This article was such a struggle to write. I was dealing with personal problems at the time, and the timeline to write it was abou 13 days (fully revised and edited). I’ve worked with more difficult deadlines and projects, but other factors were not in play at the time. I knew what I wanted, but […]
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Designer’s Notes: The Hand of the Demon
The Hand of the Demon . . . I’d managed to get involved in all three DFRPG Pyramid-specific issues – this being the third one – and I wanted to do an adventure. (For the record, I enjoy writing adventures, I just don’t see them selling or being received well, so I don’t tend to […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: 2017 – A Year In Review
Like my last four years in review. Here are how things went for me in 2017: The Good (What I did well or that went well) I was among the privileged few to participate in the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game as an author. As I’ve noted elsewhere, the other list of names included Phil Masters, David L. Pulver, Matt Riggsby, and […]
Continue readingCarpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – May 2018 to June 2018
I’m slowly catching up with things – Life(TM) happened again and man everything sucked for a while. Luckily, I’m back-back in the saddle. Here are the things that happened in May and June this year. Authorial Highlights I submitted another article I co-wrote with J. Edward Tremlett and both it and the previous Hot Spots […]
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Carpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – December 2017 to April 2018
What can I say, it’s been a while – almost six months. Where have I been for half a year? Honestly, I’d rather not discuss it. Let’s just say that Life(TM) intruded in an extremely ugly way and there was simply no time for blogging. I barely had the time to write or keep up […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: Al-Phasmaq
The original article that I co-wrote with J. Edward Tremlett for the theme of Hot Spots and Locations (which was split into just “Locations” and “Hot Spots”) was basically a fantasy city with a dark secret. We originally were going to write something for Dungeon Fantasy city-wise, but decided against it (and good we did too […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: More Skill Sets for Specialists
So I’m a fan of GURPS Action. I don’t think anyone who has read the books could say otherwise. The rules offered in GURPS Action 2: Exploits alone are solid gold. GURPS Action 4: Specialists is similiar solid gold. Thus, it’s no surprise that I would want to add my own voice to the body of work that is GURPS Action. I […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: The Incanter’s Grimoire
We always write the perfect book after the book is published. Seriously. I wish I’d had more space in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19: Incantation Magic and the insight to add to the main book then instead of writing this article later. I’m grateful the article was published and some of the questions I’d been asked could be […]
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Carpe Blogiem: Author, Patreon, and Blog Highlights – October/November 2017
Here’s the highlights for me from October and November 2017 (And yes, I know I’m beyond late – I try to do this at the beginning of the month. but stuff happened. So. Much. Stuff.) Authorial Highlights I submitted no articles in October or November and instead pulled from those I’d finished. I’m still writing a […]
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Designer’s Notes: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 19 – Incantation Magic
Wow. It’s finally out. The original idea for this article goes all he way back to early 2013 when +Antoni Ten Monrós and I were thinking about how we’d do “old school vancian” magic. I suggested RPM and he liked the idea and threw the ball back at me “What if we change the paths completely?” Inner Me: […]
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