Owen wrote something about game developers sharing enough direction/information with writers for them to accomplish their assignment without assigning more reading that they would be writing. Owen specifically said preferences and feedback and the more you give them to read … Continue reading →
Jim likes to talk about how most people who are in favor of Vancian spell slots per day have never read the Dying Earth, the book the idea came from. Today Owen brought up something on his Patreon/Blog about changing … Continue reading →
Definition of Götterdämmerung: a collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence and disorder In 1974 Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson gave us Dungeons and Dragons, the reasons why things were the way they were depended a … Continue reading →
Jim and I were talking about a 5e conversion of A Broken Sky, its something he wanted to do but didn’t get a critical mass of Patreon supporters behind it so he could focus on it full time. We believe … Continue reading →
Slay a dragon, remove the energist from its heart and power your Atlantean mecha to defend the realm. Since before the Starfinder Tech Revolution playtest came out Jim has been wondering about a Fantasy Mecha game in the vein of … Continue reading →
For as long as I’ve been running Pathfinder, my players have used Monster Knowledge checks, only now with Pathfinder 2e, not only can they critically succeed, they can also critically fail. In that regard, I want to tell you about … Continue reading →
We’re going to talk about Starships, digging deep into the what look like shallow waters to plumb surprising depths and watch out for the undercurrents that will sweep you away. Yeah, that may be a promise I can’t keep, lets … Continue reading →
I have a lot of friends who love Borderlands, I’ve been playing Destiny since the original with a couple of members in my fireteam that have played since Beta. This isn’t to establish gamer cred or something equally intangible, just … Continue reading →
In the IT world a punch list is just a checklist of things you need to do to finish a project. Using the Starfinder chapters as a guideline I created a basic one. I’ll start including links to writeups as … Continue reading →
Owen mentioned that game companies rely heavily on institutional knowledge and not documented processes and procedures. This happens at small businesses,consulting shops, non-profits and government agencies of various sizes. If the process is “we call Bob” its not a process, … Continue reading →
