Category: TTRPGs


  • Greetings from the edge, I think the heat must have got to me. Either that, or at my age I have discovered that I’m a raver on the quiet. You see, I have been listening to a lot of EDM while I write lately. Not because I like it. I don’t particularly. But it is…

  • Greetings from the edge, Overworked and undercaffeinated, a DM’s lot is mostly spent trying to stop a group of their friends from spectacularly destroying themselves by proxy on a weekly basis. Despite what our players might think, we don’t spend our spare time lurking in deserted castles, cackling maniacally and waxing our goatees while plotting…

  • Greetings from the edge, Quick update from here in the broom cupboard. I got an email the other day asking me to apply for a job opening at a local-ish library. It’s only part-time, so I’ll still have time to write, and with the commute I’ll probably even get more audiobook time out of it.…

  • Greetings from the edge, I love dungeons. They are, after all, at least 50% of the game. They are neat, self-contained little slices of your world that can be as flavourful, strange, or dripping with lore as the grandest city or most lavish court. At their very best, they become complex ecosystems, complete with hierarchies,…

  • Greetings from the edge, Got a new article live, and I thought it would be a good idea to expand on it here. The piece is all about how your starting town is the welcome wagon for your entire campaign. First impressions matter. If the village is memorable, the world feels memorable. If it’s bland……