The best laid plans of mice and GM's... In a number of posts, Josh and I have discussed our love of decks. Now, I’m going to take you back into the past, to the time before the decks. It was a sad time, a dark time, every plan was torn asunder. The military truism of … Continue reading Learning to Love Lists and Embrace Spontaneity
Tag: Cypher System
Our very first poll!
For our next trick… Update 8/30/2020: Looking at all the votes across this site, Twitter, Facebook, and Discord, it looks like we're making a Science Fiction Adventure. We'll get cracking at it and let you know as soon as it's done!
Original Content: Timberchurch NPCs
To go along with the city of Timberchurch that Josh released for your use, I thought it might be nice to put together a list of the NPCs mentioned in that document with some artwork. That way, it would be easier to describe to your players the person they were seeing (or if you're lazy … Continue reading Original Content: Timberchurch NPCs
Original Content: Timberchurch
In brainstorming things that we could do to help Cypher System GMs out there, the idea occurred to us that one of the things that a Cypher GM has to manage is putting together set-pieces for their players to explore. We've started putting out NPCs to help, and there are both more NPCs and other … Continue reading Original Content: Timberchurch
The Continual Improvement Mindset
Even... you know... the Amber Pope has to work at things to get better. If he can do it... I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this blog that I have been running games for something like 30 years now. Several years after I started, I became a teenager. Those of you that are older reading this, I … Continue reading The Continual Improvement Mindset
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