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Diverse Challenges

In my most recent release, Aethrjammr, I briefly mention that even in space-fantasy ship combat, 'challenge diversity' is essential to a...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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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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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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...