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Never underestimate the absolute next-level degree of shade that is the Turner Classic Movie live air lineup during the State of the...

There was a series of 3E books that just focused on a quarter at a time. There was a thieves quarter, an arcane quarter and at least one...

I find the asymmetry of Daggerheart attack rolls quite interesting. Players use 2d12 (triangle distribution) while NPCs use d20 (linear...

I wonder if it was a bit more about learning (or at least honesty) before much of the country decided to make college tuition a lot more...

That goat is terrifying.

Riffing off of what @Scott Christian wrote above, some thoughts (that stray from "core mechanics"): First, I strongly believe that...

Here’s an armor update and I started on her hair.

There are 5 lights in good game design!

3e DMG II is a great city sourcebook. Its more like a sandbox kit with instructions on running a city. The perfect blend of mechanics...

I recently made some really good wraps. Fine chopped some celery, jicama, cucumber, and pickle, added some fried chicken, and made a...

A core mechanic I am considering for my game that I will have to test is kind of a bastardization of the Ironsworn one: when doing...

Im playing this right now. There is also a focus point pool you can adjust slightly your chances of success. So, the degree of success...

Another mechanic I really liked from the 90s was Fading Suns "roll high without going over" system. It was technically roll under, but...

Yeap, and at least this Mortal Combat topic was relevant to what was happening in the actual event. Its when topic drift happens you...

It's like a radio presenter--they're not supposed to have dead air. But there's not always anything important to say at that moment, so...