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And I keep forgetting to update it, too! But I'm overdue for an update on:


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So I dreamed last night I'm fighting a hopeless battle against demons in a giant space station. They corner me in a room by myself and, basically, win; I'm at their mercy. They tell me to learn, and perform for them, this ritual of power that will turn them nigh-invulnerable. I try to refuse and make them kill me in a noble self-sacrifice, but ( Read more... )

 
A winner is me! :DI'll be doing a rewrite this weekend to better organize the material and clarify some rules - and I'll continue working on it as playtesting identifies and irons out the bugs ( Read more... )

So! I entered the February round of the Ronnies, a 24-hour RPG design competition. I took quite a different tone this time than I did with Egregore. I'll let the blurb speak for itself:
You're a hard-boiled man (or woman) in a gritty, corrupt world. Lust, greed, vengeance, jealousy - one of these is the bitter taste in the back of your throat. ( Read more... )

I'm still alive here, though winter is kinda kicking my ass. We just passed through a week of snow, rain, and hail (in that order), and this morning it was so cold that there was a layer of ice on the inside of my windshield. This is a maddeningly frustrating experience, more so if you never grew up in a state that froze ( Read more... )

(And now for something completely different.)

For all the fun I've been having with my Fireborn game, those aren't the only dragons in my gaming life ( Read more... )

So that teaser from a few days ago? Here's the game!* I was REALLY hoping to post this, like, two days ago. My sleep schedule has been pretty effed up this week.

Egregore** is a game about mages exiled from reality into a world of their own making, trying to discover the secrets of a deserted city before their own phantoms and emotions drive ( Read more... )

Well, now I've done it.

I went and committed to Game Chef 2010 - posted on the forums and declared I'd submit an entry. It's a matter of pride now. I've got to finish writing a short RPG system by Sunday.

This is only slightly crazy -- it's sort of the NaNoWriMo of RPG designers, except with a set theme ("Journey") and ingredients ("city", " ( Read more... )

 
Proudly announcing:
FIREFOXBORN: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME

Featuring the following featureful features!

• FULL-COLOR INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS!
  
• OBSCURE TECHNICAL HUMOR!
  
• A REALLY DERANGED PARODY OF AN RPG SYSTEM THAT MAYBE 12 PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED!

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