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.

28 November 2021

Designing A Fake Cult

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As I’ve said before, RPGs generally suck at portraying religion.  My quote from seven years ago is that all most RPGs give us are variations...
21 November 2021

Tidbits: Game Of Thrones

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And in another one of my rants from the forums ... ( ForumDood: Of course, the TV version decided to at least double the apparent size of it...
14 November 2021

Sport in campaigns

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(Trust me, this will get to roleplaying.  Bear with me.) Following the exchange with one of my kind readers in the previous post ... I joine...
07 November 2021

Tidbits III: Convert-sations

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This may just be me, but I've never considered converting supplements to the system I use from a system I don’t the horrible, barely-pos...
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31 October 2021

What would be my favorite setting?

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One that feels genuine.  I got tired decades ago of the JRRT-standard Shining City In A Sea Of Empty that seemed so beloved of setting desi...
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24 October 2021

Filing off the serial numbers

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1) You discover a human skeleton, one hand wrapped around a shining spear with a brilliant silver head -- plainly magical -- the other grasp...
22 October 2021

30 Generals

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(These were written for a gaming site, and each of the following is a real or fictional general.  Feel free to steal!) "Wait till you s...
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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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