I write a lot of military/historical games - the In Harm's Way series is up to five games now, with a sixth in development. A central fo...

From On Her Majesty's Arcane Service In honor of Zach of RPG Blog II putting OHMAS on his Zack's Dozen hotlist, I present the Savant...

Well, I mean who dictates your designs? S. John Ross once told me that if you design to limit abuse of your system, you are designing to lim...

When I came into RPG gaming, the default ideal was that the GM customized the system and created the setting to suit the group. I was 21 in ...

Here is how I am implementing troupe play in On Her Majesty's Arcane Service - as a strongly recommended option, but not required. These...

A big discussion is always generated whenever anyone discusses PC death in RPGs. It's one of those sharply defined subjects where everyo...

OK, Ok! Stop piling on, guys! I concede! Yeah - there's things you can do to make better settings. Bill over on Hinterblog posted a few...