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In the video above, I talk about what I call “The Paradox of Lore”, as well as my thoughts on licensed settings. Many games and settings come with a lot of lore. This can take different forms: The lore can be included in the core rulebook. It can be dispensed via dedicated source books. It can be included in campaigns. Or, when the game is based on a movie, tv show, or book property, the lore can be implicit, via the source material. ...

Inspired by a recent conversation about initiative and turn order, I felt compelled to record the video above to compare how different systems handle this. Synopsis below. This post is not meant to be an exhaustive list, and I’m sure I’m missing some approaches. I’ll also present a potentially controversial “hot take” at the end of the video. ...

I recently ran my first Cortex Prime session. In the video above, I go over how I created my setting, prepared for the session, and debrief on how it went. What attracted me to Cortex Prime? In its 2017 Kickstarter, Cortex Prime described itself as a “Multi-Genre Modular Roleplaying Game”. It’s a new system, based on the rule set from prior Cortex games, such as Marvel Heroic, Leverage, Supernatural, Smallville, Firefly, and others. ...

Last weekend, I attended BSer Con 2, subtitled “Electric Boogaloo” - an online RPG convention organized by Sean from the Gaming and BS podcast. While the podcast concluded last year, the close-knit community continues to thrive, with an active Discord server. Last year’s BSer Con was a great success, so Sean decided to organize another one. It turned out to be another resounding success, with tons of games on offer. As planned (see my New Year’s Resolution post), I ran the following two games: ...

In this video, I demonstrate several techniques for leveraging AI tools for RPGs. It’s my longest video yet - I might have gotten carried away… ;) I cover the following tools: ChatGPT Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve likely heard some buzz about this in recent weeks A surprisingly powerful and versatile AI chat bot Just be aware that it will make occasionally shit up, i.e. provide responses that look and sound plausible but are factually incorrect Midjourney A cool Discord based generative AI artwork tool Just one example of AI tools to generate art (others might be Dall-E 2 or Stable Diffusion) I focus mostly on text in the video, but wanted to give at least an example of how you might use generative artwork Notion AI (Bonus) Not really an AI tool, but a note taking app, similar to OneNote or Evernote But they are currently running a beta that incorporates some of these AI capabilities and makes them easily accessible. That seamless integration makes it highly efficient. And I cover the following techniques: ...