Return to part 1 Continuing from part 2, I'm exploring some alternatives to the traditional role that money and economics plays in D&D, insp...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z| A Knight at the Opera
A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z| A Knight at the Opera
A B C D Demon Dragon E F G1 G2 G3 H I Jackalwere K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Credit: Prem (aka Coool Brain)...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
You've probably noticed me blogging a lot more about 5E lately. And if you've read any of that, you'll know I that I have pretty complicated feelings towards it.| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
It's more likely than you think.Notorious bird Prismatic Wasteland is up to his antics again trying to get decent, law-abiding folks to weasel their way around legal trouble, and I'm here to help.| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
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If you only ever listened to annoying AD&D fanboys, you might think that the OSR is strictly about crawling through big megadungeons as swor...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here.| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
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This is my tier list for "ways that board games end." Either the trigger for the ending or the way you evaluate the results or whatever. Anything having to do with the ending of a board game. Many of these are mutually compatible, obviously.| A Knight at the Opera
"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." You have likely seen or been ...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
As I'm sure you well know, not all crunch is the same. It can be broadly useful to know if you generally prefer less crunch or more crunch. But it helps a lot to feel out the nuance of the issue. I myself don't often identify as preferring "rules lite" games anymore because I have to admit that there's actually some very crunchy games I love. My own design certainly leans lite, but I know confidently that I'm no true minimalist. I can sink my teeth into rules and procedures, so long as they'...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Continuing my posts about The Seven-Part Pact (7PP) and some of its nifty mechanical design ideas, I want to discuss this game's approach to authority.| A Knight at the Opera
Continuing my posts about The Seven-Part Pact (7PP) and some of its nifty mechanical design ideas, I want to discuss this game's approach to consequences.| A Knight at the Opera
Continuing my posts about The Seven-Part Pact (7PP) and some of its nifty mechanical design ideas, I want to discuss the rules for combat.| A Knight at the Opera
Continuing my posts about The Seven-Part Pact (7PP) and some of its nifty mechanical design ideas, I want to discuss the rules for Companions.| A Knight at the Opera
We sometimes joke that blogging is a method of exorcism for the game design demons inside us. And right now, I'm possessed by the demon called Legion, for it is many. That's right, I speak once more of The Seven-Part Pact. I'm going to blog about this game until I've purged myself of Wizard Madness.| A Knight at the Opera
After collecting as many initiative methods into one post as I possibly could, I offered to write a review of them. A few people were inter...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
I recently had a very novel experience running a game that I think has some potential that ought to be explored. Maybe someone out there has...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Before we get started, I swear I'm not a sociopath. I don't think of NPCs in the same way that most other GMs do. If you're new to the hobb...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Not really. But maybe, with your help, we actually can. Let's give this a shot. Every now and then I've seen a blog post attempting to cover...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a follow-up to that one previous post . I'm glad to see it's been received pretty positively, and that I've gotten lots of suggestio...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
I recently had the privilege to take part in an in-person playtest session of The Seven-Part Pact , the upcoming game by Jay Dragon. The Sev...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Credit: Alan Lee This is a post about a very subtle facet of spotlight management. I consider it to be one of the most important techniques ...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Artist Credit: Wayne Reynolds This is a spiritual sequel to a previous post about crunch . Everyone uses the word "balance" in reference to ...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here. Pertinent to this post, I've also released ...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here.| A Knight at the Opera
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here.| A Knight at the Opera
D&D didn't forget about or abandon followers, flunkies, and lackies. They merely evolved. Adapted to selection pressures, now built for a di...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Pssst! If you're coming here from the Glatisant, Part 1 is here!| A Knight at the Opera
Does this guy have any actual solutions for us? Of course I do! I'm not just here to poop parties! But first, we must once again return to the ancient wisdom: the difference between game design and level design.| A Knight at the Opera
Ready for a major departure from everything I've been arguing in this series so far?| A Knight at the Opera
Credit: Mike Schley| A Knight at the Opera
Credit: Ralph Horsley So you're trying to make your ultimate citycrawl procedure anyway. And right there, you've already run into the second...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Alternative series title: My (Frequently Tested, Yet Still Dubious) Theory of Urban Gameplay| A Knight at the Opera
This is my best attempt at cataloguing all the sources I've read while trying to learn more about urban gameplay in D&D-like games. This is partly because it may interest you and partly because I don't want people recommending me stuff I've already read. Or if they are recommending me something new, they might read this list and realize "oh, wait, the thing I'm recommending won't actually add much to what this guy already knows." And you might also be interested in these things. A lot of idea...| A Knight at the Opera
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here. Most RPGs try to support a variety of plays...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Much has been made of the weird underlying assumptions of general "liberal American capitalism" woven throughout mainstream D&D economics g...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here. This post has required reading: Defeat, Not...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Because apparently this is a 5E blog now, I'm going to talk about the Gritty Realism variant rule suggested in the DMG on page 267. But wait...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a post about our wuxia game that's currently in development. You can check it out here. When I pitch the game to someone who's used...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Here's a course-correction that I wish had happened a decade ago. It's an idea surrounding the OSR that I wouldn't call a misconception , ex...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a mistake I've seen many people make when discussing rules and content and stuff like that. Here it is: game design and level design...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
All the cool bloggers are into slushposting. I think it was started by Dan over at Throne of Salt ? He occasionally does this thing where he...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
If you work in any form of engineering then this is probably a familiar idea. I just want to talk about how valuable I find it to be when it...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This post collects a lot of miscellaneous observations and advice, some from other thinkers and some from myself. It's all basic-level. Ther...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
You've probably noticed me blogging a lot more about 5E lately. And if you've read any of that, you'll know I that I have pretty complicated...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Mazes and labyrinths are a staple of fantasy fiction, so it makes sense that you might want to see one in D&D. In many ways, the Greek Labyr...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
This is a review of Mothership , the popular and widely-acclaimed sci-fi horror RPG by Sean McCoy and the folks at Tuesday Knight Games . It...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
Artist credit: Katie Hicks Dolmenwood is now a big deal. But it was a journey to get here. It was originally conceived as a setting by Gavi...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
I have noticed an unspoken disparity in the way people seem to use hexes in the context of a hexcrawl, and I think it deserves some attentio...| knightattheopera.blogspot.com
