Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Hey it’s been a wild 2020, eh? I almost forgot about this blog. It just hasn’t felt like the time to write about roleplaying games. But maybe writing about bullshit is what we all need right now? Anyway, I’m here to talk about a preparation method I use when running games that seems to be different...

Photo by Roman Koval from PexelsLike many folks on the indie side of the hobby, I have a habit of hacking and making games. Most of them don’t ever see the light of day. I’ve published a few, sure, but I wouldn’t call myself prolific. Enter the #20in2020 challenge. The rules are simple: in the year 2020, you will write and publish 20 games or game-adjacent...

Photo by Roman Koval from Pexels Like many folks on the indie side of the hobby, I have a habit of hacking and making games. Most of them don’t ever see the light of day. I’ve published a few, sure, but I wouldn’t call myself prolific. Enter the #20in2020 challenge. The rules are simple: in the year 2020, you will write and publish 20 games or game-adjacent...

( Above: “wrong makeup” by Kim Byungwan ) Unknown Armies (aff) is such a strange game in a strange world. Ostensibly, it is precisely my jam – a modern era game of occult strangeness fueled by obsession and instability. In the game world, the magickal reality is focused on the collective subconscious – aligning strongly with the way everyone thinks...

( Above: “wrong makeup” by Kim Byungwan ) Unknown Armies (aff) is such a strange game in a strange world. Ostensibly, it is precisely my jam – a modern era game of occult strangeness fueled by obsession and instability. In the game world, the magickal reality is focused on the collective subconscious – aligning strongly with the way everyone thinks...