We started with something to work forward to last month on both my blog and my Patreon. The idea is simple: One or more goals a month with a promised reward for all Patreon patrons. Here’s the goal and its reward for March 2021: It’s a Kind of Magic: This month I’m looking for five […]
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Carpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – February 2021
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 has finished it’s third review on my end (I do three high level reviews for most of my work). It looks good, Sean gave me some real insight into a few things I was struggling with and I feel like I came back as […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – January 2021
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 is now in my hands with comments from Sean. I still wasn’t able to get to start on this because personal life intervened. I’m devoting all of February to getting it done no matter what. GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in the hands of […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Patreon Goals for February 2021
New year, start of something new. From the month of February onward I will make a post towards the end of the month on goals I’d like to meet “goals” for my blog and for Patreon. A few examples: Discord Server Goals: Recruit a certain amount of new users to my Blog/Patreon private Discord server. Patreon […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2020 – A Year In Review
Here are how things went for me in 2020: The Good (What I did well or that went well) GURPS Realm Management (aka “SNO-51”) finished the playtest and went to production. It’s still there and very much out of my hands. Hopefully we’ll see it this year. The five adventures I wrote with J. Edward […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: Coping With Campaign Fails
The job of the gamemaster is at its most core to be a storyteller, but it’s the players job to tell it. That sounds a bit wonky, I know, but bear with me. GMs create the framework for players who then fill in the bits and bobs with their actions within the game. . . […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – December 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 is now in my hands with comments from Sean. I wasn’t able to get to start on this because personal life intervened. I plan to go head down in January and get it done. GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in the hands of SJGames. […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – November 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 is now in my hands with comments from Sean. I’ll be working on this later this month GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in the hands of SJGames. It has had it’s final editorial review and is in production for layout with Nikki. Nordlond Nibelung […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – August, September, and October 2020
Authorial Highlights GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: ??? aka Marl Ankh-3 is now in my hands with comments from Sean. I’ll be working on this in November GURPS Realm Management aka SNO-51 is in the hands of SJGames. It has had it’s final editorial review and is in production for layout with Nikki. Nordlond Nibelung aka […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: GURPS Horror – Beyond the Pale
GURPS Horror: Beyond the Pale was not the first collaboration I’d done with J. (and it wasn’t the last). It was however a situation where I felt we’d both shine. J. has a singularly gifted ability with horror and the unknown. One that has shown up often in his works. When Steven came to me […]
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