My browser ate this post. I should have saved it before I clicked “publish” and it’s gone now. So, quick update instead of 900-word post. I finished my condensed taxonomy of reptiles, including turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodiles, dinosaurs, and birds.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, I’m one of those players who wants a semblance of ecological verisimilitude in my games. Annoying, I know. Over the exty years or so that I’ve been designing, I’ve been (ever-so slowly) accumulating a broader understanding of biology, taxonomy,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m revisiting something I’ve posted about before: the insulting misrepresentation of humans in fantasy role-playing games. Humans are an awesome species, deserving of more consideration than “they can do anything.” Since humans (particularly in a game like Dungeons & Dragons)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wish to incorporate an item durability system into my software application, though perhaps not for the immediate reason you might expect. Let me give you a little background information first. I’m working on an application that handles a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Six years ago, I surveyed the 3e Monster Manual(s), evaluating the creatures and assigning them to a “scope” system. “Scope” has been more of a design tool than a system or mechanic, but I’ve revisited monsters and the creature types[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’m playing this stupid mobile game I downloaded over the weekend. I’m not going to name it for a variety of reasons. As to why I’m “playing” it (it’s an idle dungeon crawler), that’s the subject of this blog[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obligatory GitHub repository link. I want to say like, a week ago I finished the logic for “optimizing” a character’s armor equipment. It did this by starting with either the heaviest armor (period), or the heaviest ‘light’ armor, then searching[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cookiemonger and I have had FTL for a while and I hadn’t had the opportunity to play it until… somewhat… recently. I’m glad I did though, I got some good hours out of it before I kind of, sort of,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I wrote this program to generate characters using 5e rules. I “enhanced” it in a few ways by incorporating some algorithms to select character alignment, race, class, deity, and so forth. That was um, last year, actually. I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been mulling over this problem I have. In the past, I’ve taken advantage of the players’ defeat of a particular villain to introduce a new villain. Recently I’ve begun to question the “fairness” of such an action. Is it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
