support. Everyone hates liches – the Sorrow Lords – more than vampires, dragons, and demons. They...

Where are the best places, on-line, to announce a Kickstarter? Specifically one for an RPG? I will be launching a Kickstarter in a couple of weeks, to generate finds for an RPG book. So I am asking the hive-brain, where are the best places, on-line, to announce a Kickstarter? Specifically one...

I am seeking a freelance editor (specifically a copy editor) to help with an independently written and produced manuscript. The work uses both 5E and Pathfinder mechanics. Can you recommend an editor? Thanks

Harris O'Malley, or Dr Nerdlove, has been outed as guilty of sexual harassment and assault. He issued a statement about it shortly before taking a week off for July 4th. And the first column the week after is by a woman apologist who writes about forgiveness but never directly comments of...

Tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday, my Kickstarter for Inn between Worlds goes live. It is an RPG supplement about an inn and tavern that sit on damage to reality. It's like the Bermuda Triangle with a front desk. The pre-launch page is here. ---