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Update: September 2025

So I've been on a miniature wargames kick. Since my last blog update, I've delved into One Page Rules and The Doomed . I had a month-long delusion that I could make my own minis game, which I might post about later.  I think my wargame obsession is mostly over. The magical post-apocalyptic setting of the wargame project reminded me of my other magical post-apocalyptic setting, an RPG project called Dragons vs Robots . I resolved to focus on that, and put aside the minis game for the time being.  Predictably, my ADHD riddled brain latched onto my Fate Fantasy project instead. I still might post about DvR at some point, but it's fantasy for the time being. That project has been wavering between being a specific setting and a more general fantasy toolkit.  So it occurred to me that I could do both. Present the bare-bones setting as a jumping-off point for making your own world. Start with the player characters, and build outward from there. Here's the starting point: ...

I'm back

It's been a minute since I blogged here. In the past few months, I've run a Fate Star Wars game, flew to Minnesota for my grandmother's funeral, and dealt with the fallout of the election. I'm not sure which was the most emotional for me. That Star Wars game was a real learning experience. The game fell apart because of expectation miss-match. I was thinking Andor , they just wanted to shoot storm troopers. So we're talking about a new game, using the fantasy ideas I've been noodling on. Expect to see more fantasy stuff here soon. I definitely need to work on my GM skills. More details and atmosphere. More funny voices!  BTW: I'm on Bluesky and Mastodon if you want to follow me.