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Circe’s Grin and the Appx. N Jam

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So, over the weekend while I was waiting for my summer class’s students to turn in their final writing projects, I put together my entry for the Appx. N Jam. If you’re not on itch.io, you’re probably unfamiliar with this “game jam” concept: basically, someone suggests a themed creative project and people can join it and submit their own take on it. Some have prizes (like the Appx. N Jam does), some don’t.  Come to think of it, if you’re not deep into D&D lore, you might also not know about Appendix N, to which the jam’s name refers. But …

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Something Tookish! Interview

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Recently, I’ve been corresponding with the friendly and affable Pat Eyler, who reached out to me out of curiosity regarding my Brindlewood Bay hack, Something Tookish! (See here if you don’t know what I’m going on about here.) Anyway, Eyler interviewed me about the game, my background in gaming, and what I learned hacking the game together. Here’s the interview! 

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Playing Jordan Palmer’s “Our God Is Dead”

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The other day, with a group of three other people, I got a chance to play Jordan Palmer’s “Our God is Dead,” which, as the game’s itch.io page explains, is “a comedy role-playing game about clerics hiding the fact that their god has died just before a celebration in their god’s honor.” Players play the clerics, but in the process of play, they build out not just the clerics but also the god, the community, and so on… while having to desperately struggle to prevent others from catching on to the horrible truth: that the deity they venerate is dead.  …

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 9: Other “General” Supplements

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This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in reviews of older RPGs, I suggest you skip it. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 6: Alternate Character Concept Supplements

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This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in reviews of older RPGs, I suggest you skip it. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 5: Faction and “Meta-Splat” Books

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This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in reviews of older RPGs, I suggest you skip it. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 4: The Guildbooks

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This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in reviews of older RPGs, I suggest you skip it. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 3: “Setting” and “Adventure” Supplements

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This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in reviews of older RPGs, I suggest you skip it. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 2: Core Rules & Expansions

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This entry is part 2 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

Welcome to my revisitation of the Wraith: The Oblivion RPG book line. I’m reviewing the whole run of gamebooks in this series of posts. If you’re new to the series, I recommend starting with the first post. If you’re not interested in older RPGs, then I suspect you may want to skip this series altogether. 

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Revisiting Wraith: The Oblivion—Part 1: Overview

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This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series Revisiting Wraith the Oblivion

In 2017, I undertook the project of reading and reviewing all of my Wraith: The Oblivion RPG books. I dutifully read everything I had on hand and wrote up a series of blog posts about the books… and then, for some reason, I never posted them.  Stumbling onto those posts now, I am baffled that I did so much work but never published it, and figured I might as well go ahead and do it. That’s what this series is about. If you think the last thing the world needs is a discussion of the books released as part of …

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