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Essentials:
What is PbtA?
Game Design as Acquired Skill

Apocalypse World:
Custom Advancement
Running Apocalypse World in a Con Slot

Consent & Communication:
Traffic Lights are Communication Tools

Follow the Thread: a World-Building Guide:
Part 1: Thread & Clothing
Part 2: Babies, Washing, & Staying Healthy
Part 3: Technology, Agricultural Impact, & Transport
Part 4: Screen Saver Technologies, Reading List, & Questions

Games You Can Play:
Otherkind Dice
Pirate Rummy: a Family Card Game

Powered by the Apocalypse:
Part 1: Philosophy & Foundation
Part 2: Walkthrough
Part 3: Basic Moves & the Conflict Model
Part 4: Playbooks
Part 5: Move Variations
Part 6: An Alternative to the Conflict Model
Part 7: Q&A: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4
Part 8: Tricks for Drafting Moves

Part 9: That’s What’s Happening
Part 10: 3 Underlying Models
Part 11: Dice

RPG Theory:
An Independent Project in Game Design
In Brief, the Problem of RPG Design
Revisiting GNS
Revisiting Task & Conflict Resolution
Ritual in Game Design
RPG Essentialism & RPG Exceptionalism

Recent Posts

  • Revisiting GNS
  • The Ways The Machine Controls Us
  • Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven’s Ars Magica: Playtesting Begins!
  • Troupe-Style Play
  • AW:Burned Over 2024 Playtest Errata

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