30 Jan 2023 • 5 min readDo worldbuilding. Not too much. Mostly characters. Five worldbuilding pitfalls to avoid.Worldbuilding can be a crucial aspect of storytelling and can make or break a reader's experience. Whether you're creating a fictional universe for a role-playing game or writing a novel, it's important to prioritize well and avoid common pitfalls. Here are five of them that I think are the most important: 1. Overcomplicating the world. 2. Ignoring internal consistency. 3. Stealing (and not stealing!) from other worlds. 4. Failing to consider technology. 5. Failing to consider history. OWritingNotetaking
13 May 2022 • 12 min readConfessions of a micromanaging Game MasterAn emotional confession describing the many ways one game master suffered from overpreparation. But there's a revelation: deeper games can happen with less prep. A better approach is shared in detail.NewsletterGame PrepNotetaking
