2019-10-11
The 200 Word RPG has opened again for 2019, and though I had less time than usual, I threw my hat in the ring. I have a few more hours to polish it to hopefully publish it for the 24 hour RPG contest on RPG Geek also! At 199 words, I tried to use each word as efficiently as possible, and also maintain a theme. I wanted to do a solo game this year, and thou...
2018-08-25
After missing 2017 (I actually started, but didn't get it finished in time), I wasn't going to miss it again. This year, the theme was Lost Stories, and the ingredients were Speedwalking, Blunt, Sheepskin, and Weigh. As usual, panic set in at the disparity of the ingredients. I did what I usually do to get inspiration- resorted to the dictionary to see other less known definit...
2018-05-28
The 200 Word RPG has opened again for 2018, and I'm entering again. It's a pretty good goal at 200 words, but it's harder than it appears. I couldn't get anyone to chime in on it until the last minute, so it's been pretty much a solo effort. I did get my wife and daughter to read it; they're not gamers so I received a unique perspective that pretty m...
2018-04-27
I just saw this statement in a review of Infinity War (2018) Apparently, treatments of PoC were less than stellar. And in one review by Steven Barnes, he goes into all of this. And then he says what I've been feeling and what many don't seem to want to see. I'll give it to you in an excerpt from his great review. "So the message for white readers: if you creat...
2018-03-25
I've been playing role-playing games for the longest time, and writing for just a bit longer. I've written for three role-playing game products that were published, or will be published. And I liked the feeling of writing for a role-playing game, no matter the extent. I've written for NaGaDeMon and Game Chef and 200 word RPG, and I don't think that what I've written has been...
2017-04-05
Given the fact that I completed my first entry for the 200 Word RPG before the submission date, and it rekindled something in me in regards to writing, I decided to do another entry. It's not as polished, and I didn't get editing help, but it is a good exercise in taking what I was given, and trying to use it for something else. With that in mind, I present...
2017-04-02
I haven't been doing too well at updating this blog, but at least I do it when I enter something. Enter the 200 Word RPG for 2017. After many drafts, and much help from others, I've come up with this entry, that weighs in (by the Google Docs word count) at 197 words. The entry has been posted on the 200 Word RPG Site, so I've officially entered! Detac...
2016-06-02
Game Chef has rolled around again, and I've thrown my hat into the ring. The theme, technology, jumped out at me. But in a more contrary manner- to concentrate on the lack of technology, or technology gone awry. But the ingredients... alarm, dance, sketch, and sunlight. I started in despair, trying to figure out how to apply them. My first stab was to look towards space. A gener...
2015-11-01
Earlier this year, I did my first game with the prompting of Game Chef. After that, I submitted for a couple of different anthologies and sci-fi opportunities. It showed me that even at this point, I can be a viable writer. And maybe, just maybe, support myself at it. But it's not going to be easy. With NaNoWriMo and NaGaDeMon coming up, I figured I'd get this writing...
2011-02-11
This might be old hat, but I just started watching the new season of Doctor Who, so sue me if I’m late to the game. I was prepared not to like Matt Smith. Or at least not like him as much as David Tennant. The tenth doctor left on top of his game, and IMO was the best Doctor ever. Especially after his best performance – The Waters of Mars. I liked The End of Time, but it still didn’t match T...
