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The Plan 2018 Edition
So….new year. Last year was not great on so may levels. It was a bad year. It gets no biscuit. Now we begin a new year with a new plan. The plans may go off the rails, but you got to start somewhere. A plan is not a resolution. A plan is structure of activities and goals. Here is my plan for 2018.
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The Basics of the Game Rambles About Running A Game For Kids
I ramble a bit about running a game for some youngsters, ages 4 to 7. Anyone else ran games for very young kids? My Blog https://jeremiahmccoy.com My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy
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The Basics of the Game Rambles about Kaiju and Giants
I am back at it. Here is a review of a couple of 5e PDF products from Rite Publishing. Both have 5e rules work done on them by my friend Brandes Stoddard. Brandes’s Blog http://www.brandesstoddard.com/ Kaiju Codex is a book of super large and powerful monsters. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/219786/Kaiju-Codex-5e In the Company of Giants is a book of pc options for the giant inclined. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226574/In-the-Company-of-Giants-Revised-5E (production Note: round about 5:30 there is a little bit of audio weirdness. Not sure why but I couldn’t fix it and I didn’t want to record it twice.) My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy
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The Basics of the Game Talking About Designing Blight Elves and Trying Different Systems
So here is a brief update. I talk about the response to designing for Fantasy Age, designing Blight Elves over on my blog, and trying to find ways to format things for presentation. My Blog https://jeremiahmccoy.com My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy
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Beware the Blight Elves
Fantasy and science fiction have always overlapped a little. In post-apocalyptic fantasy you have permission to combine both a little more freely. I am going to swing at this idea which has been bouncing around in my head for a while. This is also pulling a good deal from my recent post about God Thrones, a post apocalyptic fantasy setting in my head of late. The idea of course can work in other settings. As an example, is a crashed spaceship in the classic Mystara setting. That ship is leaking radiation and causing a range of problems. This might fit in there. Anyways….here we go
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Setting Idea: the God Thrones
Okay, so I had a crazy idea pop into my head. This actually happens a lot, but I try not to let myself get to taken by them. Sure, I probably could make an excellent dread overlord, but I am unwilling to spend time making the robot army of Pippi Longstockings. Think of the overhead! Where was I? Oh right! Crazy idea.
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The Basics of the Game updates and The Tal Dorei Setting
Here I am making another video. Crazy talk. I talk about recent projects, new audio gear, and I briefly review the Tal’ Dorei Setting. http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/the-beholder-monstrous-ecologist-001/ My Blog https://jeremiahmccoy.com My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy
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Different Rules for Death.
Why I am I talking about death on a blog dealing mainly with games? Well, games handle death differently. In many video games, you simply return to prior save point if you die. In Dungeons & Dragons we have spells which can bring you back from the dead. Death does not have the tight hold on a character it does on people in the real world. How easily a caster can gain access to these Resurrection spells says a lot about the setting. If it is just something you pay some gold for at the local temple, then death is less scary. If it is something that only pc’s can learn,…
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Bringing Tal Dorei races into Fantasy Age
Trying something new here. Bear with me…. I am fond of the Fantasy AGE game system. It is, in many ways, very reminiscent of old school D&D in feel, but with some more modern tweaks that make sense. The die mechanics of the AGE system are not the same, but they are clean and simple to understand. I have not, however, tried making things for it. I mainly work in D&D, specifically in 5th Edition, because it is easy and there seems to be a higher demand for D&D material. That said, I kind of want to take a whack making things for Fantasy AGE if for no other…
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The Basics of the Game Gencon Wrap Up Episode
Here is my post Gencon write up. I am trying out producing video on the phone. The results are mixed. My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy