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Osprey's New Wings
This isn't a blog with new news. It's an appreciation.A few years ago Osprey Publishing started publishing miniatures wargames in book form. This probably shouldn't have been a huge surprise, since...
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Roman Aqueducts, Hell's Bells
Last month Lisa and I and the rest of her family took an amazing vacation through Barcelona and southern France. It was the first non-working vacation I've taken in a dozen years and there were so many...
View ArticleEpic Spell Blahs
A funny thing happened on the way to the publication of the second ESW set, Epic Spell Wars: Rumble at Castle Tentakill. Actually, I wish it was funny, but it’s not, and I’m no longer the target...
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Notes on Eidolons
A few days ago we put out Eidolons byASH LAW, an issue of the 13thAge Monthly that harnesses the full monster description style we used in the 13 True Ways Bestiary. If you helped playtest the...
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Summoning Spells!
We've just cast a Summoning Spells installment of the 13th Age Monthly into subscribers' download accounts.I had fun writing this one because I've been thinking a lot about how summoning works in 13th...
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GenCon and other news
As a big change of pace, I'm not attending GenCon this year. My family needed me home more than people needed me at GenCon. Given that I experienced the full GenCon prep period but won't have the full...
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7 Icon Campaign
[cover by Lee Moyer]Last week I put the finishing design touches on the next issue of the 13th Age Monthly, due out at the end of August.7 Icon Campaign is a change of pace for us, and it was great fun...
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Gamehole Con: Sweet home Wisconsin
Next weekend is Gamehole Con in Madison.The convention is amazingly well-organized, has a slew of great guests, and a huge number of game sessions in the works.My official schedule is down below....
View ArticleGamehole Con was fun!
This is an open thank you letter to Gamehole Con, who flew me and many other game designers across the country a couple weeks ago for a sweet and extremely well-organized weekend of gaming. Personal...
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Sometimes home base is a tavern named Luckys
Steven Warzeha and I just finished design work on this month's installment of the 13th Age Monthly. It's a surprise issue, added to the mix at the last moment because I was inspired by Steven's take on...
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a Moby Dick of a dungeon
There are still a couple of days (well, a little less!) left to get the 13th Age Bundle of Holding that contains so much of what my friends and I have been working on the past few years.After the...
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early 2016 13th Age update
Here's the early 2016 update about a few of the upcoming 13th Age books and projects. Unlike updates that are all about the publication day, I'm writing from my creator-perspective; there are creative...
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13th Age in Glorantha monster list sample
Jonathan and I are so close to finished with design work on 13th Age in Glorantha we can taste it. A taste is not a meal, and we're still working this week.Jonathan is deep in a heroquest in which...
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Three Powerful Months
I'm excited about this year's 13th Age Monthly lineup. The first three months show off the mix of GM material and player goodies we're aiming for. The artists are doing splendid work, and in fact for...
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Big Trouble in Little China!
GenCon is going to be fun this year!In addition to however many volumes of 13th Age we have out by and for the show, I'll be enjoying the release of a new game from Upper Deck based on my favorite...
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Three Dragon Ante mix, with coins
We played Three Dragon Ante a few weeks ago, just a couple days before the coins from the last Campaign Coins Kickstarter showed up in the mail. So for next game, I'm ready with metal coins. It's a...
View ArticleTrump is running for impeachment
I don't think Trump is going to become president. But if he does, he’ll be in the running for an uglier prize.Two-thirds of the Senate can vote to impeach a President for "treason, bribery, or high...
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The Pristine City
The Pristine City is a fun 57 page 13th Age-compatible adventure for 4th or 5th level characters from Stacey Janssen and David Noonan of Dastow Games.While reading the adventure and framing my...
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My Book of the Year: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
I've gasped out loud while reading one book.This book.Twice.I don't want to say too much about the story. Surprises exist. I'd rather not hint.It's a blend of the brutal and the mythic and the humane,...
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