Gordon Kirchner

How to NOT do a TTRPG Adaptation of a Video Game

Hey all, apologies for the delay in posting here! Between a medication change and a horrible bout of food poisoning, myself and the blogging thing have been passing like ships in the night. A recent post on the NSR Cauldron discord reminded me, regrettably, that Pokemon Tabletop United is a

Let he who is without SIN roll the first dice

I've been interested in diving into review content for a few weeks now, and I figured there would be no better game to start with than one of my favorite purchases of 2024; *Sinless*. For those unaware, Sinless is brainchild of Courtney C. Campbell, creator of On Downtime

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On Cognitive Overhead

AKA Why Sci-Fi RPGs aren't more popular

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Realism vs. Believability

And why modern fantasy worldbuilding isn't doing much for me these days

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Getting Aligned on Alignment

A different take on the classic and controversial system

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Why Your Session 0 isn't Helping

And how to actually run a good one

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Stop Using Rules to Solve Social Problems

Examining one of the myths of crunchier rules systems

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The Words on the Page Aren't Real, They Can't Hurt You

A response to the recent Pathfinder 2nd Edition drama

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What Actually Makes a Good RPG Book?

And why it's so hard to nail down

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