Rise Up Comus

Per this post last week, I have issued a challenge to start writing chunks of a dungeon as a creative exercise.

For people who get upset about reviews of modules unplayed Would you get mad at playwrights giving feedback after reading a script on a play not yet produced?

There was a post on Facebook (cess pit that it is) that I found really inspirational.

Sometimes I kvetch about how boring I find fantasy pantheons that are just Greek gods with a bad coat of paint.

My colleague Warren of ICastLight was kind enough to send me a copy of the MERP module The Haunted Ruins of the Dunlendings.

Part 4 of my investigation into "Hobbits have a Roadside Picnic."

Part 3 of my investigation into "Hobbits have a Roadside Picnic."

Part 2 of my investigation into "What if the Desolation of Smaug was a Zone from Roadsic Picnic?"

When people give me a recommendation for a book, a show, whatever, I always say "I'll add it to the list!"

Alas, to be an indie RPG designer is to be both the author, the project manager, the social media, and the marketer (among other things).

An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project.

The Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less has been nominated for 🏆Best Online Content in the 2026 ENNIES🏆.

I bet you've seen notes in dungeon keys that say something like: The murals depict an ibis-headed god handing out the tools of writings to grateful humans.

When Sean McCoy proposed the Dungeon23 project, I couldn't help but join in.

Working on the Middle-earth Hexcrawl Project has made me want to articulate some brief thoughts I've had on writing material for canon settings.

Sufficiently advanced technology blah blah blah.

Herein I read the monster manual entries from OD&D in order and try to parse them into groupings and categories that let me use them at the table.

Spells are never spoken aloud.

A while back, when juggling all the materials I needed to run a game, I had the idea for and mocked up a proof of concept of a hexcrawl dashboard--something that had everything I needed to run a game in a single view.

I've long been a big fan of kung fu movies, but only recently started dabbling in the core texts by reading a translation of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

"I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched.

When you level up, you gain a random benefit based on your race or class.

There's nothing revolutionary in this post, but I think it contains generally good advice and feels worthwhile articulating.

Another year and the Bloggies have come and gone!

When you level up, you gain a random benefit based on your race or class.