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Books, Games, Things:
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Nuke Yourself to Alpha Centauri
Check It OutIn 1958, Freeman Dyson theorized that an interstellar starship could be propelled by riding the plasma shockwave of nuclear bombs jettisoned out the back end…
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Efficiency Engine
Check It OutSo take your typical German Boardgame, where you use turns and cards to convert currency into victory points, right? Then replace the turns and cards…
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Lavender Marriage
Check It OutThis one is near and dear to my heart: it’s a “lighthearted” comedy of manners where everyone has to navigate an impossible set of social…
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The Vicious Crucibles
Check It OutThese three interlocked print-and-play RPGs were an experiment to see if I could make a modular RPG that you could unbox and start playing immediately.…
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Void Vultures
Check It OutDungeoneering in space! With gritty not-space-marines! Fighting improbable and often silly monsters in order to scavenge food and fuel for their communities back home. This…
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Sons of Liberty
Check It OutIt’s a card-based roleplaying game where you play madcap clockpunk versions of the Founding Fathers (and Founding Mothers) of the United States of America, fighting…
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Full Light, Full Steam
Check It OutMy very first published RPG. It’s steampunk Star Trek, more or less, with a very charitable interpretation of Empire. You can see in its adventure…
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Glimmerfish, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutToday we look into Glimmerfish, a species created by magical accident, which glows with sorcerous power. People being people, they’ve come up with all sorts…
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The Toriel Highlands, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It OutThis week’s entry is the Toriel Highlands, which takes us both out into the boonies as well as into the center of political power (at…
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Trolls, from the Gazetteer of the Speaking Lands
Check It Out(I hit that “Publish” button a little too soon!) This week’s entry is TROLLS, which I have actually tried to stick to their Scandinavian origins…