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the smell of dragonfire in the morning
For this all-out push to finish 13 True Ways design, I've been channeling the man pictured above, a ruthless paladin/commander named Roland Abendroth. Roland is the creation of Davideogame, one of our...
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let the cackling soliloquies begin
ASH LAW and I are both going to be running quick 13th Age games at the new AFK Tavern in Renton tomorrow, April 5th, as part of International Tabletop Day.ASH is showing up around 11 am, I'll be there...
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Rock Paper Reamde
Rock Paper Tiger is a novel about China, people with connections in the intelligence world, electronic gaming, and an American woman trying to survive despite the power struggles of larger forces...
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This is the Doom you've been looking for
Thanks to Cryptozoic, the story of The Doom that Came to Atlantic City has turned from a Kickstarter cautionary tale to a full-blown beautiful boardgame success. Cryptozoic has sent a copy of the new...
View ArticleMob of Seven
The new orc mook I posted on the Pelgrane Press website as a 13th Sage column today, the Orc Spear Grunt, has a max mob size of 7, for reasons you'll understand if you read the piece.Could be...
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One day, two books
This morning we sent out PDF copies of 13 True Ways to our Kickstarter backers.If you weren't a Kickstarter backer, you can pre-order a copy of 13 True Ways here. Pelgrane plans to start delivering the...
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Jeff Grubb's worlds from A to Z, and then sticking at G!
Back in April, Jeff Grubb participated in the A to Z challenge with an alphabetical jaunt through fantasy worlds, with a focus on game worlds. Jeff's short summaries, occasionally with anecdotes, are...
View Article13 True Ways follow-up plans
The text below is from a 13 True Ways Kickstarter update I just posted. Since it talks about material that will also interest everyone buying 13 True Ways on pre-order or ordering it from their hobby...
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Tweet's Beginner RPG
Part of my job as Jonathan's friend is to make sure his good jokes don't get wasted.Talking about his Grandmother Fish book the other day, Jonathan said, "Y'know, I could say that this is my most...
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Authors leveling up
I read two good books in the last couple weeks, both by authors who started their careers along different tracks.ARI: Let's say that Ari Marmell started out writing D&D sourcebooks. That's probably...
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Three reviews
In the last couple days I've seen three great reviews of games I worked on that are about to hit the shelves.This nicely-angled review of 13 True Ways captures the joy that Jonathan and I got from...
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The ENnie Clan Competes
It is such a good year for the ENnie awards that games I might ordinarily vote highest are not only competing with each other, they're competing against 13th Age! [[Click here to vote if you'd rather...
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OMG! Trilogy!
Last Friday, ASH LAW and I were working on our new 13th Age project in my garage studio. (And no, the new project is not announced yet. Soon!) I cursed because I wanted to look at the commander for a...
View ArticleWeblings
My sprite-like pieces of self that get things done on the internet were busy this week. Here's a short list of surfacings. If you already caught them all, thank you and good night!I wrote a 13th Sage...
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This is us in Glorantha!
Fire Opal and Moon Design have announced the identity and Kickstarter starting date (August 27!) for our wild new 13th Age book!13th Age in Gloranthais a supplement that will bring 13th Age's...
View Articlea few of the things I learned at GenCon
People love runes.How the hipster burned his mouth. Ed Greenwood's helpful aide, whose name I never caught, can most memorably be referred to an Elminion. Sandy Petersen's upcoming Gloranthan Gods War...
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The Priestess Says Dance!
The 13th Age in Glorantha Kickstarter is live! I'm ecstatic that we're rolling.And we *are* rolling. Jan Pospisil's dark troll priestess bangs the drum and Kickstarter is dancing! (Jan's art is from...
View ArticleAdding Uz (aka dark trolls) to 13th Age
We just announced another stretch goal for the 13th Age in Glorantha Kickstarter and it's a doozy. Looks like this:$60,000 – New Chapter: Uz Rule DarknessA full chapter on using Gloranthan trolls as...
View ArticleSprinkling touches of Glorantha through all your worlds
Explaining 13th Age to people was pretty easy. "Jonathan was the lead designer of 3rd Edition D&D. I was the lead designer of 4th Edition. We've gamed together for around 15 years and have always...
View Articledark trolls, meet the Dragon Empire
The big troll chapter kicked into 13th Age in Glorantha Tuesday!That sentence could be parsed a few ways, so let's work it out again. The Uz Rule Darkness chapter is going to be a big chapter and it's...
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