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Category: Role Playing

February 1, 2018 Paul

Actual Play

Blogging, Role Playing, Technology
Actual Play

A friend recently pointed me at this blog post, which is actually part 2 of this other blog post — both are about DMing and

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January 29, 2018March 31, 2024 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 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 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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January 13, 2018August 21, 2020 Paul

Using Insanity Cards in…

D&D, Horror RPGs, Role Playing
Using Insanity Cards in…

So, you’re interested in Insanity Cards, but not sure how to use them in your favorite RPG, eh? For many RPGs it’s really as simple

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January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 Paul

Why do you GM?

Navel Gazing, Role Playing
Why do you GM?

“Why do you GM?” I believe I was asked this question at least once at a convention during an after-hours party. The question was asked

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