My journey to greater health

I'm a roleplayer. And, maybe unlike the majority of the roleplayers I know, I'm a fitness and self-protection enthusiast (I even teach military combatives and reality-based self-defense). I'm also pretty meticulous about the stuff I, er, stuff my face with. No grains, no prepackaged anything, I've been following the paleo "diet" for many years, and …

Big publishers, try harder

Rules scattered throughout the book. Rules hidden in the body text. Rules you have to look up instead of finding them in one place.A majority of roleplaying books from major publishers are set up this way, and it's a shame. Usability looks different. I don't know why the big publishers don't take a page from …

A long Thank You to isometric and old school training

When I was 14, I started full-contact karate, and bodyweight training was THE way to work out for me. When I was 21, I added weight lifting to my karate, and this was THE way to work out for me. When I was 25, I started kung fu, and the sifu told us weight training …

Quick orientation post

I know I haven't posted anything substantial for quite a while. The reason is we're preparing our move (we're emigrating), and that means a shitload of things to organize and get rid of... If you happen to stumble across my blog because you're looking for alternative ways to play your favorite game, maybe you'll find …

ADS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, part 3

I was 21 and on vacation in Ireland. With me, I had several issues of the Dragon magazine. I was reading on the bus, flipped the page, and… saw this ad: Amber Diceless roleplaying. It spoke to me. It made my spine tingle. Everything about it was perfect. And what was it about that diceless business? I was …

ADS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, part 2

I was 14 when I got the Schmidt Spiele games catalog in my hands. In there, one ad jumped at me… my grandma gave me the Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Exe) basic box set for my birthday the same year. I've been refereeing ever since. And look at that beauty: