• Spooky Season, Spooky Stories: All the Friends She Needs Part 2

    Continuing the story of Mimsy and Annette from the last post here …. So they followed Annetteafter class, down the hall,and closed in around her, cutting off her escape. “You’re odd,” said the first.“A freak,” said her friend.“You’re just like the witch, and two there can’t be.” With smirks and with sneers,with a push and

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  • Spooky Season, Spooky Stories

    It’s that time of year, and it would be a shame not to share something in the spirit of the season. Since this site is meant to include fiction as well as tabletop gaming, I think it’s time to add a little story to the mix. I tossed a few ideas around and settled on

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  • Countdown to Session Zero: Preparing The End of the Institute

    As the days tick down toward Session Zero of my The End of the Institute campaign, I wanted to share how I plan to structure the session, the tools we’ll be using, and a few key things I’m keeping in mind. The Role of Session Zero Session Zero is more than just preparation. It sets

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  • The End of the Institute: Homebrew Campaign Setting

    I am currently preparing for Session Zero of a homebrew Magnus Archives campaign, The End of the Institute, built using my MESH playstyle. If you are familiar with The Magnus Archives, the ending created endless potential for new stories, official or otherwise. It opened the multiverse and populated it with endless flavors of the canon

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  • Flexible Storytelling in Tabletop RPGs: The MESH Framework

    Most of us love tabletop roleplaying, but real life makes it hard to keep a campaign going. Jobs, families, shifting schedules… getting the same people to the same table every week can feel impossible. That is where the MESH system comes in. MESH stands for Modular Episodic Session Holarchy, and it is my attempt to

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  • Setting Expectations

    Setting Expectations

    If you’ve found your way here, you might be thinking: “There’s nothing here.” And you’d be right. I’m starting at square one, setting up this platform, learning the tools, and figuring things out in my spare time. But content is coming. My plan is to start slow: share pieces of whatever project I’m working on,

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