With a Little Bit of Fortune

Hey all! As you know I was lucky enough to be able to try out the Horizon Network with its author. (I am not formally affiliated with the author or with Grimm Press) This is the 3rd video in the playtest series. It shows our final battle! Hope you enjoy it and give the system […]

Coming soon to Vtt

Hello All – I have been looking into ways to get the game up on Virtual Tabletops and have some exciting news! PlayRole.Com I just submitted the game to PlayRole.Com. Will let you know when it has gone through the system and is available for purchase. Getting the game there will get you access to […]

Under a Hostile Sun

Under a Hostile Sun is a new tabletop RPG where your enemy isn’t the monsters – it’s the very environment itself. The galaxy recently had a great upheaval. Now many, seeking to escape corrupt local governors and war-ravished worlds, are desperately taking to space exploration. It’s a hope for a better life. But at a cost. The […]

Cogent Playtest

As mentioned earlier on this blog Shadiversity and Jazza have released an Open Game RPG Framework called Cogent. I recently was able to playtest it out with some friends. I also got to try out Owlbear Rodeo. Thoughts on Owlbear Overall, Owlbear is great . . . but not for dicepool systems. At least in […]

The Horizon Framework Playtest

Hey all! I had the joy of being able to be a Playtester with The Horizon Framework a game system affiliated with Grim Press. (I am not affiliated or sponsored by any of them, I just got to participate in the playtest) I got to play a muscular angry bird, explore a mysterious cave, and […]

The Simplicity Trap

Right now, ttRPGs are having an interesting moment. Fifth Edition D&D has exploded in popularity, in part due to its streamlined nature and approachability. On the flipside, now many people are trying Pathfinder 2e (historically more “rules heavy”) because they are unhappy with the direction WotC is taking. Shadowdark just made a boatload of money […]

Dungeons and Dragons Remains, the World’s Greatest RPG

I really wish I had more time right now to make a great blog post. But I am running off for the weekend – but would like to say – D&D will now remain, forever, an open game. The Creative Commons License now licenses the ENTIRE 5.1 SRD. The original OGL remains in effect too! […]

The Value of Unmonetized Culture

Many have made the case that this new “OGL” is an attempt to ensure the maximum profitability of WotC’s tabletop being developed. This helped me realize that this OGL problem is a symptom of a much larger problem, one bigger than WotC or even the ttRPG industry. In a monetized world, unmonetized culture can be […]

Cartoons, Photoshop and More, Oh my!

Hey friends – just a quick update on Under a Hostile Sun. Several images not included in the original publication have been added and more are on the way. These include digital image assets made with Adobe Photoshop and Unsplash (two examples of these shared above and below), cartoons made with Adobe Fresco and two […]

Open for who?

The week has brought several bits of good news. Nonetheless I am very concerned about the future of the tabletop community, both in ways that are being discussed and in ways that, at least as I have encountered so far, are not. Particularly around one of WotC’s excuses. WotC already has recourse One of the […]