The Warthog Problem, Part 2: One Ship, Five Fools
In my last post, I outlined the Warthog problem: The idea that vehicle combat, although it seems cool at first blush, can actually limit a player’s options such that the …
The Warthog Problem, Part 1: Killing the Fun in Firefight
I’m trying to work out whether there’s a gameplay issue to resolve in my current roleplaying games. And it’s all to do with vehicles. I’ve known about this problem for …
HOMEWORLD: Revelations and the Learning to GM Problem
A good mate made sure to put some recent news in the tabletop roleplaying game sector in front of me yesterday: British tabletop game publisher Modiphius have acquired the tabletop …
Another 12 Minute Convo with Engel Jones!
I neglected to mention on here that the wonderful Engel Jones invited me back on his podcast for another twelve minute conversation! The episode went live a few weeks back! …
Game Master Preparation: Remembering What’s Important
In all the GM prep work, trying to come up with ideas and statistics, making sure I’m presenting interesting challenges for my payers, it’s easy to forget that the ultimate …
The five things right now: #5 – grieving
For the past few weeks, I’ve been posting about how live has been since my wife, Vickie, passed away in April. I’ve touched on the things I’ve been trying to …
The five things right now: #4 – cooking and exercise
It’s been said that eating right and moving your body help give you a fighting chance against the insidious mental ills. That’s something I could use at the moment, given …
Finding who I am – September 2019
A mate and I got to talking about getting back into things yesterday. He’d recently got together with a pack of local muse-os and had discovered his love of blues …
The five things right now: #3 – householding
Two days after some friends and I met at Perrotta’s, Vickie’s and my favourite restaurant in Cairns, to celebrate Vickie’s and my fifteenth wedding anniversary, I received an email from …
The five things right now: #2 – roleplaying games
In my last post, I started this short series of articles on how I’ve been living since the death of my wife Vickie on the 10th of April this year. …