Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’

2011 Goals and Content Announcements

Last post I covered 2010 and how I fared against my plans and intentions. This week, I lay out my goals for 2011. Gamer Lifestyle has a good pair of posts of setting goals for 2011 you might want to check out. Goal #1: Hit every scheduled Campaign Mastery post My blogging schedule will probably […]

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‘Tis The Season: A Christmas Scenario

A few years ago I ran a Christmas-oriented scenario in my superhero campaign, and it was pretty successful on a number of fronts – so much so that I thought it worth taking the time to tell you all about it. Scenario Premise The concept of the scenario itself is remarkably simple: I had the […]

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Johnn’s 2010 Year in Review

Today I go over my 2010 goals to see how I graded. In part two, in an upcoming post, I talk about my 2011 goals and let you know what kind of posts and products you’ll see from me next year. I believe goals make you more effective, whether you are aiming to improve your […]

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We All Have Our Roles To Play: Personality Archetypes, Part 3

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series We All Have Our Roles

The Premise Archetypes for RPGs are usually defined either by the psychology of the character or the abilities of the character, but other classifications systems are possible. These can yield a different perspective, which can be invaluable. This series’ approach is based not so much on what the characters could do as a team, but […]

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We All Have Our Roles To Play: Personality Archetypes, Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series We All Have Our Roles

The Premise Everything that I’ve ever read on the subject has defined archetypes for RPGs either in terms of the psychology of the character or the abilities of the character, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But there are other classifications that are possible, and these yield a different perspective that can be invaluable. This […]

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The Dark Side Of The Mind: Examining Psionics, Part 5

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Examining Psionics

Last time, I continued examining the concept of The Internet as an analogy or metaphor for Psionics, especially telepathy. The examination of web phenomena is now in the home stretch – here are the final seven, and a few closing thoughts. 15. Cookies A cookie is a small file placed on a computer by a […]

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All This And Psionic Spam: Examining Psionics, Part 4 of 5

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Examining Psionics

Last time out, I started examining the concept of The Internet as an analogy or metaphor for Psionics, especially telepathy – but ran out of time after looking at only 7 web phenomena of a planned 21. So here we go, with the next seven: 8. The World Wide Web Everyone knows someone else who […]

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The Value Of Information: Examining Psionics, Part 3 of 5

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Examining Psionics

This, and the two parts that preceded it, were all originally intended to be one post, and a relatively smallish article at that. The decision to incorporate material from the game rules that I had written relating to the subject put paid to that concept, but I felt it was a necessary preamble. Finally, though, […]

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Neurons & Lobes: Examining Psionics, Part 2 of 5

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Examining Psionics

In part 1, I explained that the imminant advent in my supers campaign of a character who is a powerful psionic has had me thinking about Telepathy quite a bit recently. I then began to excerpt selected rules and background material from the campaign rules relating to the subject. The first part focussed on the […]

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The Mind’s Eye: Examining Psionics, Part 1 of 5

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Examining Psionics

Lately I’ve been thinking about Telepathy quite a lot. I know that a psionic character will be joining the team in the next phase of my Zenith-3 superhero campaign, and I want to have the a solid handle on all the wrinkles that come with it. I want some simple analogy that I am instantly […]

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Ask The GMs: Puzzles In Your Games

William Wiese asks the GMs, “I’ve been trying to think of different ways to implement puzzles into the game and to find some that are not riddles.” Johnn’s answer: Puzzles are tricky beasts, William. And thanks for the question; it’s a good one. Tricky bit #1 My tips below will assume your group is ok […]

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A Picture Should Be Worth 1,000 Words

How good are you at doing two things at once, both of which require concentration? That’s what I thought! Few people are. And yet, we GMs often seem to expect our players to be able to do just that, and on a regular basis. We expect them to be able to take a verbal description […]

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