A brief update just to mention that I have moved from substack to WordPress. I’ll be posting the podcasts to Patreon and link to them from here, but fear not: the podcasts will remain free. If you’d like to support my podcast, my novel writing, or TTRPG design work you can always subscribe to me…

Spaceships, pirates, imperials & queers Readers of TTRPG game design or writing and listeners of my podcast, I have a new obsession: writing fiction. Well, it’s not really new. I’m picking it back up and starting to share again after a couple of decades of keeping it to myself. Lately I’m writing a sci fi…

Tough to keep your business running on the same ol’ same ol’. I left behind pro GMing last year to work at a regular job for a while (for healthcare) and returned this year. I had to completely rebuild! But Friday: Didn’t you have old customers returning? A few here and there, but nothing to…

Here’s a budget template to help you Fuck. Due to the disastrous decision for establishment Senate Democrats to cave on the government shutdown, affording healthcare just became even more difficult. Money is going to be very tight moving forward, especially for freelancers who are beholden to a gluttonous insurance marketplace. Net worth of caving Senate…

Dollars & Dragons Podcast We had on the podcast the accomplished and energized game designer Cody Pondsmith (he/him) of R. Talsorian Games! Beginning his journey at 11 years old, Cody has long been in the designer seat and has the portfolio to prove it. Having worked on Cyberpunk Red and Witcher, he is now spearheading…

Dollars & Dragons Podcast This episode we have on a repeat guest Josh Simons who has worked for D&D, DMs Guild, Magpie Games, Kobold Press, Mage Hand Press, and even AMC Networks. We chat about his indie superhero game called Paragons, marketing for TTRPGs and how he’s made his way in the industry. “Paragons: The…

A free adventure you say? Hey there! I’ve been really digging Cyberpunk RED lately. I slammed together this short adventure as my first foray into CPR design. I hope to whip together more in the future. It is available to you for free with respect to R Talsorian Games’ Homebrew Content Policy since they do…

Trick question. Why do you care? Devon, the COO at StartPlaying Games, has announced that they have been testing a “Top GM Badge” and panic has ensued in SPG Discord chat. It’ll get worse once it has rolled out for all users. GMs are feeling unfairly judged by a system that cares not for them…

Dollars & Dragons Podcast On the pod we had on DragnaCarta (he/him) whose work has helped redefine Curse of Strahd adventures for tens of thousands of players across the hobby. His work includes Curse of Strahd: Reloaded and Twice Bitten. He’s now launching Eidolon Publishing with the announcement of his upcoming Kickstarter Lost Mine of…

Constructed from my workshop refresher Copywriting remains one of the most important skills to learn as a pro GM. This is not something you can fake and get lasting results with. Copywriting techniques I’ll cover in this article: Before-After Bridge Clear-Concise-Compelling-Credible Immersion Tank The Before-After Bridge Are you familiar with bad infomercials? They’re comical but…