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Our Surprise
Posted on August 20, 2012 | Make a CommentYeah, so, sometimes things sneak up on you. I was out at a movie when it happened. When I left the theater I found 10pm voicemail from Rob on my phone, which ... -
Moving Pieces
Posted on August 20, 2012 | Make a CommentThis started out as another 13th Age post, but I ended up tabling it as a bigger issue came up in discussion which, I think, crystallized a few thoughts about games, how they're run and how they're played.Now, here's the caveat up front: I'm speaking i... -
Iconic Examples
Posted on August 17, 2012 | Make a CommentSo, here are a few specific tricks you might want to consider to build an interesting Icon set:The Icon DeckOne interesting thing about the existing 13 Icons is that they're not hard to map to half of the greater arcana of the Tarot deck. Some of that ... -
Icons and Anchors
Posted on August 16, 2012 | Make a CommentSo, one fun thing to do with the Icons system from 13th Age is to start mapping it onto fiction and game settings you like. I've done it several times, and I encounter an interesting pattern - the first few Icons of any setting tend to be v... -
Zeppelin Armada
Posted on August 15, 2012 | Make a CommentThe flipside of Race to Adventure, Zeppelin Armada is a fightin’ card game featuring the villainous masterminds of the Spirit of the Century setting. An artifact of ultimate power has been discovered — and EVERYONE... -
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies Reviews
Posted on August 15, 2012 | Make a Comment7th Sea, eat your heart out. I love the idea of a good swashbuckling game, for much the same reason why I enjoy the conceptualization of pulp – romance, intrigue,... -
Personal Icons
Posted on August 15, 2012 | Make a CommentOk, so now that you've got the idea of icons, what can you do?First and foremost, you can use them. The 13 in the rules are rock solid, and the text provides lots of interesting guidelines on customizing them. As is the nature of iconic cha... -
Icons and d20Tech
Posted on August 14, 2012 | Make a CommentSo, please take it as a given that 13th Age is going to be a great game. It's got some great minds behind it, and it really feels like it takes d20, combines a few of the good lessons from 4e, and makes a "good parts version" of d20. The la... -
The Storyteller’s Tools
Posted on August 8, 2012 | Make a CommentOne essential part of storytelling is that the teller knows the story. This seems self evident, but it's worth calling out because of what it means to the process - because the tell knows what's going to happen, she knows *how* to tell the story.... -
Kickstarter: This Is What A Mistake Looks Like
Posted on July 31, 2012 | Make a CommentEDIT: Kickstarter has clarified: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/bulk-quantities — Kudos for getting specific and responding relatively quickly. I’m preserving the rest of my post as is, though I think their definition addresses many of ...
