San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Sunday
Fulfillment Room Our first stop of the morning was the fulfillment room, where you go to pick up swag using tickets they give out at panels. I ended up with a leather Spartacus: Gods of the Arena...
View ArticleDelving into the Lost City
The Lost City is in Oklahoma, apparently. Wolfgang Baur contacted me back in June to see if I’d be interested in working on a 4e project for Open Design. If you’re not familiar with it, the Open Design...
View ArticleLogan Bonner’s Gen Con Schedule
(Such as it is) I’ve scheduled very few events for Gen Con 2010. I want to play it by ear, and expect I’ll run into plenty of people even without making many plans. If you want to find me, I’ve...
View ArticlePlaylist Design
I’ve thought for a while now that developing game concepts based on a random music playlist could lead to a useful creative exercise and a fun article. So I’ve grabbed five songs at random (but taken...
View Article4e Success or Failure: Magic Items
About this Series: This post is part of a series about some of the new concepts in 4th Edition, particularly ones I had a hand in designing. It will judge which aspects succeeded and failed, and rate...
View ArticleTake Refuge . . . IN AUDACITY!!!!!!!!!
A Night Panther Knight stabs an Ooze Orkkh with a plasma glaive!!! The moment that everybody has been waiting for is here, and it is now time to see the preview of the most exciting RPG that is coming...
View ArticlePlaying Leverage with Just the FAQs
lSome of the Leverage crew get Analytical. Leverage: the Roleplaying Game does so many things right. It’s quick, collaborative, easy to prep, iconic, and tethered to a great back-and-forth mechanic and...
View ArticleYou’re Out of your FAQing Element
Ryan Macklin wrote a blog post about problems he sees with “use-whenever” stats in RPGs, using my FAQ hack for Leverage as an example. There are somegood ideas in there, and I encourage reading it....
View ArticleI Was a Manchild at Geek Girl Con
The inaugural Geek Girl Con ran last weekend in downtown Seattle, and I was there to check it out. The con focused on female geeks of all stripes. There were panels about gaming, comics, movies, TV,...
View ArticleLogan Bonner at NorWesCon 35!
Stan! having a drink at NorWesCon 34. This isn't me, but if you find him I'll probably be nearby. Hey, folks. Here’s a quick update to let you know I’ll be a guest at NorWesCon 35 in Seatac, WA this...
View ArticleSan Diego Comic-Con 2010 Sunday
Fulfillment Room Our first stop of the morning was the fulfillment room, where you go to pick up swag using tickets they give out at panels. I ended up with a leather Spartacus: Gods of the Arena...
View ArticleDelving into the Lost City
The Lost City is in Oklahoma, apparently. Wolfgang Baur contacted me back in June to see if I’d be interested in working on a 4e project for Open Design. If you’re not familiar with it, the Open Design...
View ArticleLogan Bonner’s Gen Con Schedule
(Such as it is) I’ve scheduled very few events for Gen Con 2010. I want to play it by ear, and expect I’ll run into plenty of people even without making many plans. If you want to find me, I’ve...
View ArticlePlaylist Design
I’ve thought for a while now that developing game concepts based on a random music playlist could lead to a useful creative exercise and a fun article. So I’ve grabbed five songs at random (but taken...
View Article4e Success or Failure: Magic Items
About this Series: This post is part of a series about some of the new concepts in 4th Edition, particularly ones I had a hand in designing. It will judge which aspects succeeded and failed, and rate...
View ArticleTake Refuge . . . IN AUDACITY!!!!!!!!!
A Night Panther Knight stabs an Ooze Orkkh with a plasma glaive!!! The moment that everybody has been waiting for is here, and it is now time to see the preview of the most exciting RPG that is coming...
View ArticlePlaying Leverage with Just the FAQs
lSome of the Leverage crew get Analytical. Leverage: the Roleplaying Game does so many things right. It’s quick, collaborative, easy to prep, iconic, and tethered to a great back-and-forth mechanic and...
View ArticleYou’re Out of your FAQing Element
Ryan Macklin wrote a blog post about problems he sees with “use-whenever” stats in RPGs, using my FAQ hack for Leverage as an example. There are somegood ideas in there, and I encourage reading it....
View ArticleI Was a Manchild at Geek Girl Con
The inaugural Geek Girl Con ran last weekend in downtown Seattle, and I was there to check it out. The con focused on female geeks of all stripes. There were panels about gaming, comics, movies, TV,...
View ArticleLogan Bonner at NorWesCon 35!
Stan! having a drink at NorWesCon 34. This isn't me, but if you find him I'll probably be nearby. Hey, folks. Here’s a quick update to let you know I’ll be a guest at NorWesCon 35 in Seatac, WA this...
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