Skorne – Release

I'm thrilled to announce that I have released my first paid product on itch.io. From the preface: One player is SKORNE the devil prince and commands his demon rulers and armies. The other players are renegades, part of mankind’s insurrection against the darkness that reigns. Overthrow the evil Tyrants. Free chained captives. Fight to the …

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How I ruthless stole from Shadow of Mordor to run a fun night of gaming for my brother

This is my Assassin's Creed. Play worlds, not rules. One Easter break, I binged the video game Shadow of Mordor. I was obsessed with the Nemesis system that created the sandbox-like environment of the game. https://youtu.be/NyMndWpihTM?t=229 GMTK did a bit on this... Enemy orc warlords and your relationship to them changed everything about the way …

Diceless Violence

Bring a boulder to a fistfight. Shipwright. I saw hints of this in the Maze Rats campaign I ran, but this is typical of many, nearly all fantasy role-playing games. In that game, the players were often against overwhelming forces, but would continue to run into the fight and make Attack Rolls, with or without …

Do it badly (or poorly or whatever)

Ranged slash attack. Shipwright. Welcome to another edition of me throttling my perfectionist instincts until they choke and perish. My name is Sam. Four years ago, I received a free picture frame in one of those gag drawings they always do at events. You know the ones. You get a slinky or a goofy stick …

Playing with Youngers: Diving into DICELESS

Magic, magic, everywhere. Shipwright. So there I was running a “Hogwarts-inspired” adventure game, now titled “Magic School Adventure Game” (long story short, I got into a brief legal tussle with Warner Brothers over the use of names and pictures, woof). A student declared they were going to cast a spell. Up to this point we …