Some Space to Think

While I have specific demands for maps in games, the issue if more muddled in pure-setting products, most famously defined by the boxed sets...

Setting is, to my mind, utterly essential to RPGs, and has also been the poor cousin to rules design in a lot of the deeper discussions of R...

I did not expect to get to Dreamation this year, but My wonderful wife surprised me with a window of time that allowed me to day-trip up for...

I floated another question on twitter, since it tends to be an interesting sounding board for idea seeds, and this one's sticking. That ...

Equilibrium is a very tempting state in setting design. I has lots of fun trappings like a balance of power and broad opportunities for com...

I talked a bit yesterday about how pleased I was with the Dark Sun monster book because it had the tools of play baked right in. That got m...

The new 4e Dark Sun setting books are pretty good. They've changed up their format a little bit, and rather than doing a GM's book a...

I have occasionally remarked that for all the incredibly clever and interesting ideas we have managed to develop in the realm of RPG rules, ...

Is there such a thing as a good metaplot? Tough question, and to answer it, let’s first figure out what we’re talking about. In the broades...

Ok, so yesterday I talked up all the good things that can come out of building a game with a strong tie to the setting from the ground up. ...

Someone, and I feel like a heel for not remembering who, just did a very nice review of Legend of the Five Rings, 4th edition. I have a lot ...

(Posting this in a couple of places, just to see how different platforms handle it) I'm a big fan of the Birthright setting that TSR put...