At TotalCon I run mostly D&D, but for the past two years I’ve also run a horror game on Thursday night. And both years half
Gems From the Car Ride
One of the most delightful parts of attending Carnage is the two and a half hour drive up with my good friend Adam. We see
Reflections on Carnage
I’m back from Carnage on the Mountain, a great little convention in a truly beautiful location at the top of a Vermont mountain. As always
Fantastic Beasts in the New Yorker
This morning while I ate my breakfast and flipped through my copy of the New Yorker, I came across an interesting article titled Fantastic Beasts
OED Character Generator
For my convention games I use a random generator to create all my characters. It started as a little bit of python code I slapped
Old School Hex Crawl at Carnage
Carnage on the Mountain is now less than 2 weeks away. I’m running a few games there, but I want in particular to pimp one
Comment Delay
Hey everyone, just a very quick note that I’ve noticed a fair number of comments are getting trapped in spam. A fair amount of spam
Mapping
I have a complex love/hate relationship with the process of player map creation. I fully support the notion that exploration is a key component of
Sprucing Up the Site
Well, after 7 years it seems about time to give this site an update. I’ve upgraded the software, installed a new theme, and moved to
Multiplayer Emergent Story
I love games with emergent story. I recently bought a copy of Above and Below which I hear has a really great emergent story component,