A New Age
Recently I was introduced to 13th Age via a Google Hangout play session hosted by Aaron R. (@WolfSamurai on Twitter). You can read more about him and his campaign HERE on Obsidian Portal. If I was only...
View ArticleThe Archmage Beckons
A long time ago I did some content for a certain game system who, for reasons you may already know, will remain nameless. I was rather enthusiastic about that game system/campaign setting, but I was...
View ArticleA Mutant’s Life
In case you haven't heard, I'm working on a new project. I'm bringing the apocalypse to the Archmage Engine! Although I have a mental image for what I want this project to be, I've been curious as to...
View ArticleOne Unique Mutant
So in light of my last post regarding mutations, I've been doing some thinking. A Step Back Before I proceed with the full on development of this project, I had to stop and think of what exactly my...
View ArticleClass Acts
Who knew that designing an RPG was HARD?!? In the past few days I've stepped away from documenting mutations, augments and other weird stuff and tried to decide exactly what classes were going to be in...
View ArticleOn The Road (Part 3)
Hopefully this will be the last of my series talking about the theory behind vehicle mechanics. If you're not up to speed, here is part one and part two. Hardpoints In the post-apocalyptic age,...
View ArticleA Developer’s Hell
Gosh, it's been a while... To say my life has been hectic, or difficult, is somewhat of an understatement. So much so that I have had to effectively cancel my trip to GenCon this year because I see no...
View ArticleThe 11th Skeleton
With the release of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Starter Kit and Player's Handbook, I have decided to convert my long languishing adventure "The Coming Dark" to 5E. But, unlike other publishers...
View ArticleA New Beginning
It's been eight months since I post here... better now than never. Over the past week I've been thinking a lot, specifically about Atomic Age. In case you don't know, Atomic Age is my post-apocalyptic...
View ArticleAtomic Age – Dice Mechanic
This is the FIRST article in my series on the design aspects of my new RPG in-the-making... Atomic Age! In thinking about what Atomic Age is going to be, one has to start at the thing that is the...
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