Distraction Makers
If there is one thing I love almost as much as talking about game design, it's listening to other people discuss game design concepts. I recently discovered the YouTube channel Distraction Makers, hosted by two veterans of the gaming industry, Forrest Imel and Gavin Valentine. In each episode, they break...
Enthusiastic Crowdfunding Notes!
With exclamation points and everything! Lede graf: My friend Jim Zub is crowdfunding a collection of his Skullkickers stories. If you like silly violence (Munchkin fans, I'm looking at you!), the adventures of Shorty and Baldy are right up your alley. (In fact, we actually DID a Munchkin Skullkickers mini-supplement...
Celebrate Game Masters With Our TTRPG Sale
Game Masters are some of the hardest working people in the hobby, so it's only right that they should be lauded for their efforts. International GM Day takes place every March 4, but we know it takes more than a day to draw up maps, plan encounters, and work on...
Say "Yes, And!" With How To Be A GURPS GM: Improvising
Maybe the players are doing something you didn't expect. Or perhaps you're strapped for time but still want to have fun with your gaming group. Or you may possibly want to see about playing a whole campaign by ear. You can do all these things, and more, with How to...
I'm Moving To Atlanta!
After 50 years, give or take, in the Austin area, I'm packing a whole lot of boxes and moving to the Peach State. There are several reasons. The current Buda climate doesn't really agree with my gardening hobby. The Texas political climate makes it hard to read the news, over...
Rodger B. MacGowan
With all the foofaraw of the past couple of weeks, an important and sad bit of news got by me. On February 21, only weeks after his studio was destroyed by wildfire, Rodger B. MacGowan passed away. Rather than pretend I was on top of things and write a late...
"You're Listening To FNRD – Forever, And Ever, And Ev-"
What if tuning into a specific radio station caused it to stay stuck on that radio station, unable to change the channel? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode; this really happened (as I recently found out and had to giddily post here) to drivers of certain Mazda cars back...
It's Back From The Past: GURPS Classic: Time Travel Adventures
If you're going to go back in time, maybe you want to do something more interesting than traveling to the first Daily Illuminator entry. Maybe you're searching for adventure! We've got you covered. Behold! After being unavailable for decades, GURPS Classic: Time Travel Adventures is back – as a PDF...