Technical Difficulties
Nov 25Don’t worry, dear reader, there’s a post coming shortly. Your illuminerded masters are currently experiencing technical difficulties, but we expect to have them taken care of shortly. In the interim, we encourage you to ponder the coming eschaton, when a forgotten Mayan god will descend from the sky to usher in a new...
Setting Quickstart — Ten Mercenary Companies
Nov 18When constructing a fantasy setting for your game, compelling conflicts are a key part of what gets players interested, motivated, and involved in the game. Conflicts, of course, need participants, and while traditional armies, knightly orders, and monstrous hordes are excellent standbys, hired thugs and treasure-motivated soldiers can add a — well — mercenary flavor to your...
Unreal Worlds – Abominable Armies
Nov 11The air is cool and crisp, snow is in the air (for at least some of you dear readers), and for the Illuminerdy, the dying of the year means it’s time to talk about monsters. There are few more famous than the abominable snowman of the Himalaya — the Yeti. Also called the Meh-teh, Mi-go, Mirka, Kang Admi, and the Jobran, the Yeti has been part of the Western monstrous lexicon since at...
4 Awesome Apps
Nov 09The advent of cell phones, netbooks, laptops, and tablet computers has revolutionized tabletop RPG gaming. Where once we had stacks of three-hole-punched, college rule paper with notes, character illustrations, and loot, we now have apps, websites, and subscription services to maintain our games. So, which apps are the best of the best? Evernote Billed as the app to help you “remember...
Setting Quickstart — Creating the Crusade
Nov 04You might have noticed that we tried something a little different last week in presenting our first Setting Quickstart — a little bit of semi-fiction meant to get your creative juices flowing. There are a lot of ways to build settings for your game; this one was meant for a fairly standard fantasy game (D&D, perhaps?), but it might be worthwhile to explore how some of the core...
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