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Well, Hello There
First posts are always weird and awkward, kind of like first dates.
May 4, 2021
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Rules as Written
In the early days of 1st Edition D&D (AD&D), Gary Gygax made a point of saying that if you weren’t playing by the rules of the game, as they were…
Jun 25
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Designing Dungeons Part 3
This is the third and last piece that I’m going to write about dungeons (at least for now).
Apr 28
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Designing Dungeons Part 2
Or, Designing More Dungeons
Apr 21
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Designing Dungeons
Since I’m in the middle of designing a big dungeon right now, I really want to talk about actual dungeons, as in, “…and dragons:” dark, damp…
Apr 13
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The Pros and Cons of Metacurrency
Last time, I wrote about metacurrencies and proposed a way of looking at them not so much as extraneous to the rules, but as a part of the rules that…
Mar 10
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Metacurrency
I’m back!
Feb 9
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Roll the Dice and See
Today we’re going to talk about dice.
Nov 13, 2025
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