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October 14, 2019

Hero Historia 5 Years On

Back in 2014 I wrote a work of fiction called Hero Historia. It was intended to be an alternate history…


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October 12, 2019

Retrogaming 1983

1983 is the year when it all starts to fall apart. The crash. Caused in part by Atari, its effects…


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October 7, 2019

Survival Mode: A narrative solo RPG actual play

That’s a mouthful. Let’s break it down. Narrative: It’s formatted like a story – specifically, like serial fiction. Solo RPG:…


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October 5, 2019

Retrogaming 1982

1982 is the last year before the crash that brings the console market to its knees, the last year the…


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September 30, 2019

Chicago Steampunk Expo decompression

This weekend was my first convention table-vending experience at the Chicago Steampunk Exposition. As a special guest presenter I was…


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Published on September 30, 2019 09:18

September 28, 2019

Retrogaming 1981

Continuing our retrogaming adventure on into 1981 with the birth of new series and the first appearance of one of…


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September 23, 2019

Galvanic Century as Steampunk

There are a few characteristics that set my mystery series Galvanic Century apart from what might otherwise be considered “generic”…


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September 21, 2019

Retrogaming 1980

Continuing this series with our first real entry into the golden age of video games, a glorious time that lasts…


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September 19, 2019

Game Development at Taoscordian Dot Com

I launched Taoscordian.com back in 2016 when I started publishing tabletop RPG materials. Thinking that running an extra site was…


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Published on September 19, 2019 07:12

September 14, 2019

Dev Log: Let the World Burn

A year ago I finished an introductory demo of an RPGMaker Adventure video game, Through the Cracks. It was the…


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Published on September 14, 2019 08:50