Harpoon Cannon Thoughts

 ...or at least their names. I had an idea for a useful table that would actually fit in a blog post and said to myself all right, let's...

This post is a compilation of some threads that I wrote on twitter about game design a few years ago.  I'd probably write them a little ...

 Many RPGs these days use a universal resolution system that covers all parts of the game.  This was popularized with D&D 3rd edition an...

  Solo boss encounters are a common thing that people want to do in D&D-likes, but the way the system is set up, they don't really w...

 Today I had a thought and had to write it down, so here we are.  This is the design fragment of a tactical wargame using the basic core of ...

As is eternal, there is discussion about RPG design theories, what is a rule, what is the purpose of a rule, etc.  I offer a definition that...

 Thoughts on an initiative system, to be used with any game that uses initiative. First, we assert that the game has a designation between c...