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Photos From Naarm

Photos from a trip away.

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Rift Walker Design Goals Revisited (0.5)

I wanted to review the design goals of Rift Walker and see what I have been successful with so far, and what requires some more work.

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Rift Walker One Shot: Find Q69

This week I talk about a Rift Walker one shot I ran for new players!

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Rift Walker Play Test v0.5

This week I announce Rift Walker 0.5 Play test rules!

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Rift Walker Luminvale Campaign - Overview and Thoughts (Final Session 27)

This is a write up for the final session of the Rift Walker Luminvale campaign. The description and my thoughts.

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Rift Walker Luminvale Campaign - Overview and Thoughts (Sessions 25-26)

This week I talk through the last 2 temples for seal empowerment in the Rift Walker Luminvale campaign.

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New Roles in Rift Walker 0.5 - Guardian and Generalist

I talk through the 2 new roles in rift walker 0.5!

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Marking BBEG Goal Progress in TTRPGs

This week on the blog I discuss my tool to measure progress for a campaign’s main conflicting force.

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One to Six Preparation Structure for TTRPGs

A framework for preparation that I have been using.

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Peak Performance

This week on the blog I jump into something a bit different and discuss self help.

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Character Archetype Sets

This week I go through some inspirational preset items to help you build out a background in Rift Walker.

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Thousand Year Old Vampire - Play Report and Review

This week I discuss my experience with the Solo Roleplaying game, Thousand Year Old Vampire.

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Photos from Home

Some photos from home.

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Adventure d6 Preparation Tables

This week on the blog, I develop a series of d6 tables that will help you prep for an adventure; sites, wilderness and settlements.

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Streamlined Monster Inspiration Tables

This week I write 3 simple tables to inspire monster generation.

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Some TTRPG Hot Takes

Below I talk through a number of thoughts I have come to in my days of developing my own game, and reading/playing many others. There are plenty of hot takes around the hobby, and below are some of mine.

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Rift Walker Luminvale Campaign - Overview and Thoughts (Sessions 23-24)

In this post I talk through the impact of the Water temple and the Fire temple on the Rift Walkers.