I wrote the original version of this post in 2014, then I updated it in 2019. It's probably time to check back in and see how the rpg la...

The original version of this post appeared in July 2015. I never did finish writing In Doom's Wake, but it got playtested twice I beli...

Prismatic Wasteland's call for a Blogging Conclave seemed like a good time to revisit this post originally presented in January of 2020...

The original version of this post appeared in March of 2015... I've written previously about a world where the dungeoneering was an d...

I've got more posts to come, but I figured it was a good time to put all the posts I've written so far together in one place: The pr...

The original version of this post appeared in December of 2010. I've updated it with some newer thoughts... We’re all familiar with th...

Listening to the History of the Germans podcast in episodes about the struggle for power between the Papacy and the Hofenstaufen Holy Roman ...

The original version of this post appeared in 2018... I think it might be cool to make Ravenloft a little more Gormenghast: the castle is...

In the Land of Azurth, the wizard Mondegreen is infamous among magical practitioners, not because he was powerful (though he was) nor for...

This post original appeared on 2020 and was one of my most popular posts that year. Recent discussion of what constitutes good "lore...

One of these days, I'm going to completely finish (and maybe publish) this series on the Great Wheel, but until then, here's everyth...

This weekend, while getting over COVID, I was thinking about this idea again...   At the close of World War II, captured German scientis...

The original version of this post appeared in 2015... One of the complaints against the standard D&D Planes is that, while conceptual...

The original version of this post appeared in 2018.   A common reframe in the old school landscape is "Combat as War vs. Combat as S...

Everything Lawful, in one post! The Twin Paradises The Layers of Heaven ( part 1 ) ( part 2 ) ( part 3 ) ( part 4 ) Arcadia The Planes of Pu...

This post originally appeared in 2018 and was a follow-up to this post . HAWKMAN STATISTICS F                 EX   (20) A         ...

This post originally appeared in June of 2015...   Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the ski...

This post was originally published on May 2, 2013, shortly after the death of Andrew J. Offutt. News of Andrew J. Offutt 's passing on ...

The original version of this post appeared in 2010...   "Sword-swinging fantasy protagonist" has generally been a male gig. The p...

This follow up to  this post  first appeared in 2016. These aren't actual stories from comics (though some are close), but pastiches of ...