Below are things I’ve learned, remembered, or found interesting in the past month: Courtesy of Astral Codex 10, the Southern Television Broadcast Interruption, where a broadcast was interr...
We are all dinos playtest report
Later this year, I will be releasing We Are All Dinos at the Dino Show, a LARP-lite game about pretending to be a dinosaur. Last weekend, I ran the first public playtest for the game. Before I tel...
Leveling up in Excel (part 1)
Long gone are the days where spreadsheets were exclusively the domain of tweed-wearing accountants with horn-rimmed glasses in musty basements and beige cubicles. Today, spreadsheets are identified...
Steal this tech: pool points
This is part of my ongoing series about tech I’d like to see more of in TTRPGs. If they come, you gotta build it I don’t enjoy encounter design. Let me rephrase. I love designing encounters. I l...
Software I recommend
Last year, I posted about things that improve my life. These were largely material items and goods that make my life better. I spend a lot of time on the computer. Some would say too much. Below I...
Top 3s of '24
My top 3 recommendations on 9 different categories, all from 2024. Roughly sorted in each category, with my favorite at the bottom. Movies I watched thirty movies this year . My top 3 were P...
2024 Recap: Movies
Below is the list of movies I’ve seen this year, very roughly sorted by how much I enjoyed them (least favorite at the top, favorite at the bottom). Commentary included for select movies. 8½ (1...
Lacy on Halloween
A bonus Lacy story: Halloween. Each year, my wife would hang up this terrible pumpkin-headed man outside our door. It would rattle and sway in the breeze, catching Lacy’s attention like a rabbit1....
What Lacy Knew
When I met Lacy, she knew three words. Her name, her former owner’s name (Greg), and “food”. She was six years old. Greg would communicate to Lacy via a series of clicks. He had one for wait, one f...
December 2024 Roundup
Below are things I’ve learned, remembered, or found interesting in the past month: Etymology: The word “ascorbic” in “ascorbic acid” comes from fending off scurvy. “1933 (in ascorbic acid)...