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The Cred Bounty: An (Unplayed) Game for O/U
Near the end of OVER/UNDER, there were quite a bit of projects going on. Specifically, I’m looking at the public works projects that had been proposed, approved for budgeting, and then worked on by several players. The EDC was one of the many approved public works projects, and its headquarters was set up in a Continue reading
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Union Working Game: A Game Made For OVER/UNDER
The OVER/UNDER game has been a lot of fun to play in the past few days! Seeing all the various backgrounds that each of the hundreds of players are approaching the game with, you see roleplayers, TTRPGers, LARPers, and all sorts of folk! With my character being a part of a union in the game, Continue reading
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Dancing With Cards – Fight Card
Once upon a time during a quarantine time long ago, I was remembering the feeling of dance. You see, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantining, I had chosen to try learning swing dancing! You know, that newfangled dance that’s too hip for tradition and the sanctity of ballroom dance? Joking aside, I was enjoying Continue reading
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Real Events, Fake Explanations: Using Out-of-World Things to Inspire In-World Events
One of my favorite things to do in a scene, if the opportunity provides it, is to acknowledge something that happens outside of the scene as a part of, but a different experience than what we know in real life. I remember that during a performance where I was improvising with my team, a cell Continue reading
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Growing Closer with Friends
I had a conversation with one of my friends the other day about one of the issues that we both have with our long, on-going campaigns. That is to say, our parties were nothing more than coworkers. They don’t hang out with one another in their downtime, and the only reason that they stick together Continue reading
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Lord of the Rings – First Impressions, Thoughts on Side Characters
Being a fantasy nerd, you would think that I have had some type of exposure to Lord of the Rings. It is the basis of modern fantasy, after all! Besides reading The Hobbit and eventually watching those movies, and then watching the Rings of Power TV series, I have not watched the original trilogy or Continue reading
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What is success: On procrastination
For most of my life, I grew up completing things on the due date. Yes, nothing would be submitted late (for the most part) and my assignments would be completed when they were expected to be done. The day of. On the day that something needed to be completed, I would be working to complete Continue reading
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The West Marches Campaign
The West Marches campaign is a campaign idea that I found about out via Matthew Colville. This was discussed originally from the wonderful game developer of Microscope, Ben Robbins, but in summary, here is the idea of West Marches campaign: You have a wide group or cast of players. It would be a big roster Continue reading
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Fan to Idol(?) Interactions
So, I got to meet a person this weekend that I knew from actual play! I got to tell them about how I enjoyed their performance, and it was a nice interaction. What I noticed about this interaction, and most interactions where I’m talking with someone who I know from streaming, or a performance is Continue reading
About Me
An avid storyteller who enjoys all sorts of mediums for storytelling, but primarily games. I have been a Game Master since 2015, text roleplayer since the ambitious age of 8, and a reader since before that. I worry more often about my art than I should.
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