As always, you can find all the posts in this series here. An Increase in Scope Those who follow everything we do very carefully may remember me alluding to a writing project I was doing during NaNoWriMo both on the blog and the podcast. I wasn’t writing a novel, but […]
Yep, it’s a bonus episode all right—sillier and far less structured! In this episode: The end of Grant’s colony game; Peter’s continuing game; Grant’s upcoming Eberron game and #EberronFacts (and handing out setting crunch in small doses); how Jenny and Peter came up with their character concepts; and anxiety around […]
Due to a confluence of circumstances beyond anyone’s control, Grant has decided to end his colony game. A cavalcade of illnesses and worse over the course of several months took all of our momentum and we didn’t play for such an extended period of time that Grant actually forgot the […]
I have a piece I’m working on about my old PC in Grant’s colony game, Lambert Colvin, but I need some additional time to clean it up and bring in some outside quotes and such. I’m going to try to get that out over the long weekend. However, it’s also […]
Our Ten Commandments series returns with a discussion of the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder.” First, though, Jenny’s got a lot of Overlight to talk about! We got to sit down and play it, and it was quite fun. Grant’s also got an Eberron game in the works, and […]
November is a special month for me this year, because it is the first November since I learned about National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for short) and haven’t been either working retail, taking classes, or both. That means this year, I’m tackling the challenge of trying to write 50,000 […]
Download this episode (right-click to save) It’s a special Halloween episode, this time on undeath! Well, okay, it’s at least a Halloween episode, and that counts for something. We start things off with a quick update on our Twitch stream schedule (Peter’s streaming Pathfinder: Kingmaker on Wednesdays for a while, […]
As always, you can find all the posts in this setting by clicking here. Note: this post, like other stuff dealing with Alchova, is pretty dark and creepy. In particular, towards the end it gets into weaponized fiendish possession. I suppose you can consider this a “Halloween post” but I […]
Click here to download Krissi Woodward joins us again this episode to help Grant and Jenny speak a little less, since they’re both pretty sick in this episode, and to talk about character backstories with everyone! Krissi’s been on a few previous episodes can be found on Twitter as @d20mom. We […]
As always, you can find a link to all the posts in this series by clicking here. Reexamining Assumptions Designing a setting in a vacuum can be (and has been!) fun, but there’s no substitute for bringing it out and using it in play, even for the design process. If […]
Download this episode (right click and save) Jenny’s off exploring France this week, so Peter and Grant sat down together for another bonus episode in our Biblical Figures series! This time, we’re talking about Matthew—apostle, Gospel author, and reformed tax collector. We provide some Fun Facts about Matthew Levi before Grant […]
As always, you can find a link to the full lists of setting design reports here. Meet the Bad Guys Up until this point, I have been focusing on the places in Exadria and some of the more benign organizations. The one real exception to this rule is Grim Cities, […]