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The crowdfunding campaign for my current work-in-progress design, The Magnus Archives RPG, has launched. Check out in particular the rules primer that…
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Intentions Before Actions
A few entries back, I said that when you start to design a new game, you start with the heart—and the heart of an RPG is, “What do the characters do…
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Succeeding at Failing
Immersion and Participation in Games
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Player Success Versus Character Success
It’s easy to think that when a character succeeds—whether it be an action from a successful die roll, discovering a great treasure, mission, or quest…
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Success
Task resolution serves as the crux of most RPG designs. How do the PCs do things and how do you know if they succeed or fail? In answering that…
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Designer Anxiety
I know, I was going to keep going with part two of the series about creating a brand new game. And I will. That article will be coming along shortly…
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Start With the Heart
I’m getting ready to start designing a brand new game. If you’re curious, it’s the Magnus Archives Roleplaying game that we just announced. When I…
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