So, the wonderful Trollop has been working on making The Office Troll and making it more of a site and less of a stub. For instance, this blog is now imbedded in the site and we have the beginnings of a forum ( Read more... )

I really need to update with the work I've actually been doing, but with the kidlings I haven't had time to get on here and write about the projects. Work is proceding apace on PSR and Corundum, I am also working on a small proof of concept game for the mechanics of PSR which I'm calling Kobold Kaverns ( Read more... )

While I was waiting for a maddeningly huge Excel file to load (65 Megs), my mind started wandering and I started thinking about Hearts. I started thinking about how it's very limiting that only 14 of the 52 cards can be bad and are only good under one very strict condition which changes all of those cards from bad to good ( Read more... )

Tonight, I sat down and played the Xanth boardgame with a couple of friends. We had a lot of fun, but it has some Major flaws. It was interesting enough to get my creative juices flowing, though ( Read more... )

Each player starts with x chits (I'm thinking 3-5, depending upon the desired length of the game, perhaps different heroes would have more or less chits). These are essentially 'lives ( Read more... )

The Weapons gain Willpower via a few means, but primarily from their adventurers living to the end of a round. Each time a Hero draws a Reward card, the Weapon gains or loses Willpower as indicated on the Reward. These generally range from -1 to +2. If a Weapon would lose Willpower, but does not have sufficient Willpower, they must discard a ( Read more... )

I'm thinking base stat + 2d6 (adjusted) for Hero & opposition (unless specific target number ( Read more... )

Currently, the map area determines how many Encounter cards and of which type the Player must draw as well as the Level of the Encounters ( Read more... )

( Overland Encounters )

( City Encounters, 19 )