Showing posts with label substack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label substack. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Neither Primitive Nor Professional
I have some muddled thoughts about publishing, old school esthetics, and related matters over Grognardia Games Direct.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Monday, January 19, 2026
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Friday, December 19, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Three
While I'd prefer you to comment over at Grognardia Games Direct, your comments are very welcome here as well.
Monday, December 8, 2025
Fight On! Issue #17 (Fall 2025)
The latest issue of the legendary OSR 'zine, Fight On!, has been released in both print and electronic formats. Dedicated to the memory of David C. Sutherland III, it's filled with a terrific selection of articles and art from a wide variety of old school creators. I myself wrote a longish piece for this issue, a hexcrawl set in the Eshkom Distict of the Secrets of sha-Arthan setting, which serves as a little preview of some of what I've been working on (though you can check out my Substack for lots more of that, too).
It's good to see Fight On! continuing to release new issues. I consider it a foundational product of the Old School Renaissance, one that quite literally helped to bring this weird little part of our hobby to wider attention. Check it out!
Friday, December 5, 2025
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Monday, December 1, 2025
Just Right: The Importance of Setting
As I continue to work on the new edition of Thousand Suns, I find myself grappling with questions I didn't anticipate. At the moment, for example, I'm struggling with the extent to which a roleplaying game needs a setting to succeed – and indeed what, in fact, constitutes a setting at all.
Friday, November 28, 2025
The Threefold Faith of the Living Balance
Over at Grognardia Games Direct, I've indulged my enthusiasm for worldbuilding by presenting an overview of the beliefs and religious practices of the Empire of Inba Iro. This is pure setting creation without any direct game mechanical application for Secrets of sha-Arthan, but I enjoy this kind of thing and thought some of my readers might too.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Monday, November 17, 2025
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Commentary on Ravenloft
I'm continuing to work on a collection of the best posts from Grognardia's early years. If that project interests you, Substack is where I'm chronicling my progress. One of the things I plan to include in that collection is include commentaries on my posts, in which I look back from the vantage point of the present and consider the extent to which my opinions have changed (or stayed the same). Today, I posted an example of that commentary, offering my current thoughts on Ravenloft and its role in changing adventure design in Dungeons & Dragons.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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