This year I am clearly over-doing it with the conventions – I have TotalCon in February, HelgaCon in April, and between them, GaryCon in March.
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
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
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
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,
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.
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
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
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
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