Words & Wonders Wednesday
Words & Wonders: Multi-Arc Campaigns
Today, I want to share some tips for structuring multi-arc campaigns that will keep your players invested from the first session to the last. These aren’t hard-and-fast rules—they’re tools you can use to shape your story and make it your own
Read MoreWords & Wonders: The Flex of May
To be a vigilant in Twilight Metro is to walk a razor’s edge. You are not a hero in the traditional sense, nor are you a villain. You are something in between—a force of will, a shadow in the neon haze, a hand that acts when others falter. The city does not choose you, but it watches you, and in its own way, it tests you. To survive as a vigilant is to understand the city’s rhythm, to adapt to its challenges, and to embrace the duality of its nature.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Vigilant in Twilight Metro
To be a vigilant in Twilight Metro is to walk a razor’s edge. You are not a hero in the traditional sense, nor are you a villain. You are something in between—a force of will, a shadow in the neon haze, a hand that acts when others falter. The city does not choose you, but it watches you, and in its own way, it tests you. To survive as a vigilant is to understand the city’s rhythm, to adapt to its challenges, and to embrace the duality of its nature.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Greater than More
What if the mechanics, meant to guide the game, instead slow its momentum, drowning the narrative in a sea of modifiers and charts? This is where the philosophy of “Smaller Rules Equals Bigger Gaming” shines like a beacon, cutting through the fog and illuminating the path to faster, more immersive gameplay.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: SLICs, Mobs, Momentum
If Soul Gaming is about the heart of play, then Boxcars and Recall are about the hands-on craft—how players engage with the moment, how they take risks, and how mastery emerges after play instead of before it.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Table Mastery and Recall
If Soul Gaming is about the heart of play, then Boxcars and Recall are about the hands-on craft—how players engage with the moment, how they take risks, and how mastery emerges after play instead of before it.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Soul Gaming
I want to talk to you for a minute—not as a designer, not as a publisher, but as the kid who grew up rolling dice at a kitchen table and learned something important there.
Soul Gaming is not a mechanic.
It’s not a feature bullet.
It’s not a brand term, even if I’ve used the phrase enough that it’s become associated with my work.
Soul Gaming is a choice.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Genre to Extremes
Today, we’re exploring how you can push your chosen genre to its limits in your tabletop games for greater impact and engagement. Let’s discuss why fully embracing the spirit of your game’s genre—sometimes even to the point of caricature—can lead to memorable adventures and a more unified experience for everyone at the table.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Subs & Sci-Fi
This is an expanded, genre-agnostic story hook designed to push your players to their absolute limits. It is a framework you can drop into any tabletop roleplaying game. It brings the same level of crushing pressure, tactical challenges, and world-altering consequences whether your players are wielding broadswords, plasma rifles, or enchanted crowbars.
Read MoreWords & Wonders: Lucha Libre vs Giallo
In this one-shot adventure, the vibrant, over-the-top world of Legacy of Lucha Libre collides with the dark, stylish, and suspenseful atmosphere of a Giallo mystery set in the city of Bellmorta.
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