NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 15, 2024): Where in the World? Q: This week’s challenge is a little tricky. Change one letter of a place on earth to get a familiar phrase much heard around this time of year. What is it? The answer consists of three words (5,2,5). Exactly the […]
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“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Every world has an ecology; if you want your fantasy world to be believable, you’ll need to pay attention to how it works: how does each […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 8, 2024): Plants of North and Central America Q: Name a common tree of North America in two words (three letters, five letters). Rearrange its letters to name a well-known plant of Central America, also in two words (four letters, four letters). What tree and plant […]
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Mike Myler is a freelancing RPG goblin (or goblin that freelances for RPGs?), regent, the editor for the excellent EN5ider Patreon, and the Project Manager for Level Up: Advanced Fifth Edition. You can also find his marks in the N.O.W. book for the What’s Old Is New RPG, on www.mikemyler.com […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 1, 2024): The Cat’s Pajamas Q: Think of a classic television actor — first and last names. Add a long-E sound at the end of each name and you’ll get two things that are worn while sleeping. What are they? Take another item that might be […]
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View attachment 387629 Hasbro’s stock price has jumped nearly 2% after Elon Musk made an offhand comment on his social media platform about potentially buying the Dungeons & Dragons publisher. Coming out of the US Thanksgiving holiday, Hasbro’s stock price jumped by 2% on Friday. The cause appears not to […]
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Chaosium pulled off quite the magic trick with the release of Gateways To Terror. The adventure collection contained three short adventures built to be run in an hour or two for new players, such as at a convention or a game store event. The company looks to pull off the […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 24, 2024): Name that Capital Q: Name a state capital. Inside it in consecutive letters is the first name of a popular TV character of the past. Remove that name, and the remaining letters in order will spell the first name of a popular TV game […]
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Specifically, how an RPG book gets made from initial idea to the printed product being sold to and delivered to customers. And balancing that process with multiple books in flight in various stages. To quote Matt from an earlier interview about Mongoose Publishing (roleplaying games): “…you can explore space and […]
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