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A Little Yesterday On The Side

This weekend was the big finish to the Zener Gate campaign (exactly on schedule). Guest starring the Governator and James Cameron and the Mythbusters duo, it involved the PCs trying to convince Xi Jinping that the Chinese temporal agency was attempting to replace him with a perfect duplicate in order to abort the program – […]

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Mapping Through Logic and Flavor

This is being written more in hope than expectation. Last week (Wednesday night, to be exact), my internet connection became suddenly unreliable. Because it happened late at night, I had the not unreasonable theory that this was because of network upgrades; not only does my ISP not notify customers of such outages in advance, but […]

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Sensory Surprises in Encounters

You may not know it, but it’s possible to be too creative. Last week, as usual, I spent some time thinking about what I would be writing about in this post, and almost immediately, three different ideas came to mind in what felt like a single flash of inspiration. Well, by the time I had […]

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Vectors Of Engagement

I realized, the other day, that it has been a while since I posted a fantasy-dominated article, so I set about thinking of one. In no time at all, in a singular flash, today’s article came to me, inspired by the singular concepts of D&D / Pathfinder character classes. But it didn’t take me long […]

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The Trouble With Ginormous

This article contains material generated as background reference in Mike’s Doctor Who: A Vortex Of War campaign, but it holds relevance to most campaigns including those of the Fantasy genre. Introduction Space is big – really, really, big. I’m sure most readers will have come across that phrase, or something very like it, on numerous […]

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Interaction Flows – A Planning Tool

It happens to everyone eventually – you look at your plot and realize that one of your PCs is going to have to interact with an NPC in a one-off scene, an NPC with whom they might never come into contact again. There are many different ways of handling this. Some GMs will use a […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 8: Examples

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

The story so far… This is the last in a set of mini-posts that I have written and published as quickly as possible (given a number of health-related interruptions), something I’m calling a mini-blitz. My normal publication schedule will resume at the end of the series. Each of the posts so far has examined one […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 7: Events & Effects

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

So this was all ready to post – and then my internet connection went out. Thankfully that was only a problem for a day or two. But it has delayed the series slightly. The story so far… This is the sixth in a set of mini-posts that I’m writing and publishing as quickly as possible, […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 6: Locations

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

The story so far… This is the fifth in a set of mini-posts that I’m writing and publishing as quickly as possible, something I’m calling a mini-blitz. My normal publication schedule will resume at the end of the series. Each post examines one of the specific image categories nominated in the first post of the […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 5: Vehicles

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

The story so far… This is the fourth in a set of mini-posts that I’m writing and publishing as quickly as possible, something I’m calling a mini-blitz. My normal publication schedule will resume at the end of the series. Each post examines one of the specific image categories nominated in the first post of the […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 4: Monsters and Encounters

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

This post has taken a lot longer than expected, delayed by medical testing that was like a black hole sucking in time. And there’s more of it to come, I’m afraid… The story so far… This is the third in a set of mini-posts that I’m writing and publishing as quickly as possible, something I’m […]

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On The Priorities Of Graphic Depiction 3: People (NPCs)

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Priorities Of Graphic Depiction

The story so far… This is the third article in this series, and the second of a set of mini-posts that I’m going to be writing and publishing as quickly as possible, something I’m calling a mini-blitz. My normal publication schedule will resume at the end of the series. Each post will examine one of […]

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