Being a nearly unformatted copy-paste of the magic rules of the Seacat roleplaying game for the Vastlands and other strange places.Continue readingMagic with Life and Inventory
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Roleplaying game theory, systems, design.
What is this world if not an invention of our imagination? —Pater Prester Ioannes, Apocalypsis of Prester Ioannes (1:16). In the Ultraviolet Grasslands the civilised regions of the Circle Sea, the Rainbowlands, are only…Continue readingMonochrome Rainbow: Dekapolis
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SRDcat Sneak Peek: Hero Sheet
For this sneak peek, we’ll be doing a visual overview of the hero sheet interface, rolling tests, changing stats, importing/exporting hero data, and random hero generation. The main goal of SRDcat is to make…Continue readingSRDcat Sneak Peek: Hero Sheet
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The Joy of Cards
A first look at the SEACARDS!Continue readingThe Joy of Cards
Why roleplaying never works as written and why this is a good thing and how this excerpt is clickbait.Continue readingNever As Written
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SRDCAT Sneak Peek: Collections
Hey folks! Saker here. It’s about time I stopped tinkering for a bit and show off some of the results of my labors! This will be the first of a series of posts covering…Continue readingSRDCAT Sneak Peek: Collections
Novelty! Saker Tarsos, the marvelous crafter of the UVG Digital Referee Screen has joined creativity labour unit that is wizardthieffighter.com. After many <<THINKINGS>> on making games and a <<DOUBLEPLUSGOOD>> collaboration over the summer on…Continue readingSaker Tarsos Joins WTF.com
Roleplaying games are many things. One thing they can do particularly well is let us put on the shoes of other humans*1 (<-that’s an asterisk) in other situations. We can try to imagine what…Continue readingEmpathy Engines
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Inventing Names
How to invent names for the UVG, the Given World, or really any game setting that isn’t trying to be the Petal Throne.Continue readingInventing Names
UVG • Vastlands • Fauna Vech | \vɛk\ 1. A domesticated or feral biomachine large enough to carry people or cargo. 2. Any substantial, autonomous means of transportation. Including large transport golems, neo-elephants, drone…Continue readingVechs (vehicular biomechanisms)