Field Report: Cross Plains, TX 2025Robert E. Howard Days is an annual fan gathering, organized around June 11th and held in the city of Cross Plains, Texas,… Read more “Black Circles and Fan Gatherings”
Tag: RPG
Hex Flower Engine: For When the Job Goes Pear-Shaped…
My apologies for the absence these last couple of weeks. I was getting over a major oral surgery, and the constant mouth pain made it difficult to… Read more “Hex Flower Engine: For When the Job Goes Pear-Shaped…”
Table Talk: My Top 5 Favorite RPGs with Great Writing
RPGaDAY 2024 Prompt: Day 5 – An RPG with Great Writing I’m on the mend from some major oral surgery, so there’s no table talk this week.… Read more “Table Talk: My Top 5 Favorite RPGs with Great Writing”
How to Use Random Tables
Random tables are woven into the very fabric of role-playing games, from the earliest Wandering Monster tables to all of those Appendices in the AD&D Dungeon Master’s… Read more “How to Use Random Tables”
Progress and Predictions: the future of D&D
The news that John Hight, formerly of Blizzard, has joined WotC as the new company President has reignited the speculation that WizBro is moving into an online,… Read more “Progress and Predictions: the future of D&D”
Chessex Stories: The End is Nigh
Our time in California amounted to somewhere between a year and a year and a half. I remain grateful for every second I spent there, every friend… Read more “Chessex Stories: The End is Nigh”
Chessex Stories 7: Banemaster
“We need to talk.” Weldon looked worried. I’d met him at the airport to help him schlep his luggage back on the BART train from Oakland.“Sure, what’s… Read more “Chessex Stories 7: Banemaster “
Chessex Stories 6: The CCG and the RPG
Try to imagine, if you can, a world where the only collectible trading card game in existence is Magic: The Gathering, and it’s so popular, you can’t… Read more “Chessex Stories 6: The CCG and the RPG”
Table Talk: Chessex Stories-Lost Worlds, Part 1
One of the things I was most excited about working on was the relaunch of Lost Worlds, by game designer Al Leonardi. Al’s contributions are largely forgotten… Read more “Table Talk: Chessex Stories-Lost Worlds, Part 1”
Table Talk: Chessex Stories – Ork Flesh IS Flesh!
Showing up for work at Chessex Manufacturing, in Berkeley, California, in the mid-90s, was exactly the kind of adventure I thought I should be having in my… Read more “Table Talk: Chessex Stories – Ork Flesh IS Flesh!”