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Development System

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

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News System

Saker Tarsos Joins WTF.com

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

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Other System

Empathy Engines

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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System

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

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Ekleksikon System Vastlands

Vechs (vehicular biomechanisms)

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)

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System Vastlands

UVG Digital Referee Screen + Zoa Tables

One of my favorite parts of the UVG project was (is) the digital referee screen made by Saker Tarsos. It’s a standalone html generator that covers all the tables in the UVG. Because it’s…Continue readingUVG Digital Referee Screen + Zoa Tables

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Ekleksikon System Vastlands

Penglings, of the

• VotBO • UVG • Penglings • Faction • “I first heard of towns of ice sailing the All-sea, the Panthalassa, at the Bloodsac Bar in Free Golf. I was looking for new anorganics…Continue readingPenglings, of the

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System Vastlands

The Electric Wizard

I’ve decided to start releasing a few of the earlier S.E.A.C.A.T. Ultraviolet Heroes I’ve been writing up and illustrating over the last month or two over on the stratometaship. This is an obvious attempt…Continue readingThe Electric Wizard

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Lastlands System

1d205 Minor and Major Realisms

Courtesy of the Hexers of the Cauldron (Stratometaship Discord Channel). Image source by Pawel Janiak on Unsplash We are in strange times, fellow humans. Uncomfortable times. But roll-play [sic] must go on, must it not? Yes, yes.…Continue reading1d205 Minor and Major Realisms

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System

Playing: Roles v. Tasks

I recently wrote a post No Masters Only Dungeons about how traditional roleplaying games have two kinds of player: the referee and the ‘player’ or hero-runner or whatever. This post builds on that. It…Continue readingPlaying: Roles v. Tasks