Questing for Tabletop Adventure Games
Technically, this is a "one-page adventure." To get that "next level" of GMing, you need to make your own adventures. To get good at making adventures, you need to make a lot of them. I've been reading Atomic Habits, a book on building reliable, healthy patterns of doing things to ensure incremental growth. The idea … Continue reading Growing the Habit of “Making”
"The moon turns your mind to mush. It's an attack on your sanity. Better plan carefully." [The Game Master's] primary duties include: playing the roles of all of the NPCs, creating and running the fictional world. establishing concrete situations for the players to interact with, adapting to the unpredictable choices of the players, making on … Continue reading Maze Rats: Special Attack Redux
This is my central image. This art comes from the book, by Charles Ferguson-Avery. I will be using Maze Rats to run Into the Wyrd and Wild. Here are noteworthy reviews of the product from Coins and Scrolls and Technical Grimoire. This post is a collection of inspirations. Technical Grimoire recent updated their Hunt generator. … Continue reading Meditation on the Wyrd and Wild
I'm expelling something from my RPG brain so as to not let the mindleeches of forgetfulness get me. I was entertaining the idea of an open table game online. Then I started encountering problems and finding solutions. It was a quick exercise in game management. Oh, I also found a way to do "XP for … Continue reading Virtual Open Table Gaming: One-Page Adventures and Treasure XP
I've had some criticisms of the game Maze Rats. It's a game I love so dearly (pick it up here), which means I have opinions about it. I wanted my opinion to matter to the game so much that I went so far as to make my own hack of the game for Hot Springs … Continue reading Maze Rats: Some complaints, now quelled
I love Maze Rats. It is (as of posting) Pay What You Want. Go grab it. Now. I recently interviewed Ben Milton, the designer of Maze Rats. We talked about running games for kids and Ben explained that is how he came to design Maze Rats. He wanted something that could just be printed out … Continue reading Maze Rats: Praise for a game I already adore
This is a continuation of my conversation with Ben Milton of Questing Beast (comprised of a channel, blog, newsletter, and role-playing game company). Find part I here. How have you developed the brand of Questing Beast? It started as a YouTube channel and I had a blog from pretty early on. It was just reviews … Continue reading Ben Milton Interview (part II): Questing Beast, Maze Knights, and OSR
I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Ben Milton of Questing Beast (comprised of a channel, blog, newsletter, and role-playing game company). He designed the beloved and excellent Maze Rats and Knave. He was incredibly generous by allowing me use his time. Thanks again, Ben! How did you get into the hobby? What was your … Continue reading Ben Milton Interview (part I): Early Days and Running for Kids
"Inspiration comes from on high... So does magic, but same difference."A. Shipwright Imagine an RPG meant to be played with the traditional setup of players and GM but with the following rule: "When a PC takes any action that is uncertain and risky but possible, flip a coin. If heads, they succeed. If tails, they … Continue reading Advantage and Impact
A. Shipwright Systems that use three stats: Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland, Maze Rats, Red Ink Adventures, AKA systems I tinker with and love dearly. These systems have made me examine the typical six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) and found them lacking. I too have been disillusioned by the D&D … Continue reading Stat Word Games
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