Videos: A Hot Time in the Old Town
Website update: I’ve added a page to the top bar where you can quickly find all the episodes of Scales of War. I’ve listed the game sessions in descending order, with the individual episodes in...
View ArticleVideos: Chasing After the Attackers
The first video in the new game session begins with an exciting recap of the previous one. For the first time (for realsies), Blip’s uploader picked an image to use for a thumbnail that didn’t capture...
View ArticleVideos: Vandal and the Snake Swing
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT ISN’T AWESOME No, really. Vandal runs around in the wild, chasing after the goblins who attacked Brindol, and he encounters the first of his major foils. CLIFFHANGER ENDING AHOY! I...
View ArticleVideos: Children of the Night
Vandal faces down his first nemesis: a vampire! Watch the hilarity of this first encounter between future nemeses! Vandal the dwarf warden versus, the vaguely-European-accented vampire! (I don’t think...
View ArticleVideos: A Much Needed Extended Rest
After a narrow escape from the vampire Caim, Vandal returns to the town of Brindol and collapses in an exhausted heap. The next morning, he finds that his deeds have not gone unnoticed, and that one...
View ArticleVideos: Who Are You Going To Call
After recovering from the previous night’s events, Vandal receives his official call to adventure, in a roundabout sort of way, from Councilman Troyas, a half-elf who reminds cookiemonger of Mister...
View ArticleVideos: Interrogating the Goblin
This is the last of my stocked videos, ’cause I’ve been either too lazy or too busy to record any more. On the plus side, I’ve made a lot of progress toward utilizing my own game system instead of...
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Videos: The History Of A System
I’m taking a break from the adventure this week to talk about some stuff. This episode is on the shorter side because I’m not entirely sure just how well-received 15 minutes of me just talking to you...
View ArticleExperiments: Tabletop Roguelike
It’s been almost a year since I last approached this topic in-blog. The Tabletop Roguelike, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Solo Play. But don’t think that I’ve been idle all this time, oh...
View ArticleTwenty-Sided Yes or No
Do you get what you’re after? My die of choice is of the twenty-sided variety, so success requires something more than the average. “Just passing” is in the double-digits, with true success being in...
View ArticleRoguelike DnD: Losing Is Fun
I’ve been giving some thought to the idea of a truly single-player tabletop roleplaying game. If such a thing were possible, it wouldn’t just be good for entertainment, it could be a platform for...
View ArticleShort-Term Writing Project
I want to start a short writing project as a warm-up for the new comic I want to launch this March. I happened across this website called “Ongoing Worlds,” which I thought might be an interesting...
View ArticleThe Mighty Dungeon
I’m sure this is all very boring, well-tread territory for B/X gamers. The first thing I wanted to take a stab at was “delve length.” I’m sure once I’ve set some baselines I can create specialized...
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