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A Good Name 11: Culinary Delights

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series A Good Name Is Hard To Find

A Tale Of Australian Cuisine I have the advantage of living in a country which is remote from just about everywhere, in which much of the culture has been imported from Europe and the US, and parts of Asia. That’s particularly true when it comes to diet. Our basic recipes have all been imported from […]

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The Sixes System Pt 6: Doing More Things

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System is a minimalist game system suitable for any and all genres. — It has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, which has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls […]

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Twisting The Tale of Canned Adventures

I didn’t quite get the next part of the Sixes System written up in time – I’m only a few hours short of target, having written almost 6000 words, but time has run out. So I’ll use one of my standby articles and finish the Sixes System up for publication before next week’s disruption. Have […]

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The Sixes System Pt 5: Campaign Infrastructure

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System is a minimalist game system suitable for any and all genres. — It has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, which has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls […]

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The Sixes System Pt 4: Doing Things 2

This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, and has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls for speed. — Success or Failure on tasks is determined by adding dice […]

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Rainbows Of Neon Gray: Moral Topology

Part 4 of the Sixes System is almost done – It only needs another day-and-a-half of work. Sadly, 1.5 doesn’t fit into 1, and I reached that point with only 1 more working day to get a post ready. So here’s one of the fill-in articles that I’ve been keeping in my back pocket for […]

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The Sixes System Pt 3: Doing Things 1

This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, and has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls for speed. — Success or Failure on tasks is determined by adding dice […]

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The Sixes System Pt 2: Education, Abilities, and Tools

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, and has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls for speed. — Success or Failure on tasks is determined by adding dice […]

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The Sixes System Pt 1: Fundamentals

This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series The Sixes System

0. Fundamentals (repeated for all posts:) — The Sixes System has been used in my Dr Who campaign since September 2014, and has just come to a successful conclusion. — Characters are constructed using a point-buy methodology with NPCs generatable using die rolls for speed. — Success or Failure on tasks is determined by adding […]

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Would all Deities please take One Step Forward?

When a deity shows up in your game, how do you make sure the PCs – and more important, the players – know what they are dealing with? How do they recognize that the being that stands before them is something more than mortal? Of course, sometimes it’s obvious that the creature before them isn’t […]

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Sparkle and Clink: Objective-Oriented Loot Placement

Some History It used to be so simple, back when I first started GMing AD&D. Each monster had a treasure type, and each treasure type had a table (or sequence of tables) that you rolled on, and a set of rolls on that table determined what treasure would be found in the vicinity. Room, Inhabitant, […]

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Jan 2020 Blog Carnival: Some Thoughts On Random Encounters

Maximilian Hart puts out a daily newsletter with a short thought and some links to resources that may be of value to D&D GMs called Dungeon Master Daily (subscribe and read some more about this resource here. Of course, some of those links and resources have a broader applicability, which is the main reason I […]

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