Some idle, unfinished thoughts circa 2014, care of Google+: The Smile is the Gate to the Dungeon of the HeartBehind anyone's smile waits all that they believe and have to say. The smile can be drawn shut, driving family and suitor away -- or opened to invite you in with sincerity or as a trap, … Continue reading Redux: Romantic Dungeon World
Category: Thinking
d20 Modern World Playbook
Circa 2014, over on Google+, I tinkered around with a modern adventure rendition of Dungeon World -- something suitable for adapting d20 Modern over to the Power by the Apocalypse ruleset. The first thing I did was kick around a hypothetical playbook... the Strong HeroName: A down-to-earth name, a short nickname, a fighter’s title, a … Continue reading d20 Modern World Playbook
Dungeon-making
I have zero recollection of writing this, but it's in my notes? What was it? Write down ten things you'd find there. Write down how five of those don't work like they should. Write down why no one uses it any more. Now pick whatever monsters you want to challenge players. Quick, answer how its … Continue reading Dungeon-making
Fate of the Federation Cast members
Originally posted to Google+ in 2014: Continuing my Star Trek: Fate of the Federation NPC portraits, I step away from my reoccurring Klingon secondary cast and take a jaunt into one-off (for now) characters. This doodle is Captain Carmella al-Hubari, an example of the elusive (in the canon at least) female starship captain.Captain al-Hubari commands … Continue reading Fate of the Federation Cast members
Redux: Fate of the Federation
Originally posted to Google+ in September 2014: +Lex Starwalker asked me to talk about my Star Trek series that I'm running. So here's some info in general, on starships, on FAE, on crew, and scenarios.GeneralI'm taking a lot of inspiration from Fate of the Alpha Quadrant, a set of guidelines that have mysteriously vanished from the … Continue reading Redux: Fate of the Federation
Strange New Worlds
I, apparently, at one point wrote a World of Dungeons hack meant to mimic Star Trek? This is news to me. In fact I wrote two of them, apparently. There's clearly some Stars Without Number in here. Looks pretty undone to me. *Strange New Worlds*a star trek hack for world of dungeonsby alfred rudzkiroll 2d6 … Continue reading Strange New Worlds
Turtle Form
A Kung Fu element for Tianxia: Blood, Silk, and Jade. Unfinished, clearly. Alternate Names: Sloth, Beggar Characterized by zero footwork, putting off action until the very last moment, adherence to the idea that the entirety of one's attention should be focused on deciphering your opponent's style - and that broadcasting your own movements is the … Continue reading Turtle Form
Redux: Bedouin Lifepaths for Burning Wheel
Originally workshopped on Google+ in November 2016, inspired by reading No god but God: I'm looking for something to represent nomadic Bedouin clans where everybody would know how to Ride or handle horses and camels and otherwise work lots of pastoral/bodyguarding/mercenary/escort jobs, wherein "wealth" (resources, goods, etc) would be handled communally, and the closest thing … Continue reading Redux: Bedouin Lifepaths for Burning Wheel
Redux: RPG a Day 2017 – Day 11 thru 14
Originally posted on Google+ in August of 2017: #RPGaDay2017 I'm behind! So I'm just gonna knock out several as best I can. 11. Which dead game would you like to see reborn?Apotheosis Drive X. This one's easy for me. I was so hyped up for this game, using Fate Core, that was all about Gundam-style … Continue reading Redux: RPG a Day 2017 – Day 11 thru 14
Redux: Inherit the Earth
Originally posted to Google+ in December 2016: Inspirations: Nier Automata, Wall-E, 9, Battlestar Galactica's Final Five, Blade Runner's replicants, the Omnic Crisis of Overwatch, the survivor's guilt of the FreakAngels webcomicI'm jamming real hard right now on the idea of an Apocalypse World where rogue AIs have wiped out the majority of humanity, and our … Continue reading Redux: Inherit the Earth
