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Escape, Engagement, and Eucatastrophe
Artwork from GRIDSHOCK 20XX by Grey WizardA sentiment that I've been seeing often lately is wanting to avoid games that take place in post-apocalyptic or cyberpunk settings because they're "too close...
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Terminal State
Now the lines are converging to the point of no return.VX2, the publishing imprint my brother Chris and I operate, has launched our second Kickstarter campaign: Terminal State.Terminal State is a...
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Revisiting GRIDSHOCK 20XX Zine 4: Reference
Gray would be the color.GRIDSHOCK 20XX's fourth and final zine is "The Encyclopedia of Post-Shock North America" (or Reference for short). The back cover calls it "A glossary of everything you've...
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Revisiting GRIDSHOCK 20XX Zine 3: Regions
My baby blue.Somewhat delayed, here's the post-mortem for GRIDSHOCK 20XX Zine 3: Regions, which gives GMs "all the details on a world in the grip of super-villainy." Well, maybe not all the details,...
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Revisiting GRIDSHOCK 20XX Zine 2: Roster
Pink noise, delicious.My "autopsy" of the GRIDSHOCK 20XX zines I published a couple of years ago continues. This time I'll be looking at Zine 2: Roster, which "supplements hero creation with new...
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Revisiting GRIDSHOCK 20XX Zine 1: Roadmap
It was all yellow.I Kickstarted and published GRIDSHOCK 20XX as a set of four zines, each presenting a few chapters that, at least in theory, added up to "a post-apocalyptic setting for use with ICONS...
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A Look Back at GRIDSHOCK 20XX
In 2021, I launched a Kickstarter for GRIDSHOCK 20XX. GRIDSHOCK was a setting concept I had been writing about on Google+ until that social media site was rendered defunct. You can skim the Kickstarter...
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Dragonbane Kin: Underworld Otter
New illustration kindly provided by Jason SholtisNote: The Underworld otter originally appeared in the Operation Unfathomable Players' Guide and was created by Jason Sholtis.I've already covered the...
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Dragonbane Kin: Woolly Neanderthal
Note: The woolly Neanderthal originally appeared in the Operation Unfathomable Players' Guide and was created by Jason Sholtis.Last week, I made an attempt to convert a player race from Operation...
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Dragonbane Kin: Citizen Lich
Note: The citizen lich originally appeared in the Operation Unfathomable Players' Guide and was created by Jason Sholtis.I am an avowed fan of the "internally consistent gonzo fun house...
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Two Modest House Rule Proposals for Dragonbane
"You sure about that?"Hey, I'm not dead! Though I guess Dungeonskull Mountain basically has been for a while now. Let's fix that.I've been playing Free League's Dragonbane since the early backer PDF of...
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Baleful Beasts
HAVE FUN, KID Rod Ruth, illustrator of children's books like Album of Dinosaurs and Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures -- which I compulsively checked and re-checked out of any number of childhood...
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Is Rifts Gonzo?
Nope. One thing I keep seeing online is people describing Rifts as "gonzo" and "kitchen sink". I have to admit that this rubs me the wrong way a little. Don't get me wrong: I think both of those terms...
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More Mercenary Teams
We Are Mercenary by madspartan013 Here, have some more (mostly antagonistic) mercenary teams for Rifts. Many of these are a bit tongue-in-cheek, which I suppose might not work for some people. I had a...
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Down, Down to 5E Town
Although my last attempt at running Dungeons & Dragons was ultimately unsatisfying, I can't stay away from D&D for long. I've picked up every official edition of the game since the arrival of...
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Role & Roll Station: A Tokyo FLGS
Blurry action shot hastily taken while fleeing the store During my blogging hiatus a couple of months ago, I was traveling in Asia, including Japan. I didn't get a chance to do any gaming while I was...
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Mercenary Team Black Fortress
Mercenary Team Black Fortress, more often simply called "Black Fortress", is a travelling company of soldiers of fortune that have recently made Serendipity their base of operations. Unlike some of...
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City-States of the North Cascades Combine, Part 5: Other Settlements and Hazards
17.06.2014 by Beaver-SkinCITY-STATES OF THE NORTH CASCADES COMBINEBeing a Series Outlining the Members of the Post-Apocalyptic Pacific Northwest's Preeminent Political Power, Part the Fifth: (The...
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City-States of the North Cascades Combine, Part 4: The Sealth Chieftaincy and...
CITY-STATES OF THE NORTH CASCADES COMBINEBeing a Series Outlining the Members of the Post-Apocalyptic Pacific Northwest's Preeminent Political Power, Part the Fourth:The Sealth Chieftaincy....
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City-States of the North Cascades Combine, Part 3: The Mount Hood Banate
CITY-STATES OF THE NORTH CASCADES COMBINEBeing a Series Outlining the Members of the Post-Apocalyptic Pacific Northwest's Preeminent Political Power, Part the Third:The Mount Hood Banate. (Population:...
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