June 6th, 2014 was the last day for some of the proteges who were a part of my grand experiment in teaching others to write for Pyramid. This blog post serves as a sort of…progress report for the students, mentors, and reviewers (journeymen). Where We Did Good: Methodology: I don’t know if it’s because I’ve […]
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Carpe Blogiem: My Love/Hate Relationship With Virtual Tabletops
I’ve been playing role-playing games for a long time, I’ve been into computers almost as long. When I found out the two could combine…oh man, I geeked out. My first VTT was MapTools (version 1.19 I think). I spent hours toying with it and trying to make it work…and it did. But not the way […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Patreon…No, the Website, Not the Drink
So I’ve decided to give Patreon a shot and see what happens. So if you like my blog, me poking my heads in the forums at all hours, or my creative work in general you could become a patron to the arts. Make no mistake, I’m probably going to keep doing all of these things, […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: How Did You Get Your Start?
I was sent an email from an individual who asked: How did you start writing for Steve Jackson Games? That’s kind of complicated and a bit longish – but I’ll keep it as short as possible. I’ve always been a rules tinkerer and material developer. I was the guy who played Dungeons & Dragons, but […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2013 – A Year In Review
I’ve decided that I’m going to start doing a “review” of the previous year at the starting of each new year. So, to begin with. Here are the things that went on in 2013 for me: The Good (What I did well or that went well) I had four Pyramidarticles published this year: The Old […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: My Writing Process
On the forums, Kalzazz asked about a comment I made on another thread: Recently, I did an interview with a bunch of other authors about Steve Jackson Games’ Pyramid Magazine. Although one was late to the party (Matt Riggsby). I had a fantastic time. Even though one of the questions that Doug sent my way […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: The Start of Something New
A few months back I began to work on a new GURPS campaign. I must admit, however that is isn’t entirely new, there are pieces of it that date back years into my gaming history. This is because even when I scrap a campaign I don’t toss any of the ideas associated with it – […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: I Had a Freaking Awesome Game Last Night
So yesterday I help my weekly GURPS game, I’ve been a little off my schedule due to health issues but it finally looks like we (my group and I) are getting back into the groove of gaming. Last night I think I ran one of the best games I ever have in my life, and […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: On RPM Submissions
I’ve been distracting myself for the last week or so with working on submissions for the Ritual Path Magic system that Steven Marsh sent out about a month ago, to be honest I wasn’t going to do anything because I didn’t think I knew enough about the magic system. But a pathological needlephobe like myself […]
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