Bat in the Attic

Sandbox Campaigns often fail when players feel they lack information and that their choices are little better than throwing darts at a board in the dark.

I find it useful to include a brief note on the assumptions behind why I design things the way I do.

The Manual of the Three Adventuring Arts Foreword Welcome to the Majestic Fantasy RPG.

I just shipped off the draft for my Scourge of the Demon Wolf, 2nd edition, to my editor, and I am resuming work on my next major project, the full version of the Majestic Fantasy RPG.

One of the biggest challenges of publishing today is getting people to look at what you produced.

So for a couple of years, I've been slowly putting together an explanation of how I run tabletop roleplaying campaigns, and I finally got a good intro and summary that tie everything together and give me a foundation for organizing the details of what I d…

Since the release of the guidebook and the poster maps, I have gotten excellent feedback on both.

My friend Joe the Lawyer and I are having a live discussion about the Northern Marches, along with other OSR and RPG topics, tomorrow, Sunday at 5 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

I have known Agile Monk for a long time, and we have talked a lot over the years about my work and the OSR in general.

So everyone knows I will be at North Texas Con this week.

I am happy to announce the release of the Premium Color edition of Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: The Northern Marches.

Last year, I launched the Kickstarter for Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: The Northern Marches.

I’ve been a fan of Columbia Games and the Harn setting since the early 1980s.

Long-time readers of my blog know I have a long-standing abiding interest in space exploration.

This past January, I had the privilege of attending the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo and participating in a discussion panel on the State of the OSR.

As I wrap up Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms, the Northern Marches, I am thinking ahead to my next major project, the full version of the Majestic Fantasy RPG.

Packing up and heading to the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo.

Over on Reddit, Kaliburnus asks What the point of the OSR is?

In my last post, I argued that “rulings, not rules” wasn’t a gap to be patched but a foundation for how tabletop roleplaying works.

There's been a lot of discussion over the years about how Original Dungeons & Dragons handled (or didn't handle) the common situations you'd expect in a tabletop role-playing campaign.

My Kickstarter for Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: the Northern Marches is now in its last day!

My Kickstarter for Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: the Northern Marches is now in its last three days.

Debates about what the OSR is have been going on since at least the late 2000s.

I'm excited to announce the launch of Kickstarter Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: the Northern Marches A Sandbox Fantasy Setting What if your players could shape a world that remembers them?

I'm excited to announce that my third Kickstarter launches on Wednesday, May 28th, just two weeks away!