Apotheosis of the Invisible City

A gaming blog discussing my thoughts and impressions on tabletop RPG gaming in general, and my GURPS Renaissance-tech campaign in particular.

02 November 2013

NPC of the Day: Kardo

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I've been at this, as I've mentioned, for a long time.  I can't readily count how many significant NPCs I've created: hundre...
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26 October 2013

"The Golden Age is over ..."

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One frequent riff you see on RPG forums is that the "Golden Age" of roleplaying games is over.  The writers' favorite local ...
19 October 2013

Top 12 GMing rules

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1)   The LARP I was in for many years had a ritualistic Reading Of The Rules at the start of every event.  The very first of these rules was...
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12 October 2013

Quickie adventures: Stuff You Can Use

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There's an elegant method for putting together a quick adventure precis, invented by a clever chap named Steve Darlington.  It was i...
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05 October 2013

GGF #5: “X” Is The Opposite Of Fun

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A closely related tenet to #4 is this one.  It’s come out in many variations, but the gist of things is what you see in many Internet debat...
28 September 2013

GGF #4: My Game Is Great, Your Game Sucks

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We are an intensely tribal lot, and we take our gaming choices very, very seriously.  We're polarized into making so many choices - o...
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21 September 2013

GGF #3: Magic Changes Society

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We know in detail -- if we're at all paying attention, that is -- about the magic and enchanting capabilities our game systems allow....
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Northampton, MA, United States
Hello there; I'm Bob Traynor. I've been gaming since the 70s, when me and my high school friends Laurey and Marilyn went on a whirlwind 10-hours-a-day-three-straight-days run through the wild and intense world of the Empire of the Petal Throne. Since then I've played RPGs; GMed RPGs; run tournaments; been a convention speaker; written for SJ Games, Iron Crown, Gamelords and Mayfair; designed a homebrew; playtested RPGs; moderated the gaming tracks at Worldcons ... this is one of the enduring things I've done in my life. Down through the years, I've had some strong opinions. Read this blog, and you'll have some of them inflicted upon you.
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