Yesterday, I was looking at the Invisible Sun RPG, from Monte Cook Games, specifically, the pre-order box set (which is, sadly, no longer available). It is a thing of beauty: a 600 page full-color hardback core book, cloth maps, special dice, nearly a thousand cards to use in play... The game collector in me swooned. … Continue reading Visual Design and RPGs

When I'm creating fantasy worlds—which happens most often when I'm driving or doing dishes or otherwise away from paper and keyboard—I find that they tend to fall into one of two categories. These are distinctions in my head, describing the way I approach the story of the world. They aren't meant as some kind of … Continue reading Mythic & Humanistic Fantasy Worlds