Role Playing
The loops you encounter while playing define the feel of every roleplaying game. Consider the combat loop in Dungeons and Dragons. After rolling initiative, everyone — players and opponents alike — takes turns choosing actions to resolve the battle. If the action is crowded, this may be an exhausting process, but it’
I’ve been a nerd for as long as I can remember. When I was ten years old, my parents bought me my first computer — a Commodore Vic20 — but I started playing Dungeons and Dragons with my neighbour around the same time. That was also around the time I started
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Although today it has as many tourists as rats, Old Town caught my attention the moment I started researching Edinburgh. As you explore Old Town — or in my case, get lost — it’s not uncommon to walk past what appear to be four-story buildings built in the sixteen or
Role Playing
There are few more iconic foes in roleplaying than an undying wizard possessing remarkable cunning, access to a vast library of forbidden lore, and control over a web of allies the likes of which you’ve never seen. Of course, we’re talking about the Lich. Below is a quick
Role Playing
I recently started a new campaign using the Legend in the Mist system. This system is completely new for my players. I've run one campaign using it before, but if I'm honest, I don't feel the experience was super successful because none of us
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We moved to Edinburgh from Seattle in September 2024 and settled into a lovely Georgian townhouse on Danube Street in Stockbridge. Eventually, a forty-foot long shipping container would arrive with everything we owned. But for a short while, Caitlin, I, and our five cats spread out over three stories
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Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the lucky literate few got their news, gossip, and entertainment from broadsides. Publishers printed these large, single sheets of cheap paper on only one side, perfect for spreading flat or tacking up in public places, and then throwing away. Just as the Internet