The Factions of Sigil are involved in the kriegstanz, a never ending cold war between the factions. There are many variables that can cause the fortunes of a faction to rise or fall, but this artic…| Willow Rants
Just how old are Planescape’s factions, anyways? One of the challenges of trying to research anything in Planescape (or any well established setting, for that matter) is how much material there is,…| Willow Rants
Every year I try to look back and make a list of the games I played. I failed to do this for 2022, and I took my sweet time doing it for 2023. Anyway, here’s the list: 13th Age: Ran a short a…| Willow Rants
Its been a while. 2020 and 2021 took a lot of energy out of me, and I missed my typical end of year writeup for last year. So in addition to the usual disclaimers that I may have missed a game or t…| Willow Rants
What is this? Why am I doing this? You should have read the introduction! INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST DAY Boccaccio starts by addressing his presumed audience, us “fairest ladies,” concerned that due…| Willow Rants
Let’s Read The Decameron Part 0: Introductory Notes, and Author’s Prologue Giovanni Boccaccio wrote the Decameron in the wake of the Black Plague. Boccaccio was the third best poet/writer of 14th c…| Willow Rants
My recordkeeping was not great this year. I didn’t take very good notes on the cons I attended: Forge, Gencon, or Gamehole. I chalk this up to a generally frustrating and draining year. Fortunately…| Willow Rants
It’s been a great decade for roleplaying games, with many quality releases, both big and small. This is my personal list of the top ten games of the 2010s, based on actual play delivered at the tab…| Willow Rants
I started off the session getting Sir Neroven’s player back up to speed, since he had missed the last half of 499. He had gotten married to Lady Cath, one of the daughters of Lady Indeg, who came w…| Willow Rants
Two of our knights were needed elsewhere- clearly Sir Nerovens had wedding preparations to attend to- so it was Sir Gherard, Sir Harvis, and Sir Hermel who ventured north, escorting Lady Nineve and…| Willow Rants