Posted inCommentary Review
I bought a White Wolf game this week
I was doing my six-monthly browse through the stacks at Replay in Bangor and as usual found myself not wanting to leave without parting with some cash. It wasn't due…
Posted inCommentary
Heroes
Heroes is a lot of fun, one of the two series that I can be bothered watching (the other is The Dresden Files). Of course, they just revealed both Eric…
Posted inArt Commentary Game Design
Art:
northerain is the blog of the artist behind Bloodsong Media. I like his stuff which he describes as: My style is more or less based on existing photographs. I use…
Posted inCommentary Conventions Industry
Diddlysquat is dead
Mark notes that Diddlysquat is dead. I didn't know much about it, to be honest but reading the testimony of specky I'm reminded of lots of the silliness that went…
Posted inGame Design LateGaming
Riffing off The 23rd Letter.
Ghost Whistler on RPG.net came up with a23rd Planet idea. He was riffing off the name of the game but it made me think tonight about: The 23rd Century Fast…
Posted inCommentary Game Design
Bit of a buzz on these days
I've been writing a lot more these last few days - ironically not much on the two tasks I have been given - but plenty on other stuff which I…
Posted inCommentary Review
Renaissance Magic
The Guardian has a book review on De viribus quantitatis (On the Powers of Numbers) penned by Luca Paciola, a man who was a personal friend of Leonardo da Vinci…
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I'm in a bad mood today and Crowley suits my mood. What are you meant to do when you've tried to sort out issues in your own life and someone…
Posted inWatchTower
Episode Six – 28th October 2000
The team was immediately dispatched to intercept the intruder who seemed to be a humanoid waterspout, heading towards the land. Debate ended fruitlessly with the humanoid who called itself "Ocean"…
Posted inWatchTower
Episode Five – 28th October 2000
"Any other business?" was the last words of the meeting spoken before the polished teak of the conference table began to dribble onto the floor into a congealing mess. The…
Posted inCommentary Out-of-Character
Six Role-playing Annoyances
Here are some annoying habits that players can exhibit in your game. There are some suggestions as to how to deal with these problems, either by encouragement (as another player)…
