For our last playtest session John Harper mocked up some early character sheets that focus on one of my favorite bits: drawing your hero. In Powers For Good, each character sheet has a different silhouette already drawn on it, so you can turn that unique outline into you hero. As a completely...

Everybody knows about Phil’s awesome Dungeon World: Seattle setting posts, right? The ones with some random thoughts, mythology, and planar stuff? Because that’s some damn fine setting, right...

Something that’s become one of my overall design goals with Dungeon World is making everything player-initiated. The problem we’ve been trying to avoid is the kind of time tracking that’s all over the place in D&D 3 and 4. Both editions are full of durations, either in...

This was probably the best 4E encounter I’ve ever run. The best part is, it’s more of a recipe that a specific encounter, so you can fill it in any way you like. The Basic Concept: A kraken tries to bring down the ship the characters are on. The Location: The deck of a ship. When I...

Today I’m revisiting the 30 Character Challenge to take a look at a character Vito was interested to see my take on. It’s also a chance to show off the latest  version of the rules. Here’s Black Cobra VII created by Vito Delsante. Personality: Cocky Teenager The son of...