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.

07 September 2014

Why Play Tabletop RPGs At All?

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It's a valid question, and one I've fielded more than once.  Even discounting the teeth-grating bastardization of the honorable te...
31 August 2014

How To Fix Religion In Your Game

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It's long been a truism that gamers dislike playing clerics.  Most clerical PCs are the result of "We have to have one of everyth...
24 August 2014

Doan want no time travel, no sirree

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Our-modern-selves-popped-back-in-time-or-into-fantasy-worlds is a staple of gaming.  I was once asked how I’d handle being popped back int...
17 August 2014

"OMG I am teh OFFENDED!!!"

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An occasional syndrome has come up in which someone seeks to play a historical or contemporary war scenario: WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, Somalia,...
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10 August 2014

Scenarios They HATED

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Every now and then it suits to put your PCs, if it can be managed, into a visceral hissing rage. By way of example: Champions campaign...
03 August 2014

Need a quick scenario?

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One of my weapons is a magnificent book: the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend . Now I'm a fol...
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27 July 2014

Evil Deities? How come?

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"I AM dark and evil!  Really!  Fear me!" Forum D00d: " The one problem with D&D's presentation of gods was always...
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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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