Diary of a Failed Game Designer

Apparently these have been around since 3.5 D&D and I have never seen them. Great work here .. Very useful for AAIE, D&D , Any fantasy game... Good Baron Dave's Equipment and Services List Good Baron Dave’s Catalog Of Sundries, Volume 2 and Good Baron Dave’s Catalog Of Sundries, Volume 3

I would like to share some links and  a few other things that have been giving me inspiration lately. Just some of the things I have read on the web to riff ideas off of. I read a lot of strange things out on the Internet while working on game  ideas... why not share the madness. Here is a an excellent  decaying architecture Flickr account. here are some links to geological maps from around the country. USGS map view map data base for you geological types. Why New York?  cause I live here. New York sate Geological survey site. Sort of an RPG link nice looking dice. Artisan Dice Trade: I find this subject super interesting. http://www.livescience.com/44703-turquoise-trade-network-revealed.html Prehistoric mining , which is a good read in it's own right , has a great reference section. Trade routes between Asia and Europe in antiquity ,  from the met Maps of mines: real mine maps form Pennsylvanian , it's honestly kind of mind blowing A ton more of that kind of th...

Dyvers: Old and New School? This is fun. He describes the best fountain ever. - and he makes a good point, were all just playing games. Put it on the table, lets roll.

With the best of intentions…Homebrew, table top, R.P.G super soup. This is going to be kind of a disjointed post, I apologize ahead of time. With the best of intentions I have tried to put up Monday, Wednesday, Friday posts without too much filler. With work and the holidays, my unfortunate nba2k14 addiction, and actual gaming this past week I found myself lacking proper inspiration for today post. Let’s get to the Homebrew goodness. You ever think that game design is addicting? When I get something that’s really clicking I can work on it for hours and hours and the time just flies. The only other time I ever get like that is when I used to draw and paint regularly. It’s a similar endorphin rush. The other side of that same token however, is if things are not clicking I get grumpy and drop into a depressed mood.   (Not depression really, just a shitty mental state, depression is serious business and I don’t want to make light of it.) So it is with that in mind that I find myself in...

I figured because It is snowing and crappy here in the Hudson Valley I would do a kind of weekend extra post. This is not going to be a super thought provoking affair but more a list of what I am keeping track of right now. Sort of for the selfish reason of having all the links in one place for my own uses. And also if you are sitting at home trying to decide if you want to go outside and shovel or would rather read some cool stuff..Read the cool stuff Here we go in no particular order. http://geniuslocigames.blogspot.com Posted about floating islands today and landed directly in the same camp as I am in when it comes to settings and moving away from overly dark settings. http://www.fatestorm.com Honestly I am not even quite sure what all this is yet, but it looks really interesting, evocative and cool, so I plan on spending some time this week reading as much of the Fatestorm website as I can. http://vengersatanis.blogspot.com Venger's Kick starter looks like it is going to be a...