Lewis Pulsipher

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Lewis Pulsipher

Dragon, White Dwarf, Fiend Folio
Lew was Contributing Editor to Dragon, White Dwarf, and Space Gamer magazines and contributed monsters to TSR's original Fiend Folio, including the Elemental Princes of Evil, denzelian, and poltergeist. You can follow Lew on his web site and his Udemy course landing page.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: RPG Gods - Benign or Malign?
Most RPG settings have some form of godhood. Yet there are some age-old questions that come into play as you create religions.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Imposter Syndrome
What is “Imposter Syndrome?” It’s a common problem for “creatives.” In RPGs it primarily applies to game designers, but some homebrew GMs will also recognize it.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Drought!
I’ve written about plague in world-building, now it’s time to discuss droughts. Extended drought, and consequent famine, is a common major reason for the failure of empires and civilizations.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: The Plight of the New RPG—Quality of Writing
Some small publisher/self-published RPG rule sets suffer from poor grammar and syntax. Some RPG creators need someone to edit their writing for quality of communication as well, especially for clarity—rules are no good if the reader cannot understand them.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Quality vs. Quantity of RPG Play
I tend to evaluate games beginning with the assumption that most published games are played only one to three times before gamers move on to the next game. This is a consequence of the thousands of new tabletop games published every year - among other things.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Making an Adventure “Believable”
How believable is your world? Or to put it another way, how much must players suspend their disbelief to enjoy the game?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Improvising the Adventure
When it comes to gamemastering, are you focused on improvising the world or making it believable? Let’s discuss the first.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Playtest Your Games
It’s one thing to write for RPGs and another to write RPG rules. And one of those differences is playtesting.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Peaceful Solutions to Violent Problems
How can we provide non-violent means of resolving conflicts with monsters and NPCs in RPGs?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: The Destination, Not the Journey?
Leveling is an integral part of fantasy role-playing games in all its forms RPGs, but it wasn't always that way. How did we get here?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Plot Twists vs. Deux Ex Machina
Plot twists in a story can surprise the reader, but they need to be believable, to derive from what came before. Deux Ex Machina, on the other hand, is poison, breaking immersion and possible annoying the players.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Stages of Your Hero's Journey
In RPG campaigns the characters often move through several stages of life as they increase their capabilities (and responsibilities). We don’t see this in one-shot adventures, yet distinct stages generally improve game designs.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Heroes … Made or Born?
Where do heroes come? Some are destined from birth to be heroes, while others rise to the occasion. Your RPG system of choice likely determines which you get to play.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: To Design or Publish?
Tabletop game publishing is a big step to take, but the reality is it's very difficult for an unknown designer to get a game accepted by an established publisher. So what’s a designer to do?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: 5 More Military Strategy Tips for Your PCs
This is a continuation of a discussion from last time. Remember, strategy is what you do long before a battle takes place, and tactics is what you do in and during a battle. But I'm not going to differentiate between those two as we talk about the various gameplay tips because it's not necessary in this context.
Dungeons & Dragons 
Worlds of Design: Military Strategy Tips for Your PCs
Want to survive in the very hostile world of tabletop role-playing games? These tips drawn from military strategy can help.

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