Adventure World Chassis

The Hobbit A spectrum of table styles with two extremities: crystalized and fluid. Crystalized. The world is set in stone. The GM or an intellectual property has declared its boundaries. Details are made ahead of time like calendars with holidays and festivals, towns with maps and points of interests, major factions with motivations and rosters, …

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How I use Powered by the Apocalypse

A lot of this thinking comes from playing Babes in the Wood with the artist of this piece. Fun times, cousin. 🙂 Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games are derived from the Apocalypse World. Derived in that they might share one or more of these things: GM Agendas, Principles, and MovesPlayer Moves and Playbooks"Success but" …

20 Questions: Alternate XP for Fantasy RPGs

If you haven't read Order of the Stick, go do it. Now. The whole thing. I was pointed to a fun set of ideas regarding alternate ways to give XP... Thank you, sir. "How are players rewarded?" is always a good question to ask from a game master and designer perspective. I've already written on …