Tag: gaming
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Mystery Rules in Action: A Session Case Study and Campaign Diary
I just realized today that I didn’t post anything last night, so here’s an analysis of the story so far in my recent ttrpg system test. In my last Lessons from Collaboration post, I talked about mystery writing and rules in tabletop rpgs, examining the Alexandrian’s 3 Clue Rule. If you’ve missed that, it’s a…
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Lessons from Collaboration 2: Mysteries
In case you missed the last post, this is a sequence of excerpts from conversations I had with a friend who wanted help and inspiration to create their first adventure. I’ve sampled the pieces that are the most useful, and added a few post-thoughts of my own. Talking about puzzles last time got me talking…
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Fictional Science 2
Hello again, I checked the clock last night and realized I needed to go to sleep immediately, even though I forgot to post on Sunday. I think it might have been because I got to do another test run of my game system, so I was pretty out of gas and running catch up the…
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A Look Behind the Screen: Lessons from Collaboration
Last week I had the unexpected pleasure of helping one of my friends plan their first original one-shot D&D adventure. Unexpected for me as it was, I also surprised myself at my own excitement and resources I have pooled over the years that might be helpful to rookie DMs. I did end up writing a…