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Monday, 24 October 2011

Ghouls: Gula

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Beyond the titular Latin-to-Arabic pun, ghouls embody gula (the cardinal sin of gluttony) in an obvious manner: they feed on the bodies of t...
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Sunday, 23 October 2011

Zombies: Accidia

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The medieval sin of accidia (acedia), or sloth, refers to a condition that today we treat as a mental illness: depression. But more generall...
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Friday, 21 October 2011

Evil World

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In keeping with the seven deadly sins, I guess, although I'm also just going through a table I made several months ago for these genres....
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Thursday, 20 October 2011

Seven Undeadly Sins

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I'm thinking more and more that the right approach in monster-ology lies between Flame Princess' "do it yourself, do it all you...
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Character Birth: Choice vs. Speed

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Count me on the side of quick with a few choices rather than slow with a lot of choices, when it comes to generating characters for adventu...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Dark World

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Olms: the human fish .
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Monday, 17 October 2011

The Old One-Armed Man's Monster Guide

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How to balance the need to keep a not-always-level-appropriate environment fair to players, with the need to keep a sense of mystery about...
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Researcher in social science and appreciator of hexy wargames, role playing games, interactive fiction, board games, and CCGs. I've learned a lot doing design and rules editing work on the side for the Legend of the Five Rings CCG. But this blog is mostly about other things.
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