Archive for April, 2026

Strange-tech Worldbuilding: Dominoes Of Sloppy Thought Pt 1

Filed in Game Mastering, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, The End Of The Rainbow, Players, PCs, SciFi & Space Opera Games, Superhero Games, Pulp Games, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), Warcry (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), The Adventurer's Club (Hero System 5th Ed), Mike, World Design, Campaign Management, Campaign Creation, Cyberpunk, Dr Who 2: A Vortex Of War, Zener Gate, Spy & Secret Agent Games, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Vehicles, Dr Who: Lovecraft's Legacies on Apr.30, 2026

How to create and implement new tech into an RPG campaign. This half focuses on sci-fi and the more realistic types of innovation. Fantasy to follow! Strange Tech: Sci-Fi / Superhero I’ve divided this question into two halves, one for Sci-Fi and related genres and one for Fantasy. I’m going to try and put them […]

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The Big Lie In RPGs

Filed in All Genres, Game Mastering, World Design, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, Planning & Preparation, PCs, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, D&D / Pathfinder, Campaign Management, Campaign Creation on Apr.21, 2026

Some secrets are worth killing for, and it can be highly effective to build a campaign, and a campaign world, around that premise. It can be very satisfying to build a campaign, or a campaign arc, around the Big Lie, but it can be harder work than expected. This article will lay out a blueprint […]

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Different Dice for Extreme Characterization

Filed in The End Of The Rainbow, Rules & Mechanics, PCs, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, All Genres, House-Rules on Apr.15, 2026

Most systems keep skill & stat checks simple, but there can be rewards for a more aggressive approach. A cavalcade of minor medical issues have impact the delivery of this article, causing delays. So expect another short fill-in article next week as I try and wrestle the schedule back into position. That should buy me […]

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White With Fear (and other colors)

Filed in All Genres, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder on Apr.06, 2026

Colors are often associated with emotional states. Remapping them can create uniqueness for non-human races and cultures. This is something of a filler article. The one that I’ve been working on all week on Futuristic and Alien tech is around the 10K words already but isn’t quite going to be ready in time. I thought […]

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