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I'm going to have to hit some cons once I have my two PoD books released.

A Shadowdark convention would be cool. I’d go if things lined up. And I’d go back to my old habit of running hours and hours of games.

The Shadows of GaryCon. Tenebrous whispers, just past the cafeteria and up the stairs.

Sections of GaryCon certainly felt that way last year.

So a related topic is things like Reputation mechanics and catch-all skills like Streetwise. I like the former and cordially detest the...

Ultraviolet Grasslands is probably my favorite science-fantasy game. Definitely fits in the post-apoc sub-genre.

Having NPCs be the star of the campaign is a big no-no. And yet, people do that all the time. I suppose when you have NPCs with goals...

I do think we need a better title for running games than "Shadow League Game Master." Pirate Borg calls their organized play GMs...

Time for me to stop dilly-dallying on the home base I was going to build out for Shadow League play and to hit up my FLGS about running...

Toasted sourdough, ham, Kaukana spreadable port wine cheese and mayo. I like wine cheeses, and I’ve tried some on sandwiches before...

Definitely. RPGs and their mechanics have a purpose for writing just like any other kind of writing. In this case a more or less...

No. I meant "who will this mechanic serve the needs of?" Some mechanics really work for some people with some aims and some really...

Especially since a particular popular sci-fi/space-opera setting has many times over had its major characters piloting super fast space...

I like it. Pretty much the Stonetop approach to Gear.

I really lean on character backgrounds in my Shadowdark games. Adding more of those is a great way to customize a setting.