A “Love” Letter to Murderhoboes
Sometimes it is easy (or just simple and convenient) for players to view every NPC (non player character) they encounter as an adversary to be defeated and looted, regardless of the NPC’s intended purpose...
Author: Geoffrey Fortier
The Arts of LARP, Early Impressions
Now that I’m a bit further into The Arts of LARP, and the author has started their deep dive into their first case study, I’m thinking this may be a bit more of an...
Ya Basic (English) and Constructed Languages
This weekend I’ve been reading Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar by Charles Ogden in 1930, after it was mentioned in passing in a documentary. I’m sure I’d heard the 850...
Skywrite, The Magical Telecommunication Network
or How I Got Skywrite Banned From Your Game Skywrite is a crazy spell. It is a 2nd level spell that appears on the Bard, Druid, Wizard and Artificer spell lists (and possibly accessible...
17th Century Native American “Kettle Point” Arrowheads
Native Americans in the 17th century would repurpose worn out metal trade items, particularly brass kettles & pots, to make distinctive arrowheads sometimes called “Kettle Points”. These would later be replaced with purpose-made iron...
