Pretendo Games

Inside me are two wolves.

I prefer my tabletop RPG rules pared down—just this side of “Let’s Play Pretend.”

When running D&Dish games, I prefer combat to feel swift and decisive, and I appreciate rules that support this.

My playtest campaign of Wastoid culminated in an arena battle against a legendary cryptid in front of a massive crowd, competing to win the last well-preserved painting in the local wasteland.

Awhile back, I reflected on my blog, “if I only have limited energy to do a thing or talk about doing a thing, I’m better off skipping the talking.”

Figuring out the “best” way to handle arithmetic in a game is my least favorite part of playtesting.

Someone asked me on Discord recently whether one of my projects labeled “WIP”—work in progress—was still under active development.

I wrote something on the last page of a journal today, and decided to transcribe it here to my blog so I don’t forget it when I shove this notebook in a box in the basement.

People sometimes ask if I plan to make a second edition of Grave to correspond to the updates in the second edition of Knave. 1⃣ The answer is: sort of, maybe but not quite.

2023 is over, and with it, the #Dungeon23 challenge: a yearlong effort to create a 365-room megadungeon, one day at a time.