Back of the Envelope

Following up on my previous posts , this is the last of my theories about Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, posted just in time to...

This is the second of my theories for Brandon Sanderson's next book, Wind and Truth , expected out on December 6th. Since Tor is plannin...

The fifth book of the Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth , comes out later this year, so I figured I'd share som...

I originally wrote this before the series on a 2d10 RPG, but I thought it was interesting for different reasons. And it's still true, ev...

Many RPGs center around combat, so it's important to get it right. So I think my combat is going to blend ideas from Pathfinder 2e , D...

I could spend a lot of time on equipment, but I intend to keep this simple. Besides, the only equipment most people are interested in is wea...

Gruff underground dwarves, woodland elves, pastoral hobbits--we all know the stereotypes. Recent versions of roleplaying games have tried to...

Classes are an important part of Dungeons and Dragons. There are four basic classes, which have been around a while: cleric, magic-user, thi...

 In this post, I'm exploring magic systems in RPG, and what I want to borrow for my 2d10 system . Dungeons and Dragons 5e uses a variant...

In my first post on this topic , I talked about 2d10 as a variant for Dungeons and Dragons, and focused on the ways it interacted with its ...

Here, I'm considering how best to design a non-OGL role-playing game. See my other 2d10 posts . Abilities Dungeons and Dragons famously ...