Personable Thoughts

I will preface this with the fact that I am not an industry analyst.

Vampires are fun.

An important part of playing role-playing games is a shared understanding of the fictional world.

Most Mondays, I meet with friends at a local pub as we each do our various creatie pursuits.

I often struggle with the depiction of Magic in RPGs, and I was prompted by a recent exchange on Bluesky with Josh of Rise up Comus to share some of my thoughts in the form of a blog post.

I recently wrote and submitted an adventure for the Worm Jam.

I have recently been reading Fabula Ultima (more thoughts on that in a future post), and one thing that struck me is how often the rules text emphasises to not deviate from the rules-as-written unless everybody consents.

The classic fantasy orc comes with an amount of unfortunate racist baggage, but for many they also form a core part of the type of fantasy world they like playing in.

A "problem" that I imagine affects many of us is that it is much easier to find the time to read, than to play.

So, in the grand tradition of RPG thinkers who came before me, I have decided to start a blog.

Many a swashbuckling adventure contains a fencing duel or ten: our hero facing off against one or more opponents, their swords clattering as the fight takes them around the scenery in a way that is very difficult to emulate with a succession of attack (or…