Review: Mausritter Boxed Set
W. F. Smith W. F. Smith

Review: Mausritter Boxed Set

A review of Mausritter, a sword-and-whiskers TTRPG based on Into the Odd. Also musings on the Mausritter campaign I want to run.

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In Defense of 3d6
W. F. Smith W. F. Smith

In Defense of 3d6

3d6-in-order is a somewhat maligned method for generating stats, but there is a place for it. Beware: very unscientific survey contained herein!

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Anti Canon Ancestry
W. F. Smith W. F. Smith

Anti Canon Ancestry

How Prismatic Wastelands handles “race.” A character’s ancestry doesn’t define them. Instead, the player helps define the world through their character’s ancestry.

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How to Run a Mystery in TTRPGs
W. F. Smith W. F. Smith

How to Run a Mystery in TTRPGs

Advise on running mysteries and reflections on capital-T Truth in TTRPGs. By speaking a fact at the table, you reify that as a Truth. All clues unuttered are merely potential truths, waiting their turn.

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Parenthood among the  Porcelain Palaces
W. F. Smith W. F. Smith

Parenthood among the Porcelain Palaces

In which our heroes find a child, create a child, make those children fight, then negotiate with pseudo-liches to save the children. Won’t somebody please think of the children?

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