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"OSR" is a word with many definitions, but DFRPG fits some of them, e.g. it doesn't really have a concept of "balanced en...

One of the joys of GURPS, in theory, is that you can run anything you can think of in it. One of the joys of running well-designed D&D m...

The best argument I've seen for why the US should stay in the Ukraine ear: to use up Russia's ammunition (they have limited industri...

Oh, I get it now. I was thinking about how ready I am for Babylon to be gone and for justice to reign, and I thought of this: "But I sa...

Some of the most common and easiest ways to run an adventure include: 1.) "Dungeon crawls", wherein players explore a hostile envi...

Inspired by https://mindstorm.blot.im/o-a-r-combat-objectives but different. Before combat or other conflict can occur, there must be goals...

A handy little F# script for computing odds for Dungeon Fantasy/GURPS, such as the odds of a Slow Stone affecting a dragon: let distribution...

This may interest you:  http://nethack4.org/blog/strategy-headroom.html The article defines "headroom" as  follows: if the choices...

One of 5E's issues is that the canonical loop goes: 1. DM describes situation 2a. Player declares intention and approach 2b. (Optional) ...

Y.A., Check this out.  https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2016/01/dungeon-checklist.html -B.C.

Most of the criticisms of the Thief that I've read aren't conceptual, but mechanical: it's not that sneaking and finding traps a...

Jesus is alive today, and because of him we will all one day live again after we die. I know that to be true both with my mind and by the wi...

From https://wng.org/opinions/protect-the-children-1650019354 ...The rise of Christianity created moral intuitions we now take for grant...

I think this is a good definition of joy. "Joy is something you can recall." That matches scriptural usages of "joy". I...

*snip* ...Joseph is an interesting (and admirable) example to us all. I was just reflecting how interesting it is that Joseph's story is...

Why a house rule document? So that players can know what rule changes might affect them up front. Player-facing rules go in this document, w...

For future reference:  https://gist.github.com/davidfowl/ff1addd02d239d2d26f4648a06158727 Looks like simple application building will be muc...

I believe I've just made a significant discovery about dreams. I had a dream last night with many interesting features, besides the fact...

RE:  https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/09/read-maricopa-county-audit-flags-57k-ballot-issues-in-a-state-biden-won-by-fewer-than-11k-votes Mar...

The military often lies to itself and to civilian oversight (the President, Congress, the rest of us) about how well training of our own and...