Focus

By which I mean tying things tightly together, rooting game rules being used in the campaign’s environment (i.e., world) and theme and yes limiting the rules being used to those that have been “vetted” and integrated completely into the campaign. Why do this? Well, several reasons:
1. Maintain a cohesive campaign environment.
So, for example (and really [...]

The Everret Effect

Also known as the Everret Transfer or Everret Shift.
The Everett Effect refers to the re-tuning of the fundamental vibrations of the building blocks of matter so that it shifts between parallel universes. It is named for the American physicist Hugh Everret III, who first postulated the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. The effect [...]

The Void

Interesting concept on a recently recorded episode of Doctor Who (a show with the concept of parallel worlds): the space between worlds is a void – completely and utterly empty.  “Many people call it hell.”
Seems like an interesting idea for the campaign.  Perhaps its something that players need to worry about – if an Everett [...]

To 4E or not to 4E

That really is the question…as posed by John K. in response to my first post.
I confess I don’t know a whole lot about the plans for 4E, I’ve spent a little time reading about it online, mainly here. There’s a lot for me to catch up on.  From the little I do know there [...]

What is Altaerra?

The original thought was that it was marketing guy’s play on “Alternate Terra”. Hence the added tag line “Are you ready to be a player?” – clearly I’ve been spending too much time with those marketing folks…
As you surely noticed, the spelling is also reminiscent of the old Taera campaign (I guess it’s hard to [...]

Coming Winter, 2009

At least that’s what I’d say if this were a movie trailer…
Here’s the scoop. After a long run as DM of the Taera Campaign (see also here and here) I ended the campaign this fall and took a break for the birth of my daughter, Lila. Well, the itch to DM hasn’t gone away [...]