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RPG Cons: A Meditation
Many of us know the manic excitement a few days before your favorite convention. You have your travel plans, your hotel room all set,...
RPG MAINFRAME: THE BLOG
hankerinferinale
- Nov 8
- 6 min
The Pelican
Annie was the kind of woman that couldn't let things go. She would just keep drilling deeper and deeper, looking for answers, or winning...
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hankerinferinale
- Oct 31
- 3 min
IS ALL D&D HORROR?
Yes, yes it is As a seven-year-old in 1980, I had a front row seat (literally, as a sneaker-in of theaters) to the explosive evolution of...
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hankerinferinale
- Oct 25
- 5 min
Splatter Up
Even among thousands, you can die alone In a crowd, a big crowd, there is terror. The 21st century has taught us to fear such things. We...
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hankerinferinale
- Oct 23
- 5 min
Gloria
This October, be careful what movies you watch... Death horror was lost on her. Gore was meaningless, suspense predictable, ghosts...
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hankerinferinale
- Oct 4
- 2 min
MacGuffin Encounters: Do 'Em!
Furious battles, perilous environments, and ribald exchanges with NPCs are the meat and potatoes of most games. As GMs, we spend each...
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hankerinferinale
- Sep 24
- 3 min
Diverse Challenges
In my most recent release, Aethrjammr, I briefly mention that even in space-fantasy ship combat, 'challenge diversity' is essential to a...
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hankerinferinale
- Sep 12
- 2 min
I'm not from The Renaissance
As RPG hobbyists, we all share a love of adventure. As fans of fantasy, we dream of a quieter time, when wide open wilderness and...
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hankerinferinale
- Aug 27
- 3 min
The Challenge Curve: It's Time for Inversion
The concept of danger, challenge, and difficulty in TTRPGs has gotten it dead wrong for the last 40 some years. Sorry, legions of...
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hankerinferinale
- Aug 20
- 3 min
Hacking HP: Buckle Up
If you're reading these words, you're probably just like me: a GM who has at least one small group of friends tricked into thinking you...
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hankerinferinale
- Aug 9
- 3 min
When NOT to Take Notes
As game masters and role players, we live in a world of notes. We jot, scribble and scrawl everything from dungeon maps to stat blocks to...
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hankerinferinale
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Don't Blame the Pringles
Once you pop, you can't stop. This may be true, but we all know the regret, the shame, the darkness creeping up from the strained...
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hankerinferinale
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Vectors: A Tool for Guessing, Prepping, and Boasting
First off, 'vector' is a super cool word. It makes you feel smart, because if you're saying 'vector' you must have a very specific...
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hankerinferinale
- Jun 12
- 2 min
The ICRPG Trojan Horse
It's been 6 years of pure craziness as ICRPG has wiggled its way under the skin of thousands of players and GMs worldwide, becoming an...
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hankerinferinale
- Jun 11
- 1 min
The Irony and the Release
Greetings, programs! Hail to my shields and skal to all Runehammerians. Yep. It's a blog. More material from the never ending exploration...
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