If I Have To Paint One More Goddamn Gecko...
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View ArticleOoh OSR- 5e Character Sheet
David Shugars of The Nth Decree made this, for my 5e hack--I'll be using it...
View ArticleVisual and Information Design In RPGs
So a few days ago I went over to the USC games department (yes, it looks like you imagine: arcade machines in the hallway and always someone hopping to class on a pogo-stick in the background) and gave...
View ArticleI Have TWO New Adventures Out Today--And A Contest!
1. Judging from the social medias, a lot of you may already know that Frostbitten & Mutilated, aka Black Metal Amazons of the Devoured Land, aka Amazons of the Metal North, aka The Adventure That...
View ArticleThe Impossibility of the Fastball Special In The Mind of GNS
First:For Any Stranger Linked Here By People Hiding Their Outrage About It As lulzy Contempt:I haven't put this essay up yet, but long experience has shown me that when I write something like this,...
View ArticleWho Truly Represents The OSR? Are Stream Fans Part of The Community?
There was a lot of controversy this last week about who is welcome in the gaming community.Obviously the author of the most popular OSR products represents the OSR.And obviously if you watch them...
View ArticleThe Plottist In Westworld: What Simulation Isn't
This is, oh yes, another in a series.Try to ride a horse? Ponder the nature of reality? Just hang out?We're taking a detailed look at the original texts of GNS Theory, the Indie theory of RPGs. What,...
View Article“The Gamists have a lot to teach the rest of the hobby about self-esteem.“
LEARN!!Ron Edwards said that in the essay we're about to go through--which is the third in his series about GNS Theory: the tabletop RPG theory that's sat in the hollow space where a better one should...
View ArticleChaosless Theory (GNS, Narrativism, and the Morality of Stories)
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View ArticleRelevant Retropost Saturday: Anatomy of a Good Houserule
Some people write rules. Here's some advice from a few years back (original here):--Jeff's Carousing Mishaps table. It's a classic. Tons of people use it. Jeff has many tables on his blog--why does...
View ArticleThese Artifacts Imply...
Heward's Mystical Organ implies...1. Ivory-bearing creatures.2. Chords and intervals that rend the fabric of reality.3. A composer named Heward.4. Sheet music that contains spells.5. An ancient...
View ArticleSatan.
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View ArticleYou're gonna wanna get those floorboards looked at
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View ArticleThose Who Bring Strife
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View Articleheart in hand
New succubus painting for Demon City. Stats here.Donate to the Demon City patreon here
View Articlenice spoon it would be shame if somebody bent it
PSYCHICThe term “psychic” refers to any otherwise ordinary human who, through mutation, experiment or accident, has developed one or more telepathic or telekinetic abilities.Although they can be any...
View ArticleI met a Demon City PC today
"1980's It was Glendale--just like a movie--it was dark and it was raining..."Cat's just sitting there. The boyfriend tells him the girl was a UCLA professor--a former Ms Los Angeles. There are photos...
View ArticleBarney Rosset, James Raggi, and Why You're Allowed To Call A Book Fish Fuckers
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View ArticleDemon City Update, Art Show, More Pictures
-I am currently making art for the game and will keep doing that and almost nothing else until mid-April because I have an art show in New York which will feature a lot of the Demon City art. About 90%...
View ArticleApril 5th Is International Review Something Day
Making stuff can be difficult in 2018. And in 2018, people have rarely been more hungry for good stuff.Supporting creators is difficult, especially if you don't have any money--luckilty there's a way...
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