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The Third Epoch

23 Jun 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

When they did finally show themselves to us, it was at the worst possible moment in our history. The major powers of the globe were already deep into a full-scale war, and its effects were catastrophic to the entire planet. Luckily the few nuclear strikes that happened were relatively small scale, and hadn’t evolved into… Continue reading The Third Epoch

Tabletop Unlocks

6 Apr 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

Most video-game based RPG's use a system of unlocks to keep you interested in the story, and to get you to pay out money. Various features, such as playable races or classes, special abilities, etc. are locked behind a pay-wall. Since I'm a cheapskate, I'm not a fan of such systems, but I do understand… Continue reading Tabletop Unlocks

Simultaneous Movement

26 Mar 20227 Apr 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

One thing that has never really jived well for me was movement in combat (in D&D, usually) in the way that each character gets to move and then do their action. One at a time. Even though it represents action from all the characters, the step-by-step movement seems disjointed. However, there is another game that… Continue reading Simultaneous Movement

Introducing… the Hinauri

8 Mar 20227 Apr 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

A new player character species/ancestry/race for Dungeons and Dragons, 4th and 5th Edition  NOTE: edited to include racial abilities/languages/powers just like all other playable races. The Hinauri are a race of small Centaur-style humanoids that resemble a mix between a North American white-tailed deer and a Halfling.  They are referred individually as Hinaur, both male… Continue reading Introducing… the Hinauri

Update on Podcast feature

22 Feb 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

So after a look-see at Anchor and the ability to auto-record the posts and make them available as audio podcasts, I've decided against it. I'm struggling with Anchor, and honestly I just don't have the time or temperament to deal with it. It would take a lot of time to get all the previous posts… Continue reading Update on Podcast feature

Testing, testing

19 Feb 202222 Feb 2022 Tim Schuster1 Comment

I've just uploaded another blog post (Attacks of Attacks of Opportunity). I saw that WordPress is offering a service called Anchor that lets you convert your posts into audio. This post is just to test that system and see if it's something I like and would want to continue to use. If you also listen… Continue reading Testing, testing

Attack of Attack of Opportunity

19 Feb 202220 Feb 2022 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

I was just recently watching a live stream of a 4E D&D tabletop game, and I saw a situation that got me to thinking. One of the heroes of the story had just moved past an opponent, and therefore granted that opponent an attack of opportunity. The problem that I saw was that the opponent… Continue reading Attack of Attack of Opportunity

Transformative Storytelling

21 Jan 2022 Tim Schuster1 Comment

My daughter is a fan of all the superhero movies and shows. There's a couple that she's convinced me (at first) were worth watching, so I dove in. Yea, they were all right at first. The thing I noticed about each of them is a tendency towards the belief that if a character does not… Continue reading Transformative Storytelling

The Dog Daze are Here!

13 Dec 2021 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

The newest adventure for Mutant Epoch, DOG DAZE, has just recently been published. You can find it at Outlandarts.com. This is a massive solo adventure, written in the "choose your own adventure" style designed for a single player using 1 or 2 beginning characters. Unfortunately, I can't review it because I wanna play it too.… Continue reading The Dog Daze are Here!

I Can’t Read

27 Nov 2021 Tim SchusterLeave a comment

Role playing games have ruined traditional stories for me. I can't enjoy fiction anymore because the Author is the only one who gets to say what happens in the story. I'm not allowed to participate, unless I write my own fan fiction, and that's no solution. I don't enjoy television shows anymore unless they're brainless… Continue reading I Can’t Read

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  • The Third Epoch
  • Tabletop Unlocks
  • Simultaneous Movement
  • Introducing… the Hinauri
  • Update on Podcast feature
  • Testing, testing
  • Attack of Attack of Opportunity
  • Transformative Storytelling
  • The Dog Daze are Here!
  • I Can’t Read
  • Game Balance
  • Does Size Matter?
  • The Past of Science Fiction
  • Attribute Array Alternative
  • Early Onset Grump
  • A New Language for a New Epoch
  • The Continuing Adventures of…
  • Tabletop Fiction
  • Spy Thriller Comparo
  • Adventure Game Engine
  • Time to go
  • The Time is Nigh!
  • What Dragons?
  • Unstoppable
  • Skull Nuke
  • Ubiquity ++
  • Artifacts for The Mutant Epoch
  • Fooled Again, Blast It!
  • A Different Kind of Hit Point
  • Perspective
  • MEGA Character Bundle for The Mutant Epoch!
  • Artificial Limits and Game Balance
  • Where’d this come from: The Sequel – Talislanta
  • 3 versus 4 versus 5
  • Inexplicable Fiction
  • Character Sheet Update
  • Success!
  • Upcoming TME Session
  • Full Auto – Automatic weapons fire rules for The Mutant Epoch
  • STELLERZ, The Epic NEW Space-Opera Scale Science-Fiction Role Playing Game by Expert Game Designer Tim Schuster!
  • Baby Bupu
  • The Mutant Epoch Form Fill Character Sheet
  • The Elven Races of Millenia
  • Character, or Cog?
  • Guaranteed Total Party Kill
  • Cross Gender Characters
  • The Other Shoe
  • Cornucopia
  • Compare and Contrast: The Action Table vs. The Universal Table
  • The Action Table!
  • The New Apocalypse of Gaming
  • Furtive in the Forests – The Gnome Clans of Millenia
  • The Kingdom of Metal and Stone – The Dwarves of Millenia
  • On Literacy
  • The Hin Expanse – Halflings of Millenia
  • The O.R.C. Opposed Roll Combat System Has Moved
  • The Humans of Millenia
  • The Forgotten Half-Orc
  • A Millenia Before Waterdeep
  • What is Project ShadowWatch?
  • ShadowWatch Revival
  • Progressive or Pure Chance: Another Look at Ubiquity
  • Uplifted?
  • Project Shadowwatch
  • Player, You Just Don’t Know
  • May the Force be… WTF?
  • No Game is an Island
  • A N.E.W. Hope for Sci Fi
  • The Real Fantasy Worlds
  • Almost Perfect
  • Big Joe’s Musings
  • Blast from the Future Past
  • The Realities of Torg
  • Where’d this come from?
  • One Setting, Three Systems
  • The Silverback Paradox
  • What FATE wasn’t
  • Shoulda been the first post
  • A Second Look
  • The Elephant in the Room
  • How OGL almost destroyed everything, but ended up saving me.
  • Why bother?
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