Seven-Part Pact Playtest Highlight Reel
I had the privilege and joy of spending a weekend playing Seven-Part Pact with Jay, SJ, and four other friends. This was my fourth time in Isha, but for most of the table, it was a completely new experience. Between Session Zero on Friday and 5 months of game time on Saturday...
This Is Better Than The Title Jean Submitted It With
Car Wars players who print in 3D have things fairly good: CARnage and CARnage 2 have STLs of all the cars (including unarmed versions), tons of weapons and accessories for conversions (there's even an Armored Beer Fridge!), arena items, and so on. But we don't have . . . roads! ...
To The Moonjs And Back
If you're like me, you've been a bit more into lunar travel in recent weeks, thanks to some lucky, lucky astronauts who got to go farther away from Earth than anyone's ever managed before. Well, everything new is old again, with Moonjs: An Online Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) Simulator. It's...
You Can Pick Your Friends, And You Can Pick Your Lock . . .
I'm a huge fan of flavor details in my tabletop RPGs: If possible, I love it when I don't have to say, "The surveillance drone is cutting edge," but can add something colorful like, "The drone seems to be the cutting-edge Skyskreamer 7000 . . . Here's a picture." To...
All The World's A Stage . . . Especially On National Shakespeare Day!
Did you know that today is National Shakespeare Day? No? Well, why not?!? It's only the day one of the greatest writers in history was born! It is also, coincidentally, the day he died. That's right! William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564, and died on that same date in...
Let No One Say We Didn't Have This Coming
Try as I might, I cannot see this as anything but fair political comment. -- Steve Jackson
Coming Soon To Kickstarter: GURPS Ring Of Fire
The location is Grantsville, West Virginia. The year is 2000 . . . or is it? Residents of this quaint town suddenly find themselves transported to 1632 Germany during the Thirty Years' War. What happens next? You'll need to play GURPS Ring of Fire to find out! GURPS Ring...
What's The Latest Buzz In Your Audio Recordings?
This post is about a link I've had open in my "too many tabs" horde for a while that has merits . . . and a caveat. I'm sharing it as a half-baked "this is interesting" idea. Behold: The Hummingbird Clock. The idea behind this 2016 project by artist Lawrence...