Previously, I discussed how failure makes for good stories, but writing failure into games is challenging. Because while players may appreciate the drama of failure,… Read More »Instant Drama – Just Add Failure – Part 2
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the setting, characters, and conflict of Steel Dragons, but if you’ve been muttering to yourself, “Yes,… Read More »The World of Steel Dragons – Part 4
Welcome to the third entry in a series on the storyworld of Steel Dragons! Steel Dragons, as you may recall, is a digital adventure board… Read More »The World of Steel Dragons – Part 3
As a guy who specializes in creating storyworlds, I’ve found Steel Dragons to be a blast to work on. It’s been a fun challenge to… Read More »The World of Steel Dragons – Part 1
I hate game balance. I mean, I like when games are balanced—who doesn’t? But I hate doing the balancing. You know the creative rush, the… Read More »Balancing the Game – Part 1
Welcome to the second part of my series on how stories and storyworlds relate to each other. As I previously noted, storyworlds only exist to… Read More »Putting the “Story” in “Storyworld” – Part 2
As you might guess from my endless blog posts, RPG projects, and various freelance projects, I’m a little obsessed with storyworlds. But obsession isn’t always… Read More »Putting the “Story” in “Storyworld” – Part 1
Last week, I wrote about how storyworlds can adjust their focus from one story to another, but need to adjust their audience’s expectations to match.… Read More »Expecting Expectations
Over on the Patreon, I’ve been talking about getting back into the Empire of Venom & Silk storyworld, and how the first step is to… Read More »A Web of Truths
Today I write in defense of the Star Wars prequels. Seriously. A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Star Wars prequels had a different… Read More »Pretty Good Expectations
