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Month: January 2018

January 29, 2018March 24, 2018 Paul

Contested Will Probabilities

D&D, OED, Role Playing
Contested Will Probabilities

In follow up to yesterday’s post, I did the work and calculated out the chance to lose control of an intelligent sword in OD&D.  Here’s

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January 28, 2018March 24, 2018 Paul

Ego Through the Ages

Role Playing, Through the Ages
Ego Through the Ages

Oh my gosh, I’m writing a “Through the Ages” post!  You thought this was dead – so did I. I was just prepping for TotalCon

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January 26, 2018 Paul

GenCon Attendance

Conventions, GenCon
GenCon Attendance

While it’s been several years since I attended GenCon, I find tracking its growth really fascinating.  Wikipedia maintains a nice visual graph of attendance numbers,

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January 25, 2018October 18, 2019 Paul

Convention Game Scheduling

Conventions, TotalCon
Convention Game Scheduling

TotalCon game registration just completed, GaryCon registration is opening soon, and I still have to figure out what games I want to run at Origins. 

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January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Paul

Combat vs. Exploration

D&D, Role Playing
Combat vs. Exploration

A bit of OSR kool-aid I drank long ago and I now regurgitate regularly is the notion that old school D&D is more heavily focused

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January 22, 2018March 28, 2018 Paul

Complexity in 5e

D&D, Role Playing
Complexity in 5e

So this article went around recently with the headline “Dungeon & Dragons’ revival helped by simpler rules, storytelling“.  Now, I feel like I’ve heard this

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January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 Paul

Goodbye Profits

Board Games, Role Playing
Goodbye Profits

Any profits I may have made on Insanity Cards have immediately been consumed by other stuff I found on The Game Crafter.  I guess kudos

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January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 Paul

Digital Distribution

Technology
Digital Distribution

Over on reddit a few folks have asked about digital copies of Insanity Cards.  It’s an interesting thought, and honestly I’m sure the mark-up I’d

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January 15, 2018August 21, 2020 Paul

Insanity Cards Crowd Sale Complete

Role Playing
Insanity Cards Crowd Sale Complete

Well, we did it, the Insanity Cards crowd sale is over!  Over the course of the week we sold 44 copies, which gave all 44

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January 14, 2018 Paul

Insanity System Analysis

Role Playing
Insanity System Analysis

One day left in the Insanity Cards Crowd Sale!  Yesterday I posted about how to adapt these cards to a variety of different roleplaying game

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