• Random Character Generation

    calendar Mar 1, 2022 · 3 min read · Theory

    Random character generation is great, especially random Attributes. Why you hate random Attributes People think Random attributes will ruin your game because D&D has taught them that Attributes cannot be raised quickly. If one rolls a bad character, they'll have to play 'Jake, the pointless', forever after. This …


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  • The Open Source RPG Dream

    calendar Jan 30, 2022 · 9 min read · Theory BIND FOSS

    The cynics say that we keep reinventing the wheel. They say we have too many RPGs, mostly doing the same thing, and why bother to write yet another RPG about elves and magic swords? And they have one thing right - we should stop re-writing RPGs from scratch. Instead, we should change them. Knave started as a …


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  • Don't Have a Fun Game

    calendar Jan 20, 2021 · 4 min read · Theory Utilitarianism

    I so often hear people giving the golden rule of RPG's as 'remember it's a game, and to just have fun'. I can see that if nobody likes the game then it's not a good game, but the 'have fun' advice, while common enough, doesn't help anyone to do anything. John Mill discussed the paradox of happiness. If you want to …


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