Tag Archives: Rant

The As-Required-By-Law Kickstarter Post-Mortem

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Lizard

Kickstarter Post-Mortem (Updated 2-25-2014) As Seemingly Required By Law So, my first Kickstarter is done. I beat the odds in several ways… it was funded. The product was produced, if not 100% on time, at least mostly under budget. (That … Continue reading →

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A Minor Diversion Into Artsy English Major Stuff

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Lizard

I’m doing another editing pass on Rogue Planet, in preparation for the final push to print. One of the interesting things about writing is when you set aside a document for a while, and then return to it, you can … Continue reading →

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Monopoly & D&D

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Lizard

OK, this is going to be very brief, because every second of spare time I have is devoted to looking at cute cat gifs on Buzzfeed writing Rogue Planet. I’ve commented, often, that the perception of AD&D as being “rules … Continue reading →

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5e Design Goals, A Question Or Two

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Lizard

So, there’s another design diary up on WOTC’s site, and that means another chance for me to write an inchoate, off-the-cuff rant there, and then post it here, and pretend that it’s content. I’m a bit confused as to how … Continue reading →

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More 5e Comments

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Lizard

Yet another attempt to leverage the random, off-the-cuff drivel I spout on other gaming sites into an “article” here. Hey, the site’s free. You get what you pay for… including my constantly reusing that lame excuse when I post content … Continue reading →

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The Magic Of Magic

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Lizard

The Magic Of Magic Once again, this a is reply to, and expansion of, some of the WOTC articles on 5e. Here’s the original article, and here’s my (two) original replies, and after this, we’ll get even more ways to … Continue reading →

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A History Of Facile Video Game Comparisons

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Lizard

In Convenient Chart Format Year Edition Video Game 2000 Third 2008 Fourth 2012 Fifth Discuss. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on fark share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the … Continue reading →

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D&D 5e: Hit Points

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Lizard

Another in my highly irregular series of “crap I wrote on WOTC’s board that I’m reposting here in order to pretend I have content”. OK, first of all, you need to read this, which is Mike Mearls’ take on hit … Continue reading →

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Beginning: Comments On 5E

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Lizard

Race, Class, Theme, Background Well, since a lot of my writing time (i.e, time when code is compiling, tests are running, etc) is being taken up with occasional rants on the 5e boards, it seems to me that I could … Continue reading →

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Making Magic Magical

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Lizard

A common complaint I see on RPG boards is that “magic should be more magical”. The lack of “magicalness” is often cited as a reason to dislike some new version of a game, or otherwise waved around as a generic … Continue reading →

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