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Even though I’m probably best known for megadungeons, the style of play I personally prefer is the sandbox. The thing is, the sandbox, while it seems on the outside to be relatively simple (throw a lot of random stuff together, Read More
I’ve long advocated using the broad sweep of history in the Flanaess, with all the wars, revolutions, invasions, and other changes to the setting acting as a vast and sweeping backdrop against which the campaign and the PCs can operate Read More
When you run a campaign, do you hold that the action in the game is happening more or less continuously, or do you build in breaks during which the characters are deemed to be off doing their “day jobs”, training Read More
For most of the latter half of the twentieth century, animation studio Hanna-Barbera absolutely dominated television animation. They’re best remembered for shows like the Flintstones, Scooby Doo, and the Smurfs, but they had a large stable of adventure-type shows that Read More
Most (A)D&D worlds are generally sparse in population, with but a single village in an entire 30-mile hex, if that. Many find that sort of emptiness unsatisfying from an historical perspective, and seek to beef up their worlds’ population accordingly. Read More
So the ever-educational XKCD has this up as today’s comic: Basically, it’s a chart showing you how much time you can spend on making some task more efficient, before you’re losing ground. Now, apply this to RPGs. Assuming you play Read More
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