It's that time of the year again! Halloweeeeeen gammeeee! *cue spooky music.* I elected to run Mythras from The Design Mechanism, using their Mythic Rome sourcebook. (You can find all of these books on their website or DriveThruRPG.) Rules Changes for Moar Horror None! The combat rules in Mythras are pretty horrific already (in terms of body horror), and … Continue reading Halloween Game 2018 – Mythras (Mythic Rome)
Life Changes / Don’t Panic
I've been full-time in the game industry for almost 18 months now. It's been awesome. I love what I do, I love my friends (I can't rightly call them fans/customers as we're all in this together as a community). But sometimes life throws you a curve-ball, and you have to adjust. The wife and I … Continue reading Life Changes / Don’t Panic
My Infinity War
This blog post deals with mental illness, depression, suicide attempts, and stuff like that. It's not light. Also terrible pictures of me culled from Facebook. It's been ten years since Marvel's Iron Man hit theaters, a fact not lost on the marketing team for Avengers: Infinity War, comic fans, movie fans, or really anyone remotely plugged into … Continue reading My Infinity War
Alan’s Unofficial (& Totally Biased) Essential The One Ring RPG Guide
My Pendragon guide was very popular. One of my top three blog posts! So I'm doing more for other RPGs I love. Thus, I present to you, Alan’s Unofficial (& Totally Biased) Essential The One Ring RPG Book Guide! I adore The One Ring (also called TOR.) My love of Tolkien runs deep and nostalgic, and … Continue reading Alan’s Unofficial (& Totally Biased) Essential The One Ring RPG Guide
Pendragon Halloween Game Recipes
Cooking with Alan Time! Some folks asked for the recipes I used for the Pendragon Halloween Game. Here they are! You'll have to bear with me, I've never written recipes on this blog before. These recipes are deliberately medieval-styled, but obviously benefit from modern advances. I used this site to do my best to use … Continue reading Pendragon Halloween Game Recipes
Halloween Game 2017 – Pendragon
This is a really late update, but hey. Here we go. I ran a Pendragon one-off for my Halloween game in 2017. Rules Changes for MOAR HORROR I introduced a new "Curse" mechanic to the players. I had a giant d20 on the table set at '1'. Every time a player rolled a result equal … Continue reading Halloween Game 2017 – Pendragon
On Impossible Standards, Failure & Success
It's been a very long few weeks. If I'm being honest, it's been a very long few months. It all started with some fairly large misses on my end on the production of Tiny Dungeon 2e. In fairness to myself, I'm working two jobs, while conducting a job hunt. But fairness to myself isn't something … Continue reading On Impossible Standards, Failure & Success
Planet Mercenary – A retrospective?
Planet Mercenary is a game I helped to write and did a majority of the rules design on, especially the initial engine and concepts. It's a game I'm very proud of. Exceptionally so, and I consider it firmly in the "Best Work" category of my career (which while small, is growing rapidly.) Last night, the Game Chief Secrets … Continue reading Planet Mercenary – A retrospective?
Top Ten RPGs of 2017
Like last year, I’m doing a non-review of my favorite RPG products of the year. I don’t review RPG products anymore, but I can certainly tell you what I loved. This is simply my impressions and responses to products that have come out. Consider these recommendations, but there are so many great RPGs out there. It … Continue reading Top Ten RPGs of 2017
Alan talks on Writing Excuses
At LTUE 2017, I got a chance to sit down with the talented Writing Excuses crew and talk about how to turn ideas and stories into games! You can listen to it HERE. We talk about Planet Mercenary, Tiny Frontiers, and various components of games. Luckily my fantastic hosts make me sound smart, and we had a … Continue reading Alan talks on Writing Excuses
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