Ruminator's Page

I don't know how much interest there is in such a thing, but I've set up Unearthed Playgrounds over with Google Sites. If you don't recall, Unearthed Playgrounds was with WetPaint (and then PBWiki), and it was a site where I was going to take parts I liked from old (but hopefully not forgotten) RPGS and build something new. With the move to Google Groups, I'm opening it up so that anyone who wants to participate can. Who knows if… Continue

I'm a fairly regular poster on the RisusTalk list. Twice now, I've answered a rules question with bad answers (and it's not like Risus has a lot of rules to mess up). Here I think I know the system (even if I don't get to play very often - it's been over a year), and I run Risusiverse, and then I give out bad advice.

I feel pretty stupid right now. Maybe things w… Continue

(what follows is a reprint of something I put out long ago)...

Many years ago, Edgar made money distributing copies. He was the only one with access to the original work and had total control of the copies (the number of copies, their quality, etc.). All he needed was the right marketing to make certain that there was demand for the copies he could provide. Life was good for Edgar.

The march of technology started catching up with Edgar. People could start making copies of…

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Probably like quite a few people my age who used to play a ton of roleplaying games (face to face games, not MMORPGs), I have thought about creating my own game. Not that there is/was anything wrong with the games that I've played, but just because.

I remember the first such game I made myself. It was shortly after playing Dungeon's and D…

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Here I'll pimp a worthy cause that deserves greater attention...or...common courtesy should be more common.

Is it really so difficult for people to actually consider the needs/wants/desires of others before acting, or is it simply an anonymous world where everyone only looks out for themselves? I think we should have a courtesy revolution.

Start today, an… Continue