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Brian Cox as Agamemnon raising his sword and screaming for the attack

Members March 14, 2026 in Newsletter

Do So By Violence

I blame the prudishness of the founders of this hobby for all of this tree focussed nonsense.

Black and white image of a ruler

Members February 9, 2026 in Newsletter

Measurements

Who Doesn't Love Orcs?

Members September 17, 2025 in Creative Process

Who Doesn't Love Orcs?

Game Taste List

Members October 22, 2024 in Game Tastes

Game Taste List

Making a Page for Testament

Members September 12, 2024 in Creative Process

Making a Page for Testament

What’s new?

Best Laid Plans

Members June 20, 2025 in Creative Process

Best Laid Plans

Something to see in the next issue of Yggdrasil MGZ and plans for next year.

Trevor Project Donation

June 7, 2025 in Charity

Trevor Project Donation

Thank you for your support of an important organization

Members June 5, 2025 in Game Tastes

Torchbearer

A powerful abstraction engine to explore the fundamental conflict of our time.

A photo of my summer reading list detailed in this essay taken with my Olympus E-M10 Mark IV

Members May 28, 2025 in Reviews

2025 Summer Reading List

What I am going to read this summer!

The Burning Wheel

Members May 21, 2025 in Game Tastes

The Burning Wheel

Does anyone else remember film strips?

An example map of a dungeon

Members May 13, 2025 in Sanctum of the Serpent Vaults

A Late Arriving Yggdrasil

Feels like I can breathe for the first time in weeks!

Spotlight Creative Process

Moral Hazard

Moral Hazard

JFK at the podium giving his famous Moon speech.

Constraints

The Pitch

The Pitch

Getting Lost

Getting Lost

Batman in a Santa hat helping drunk spiderman over a low wall

Expertise