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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: January 2015

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Saturday, January 31, 2015. Going to Ground in the Zombie Apocalypse. I actually have given a Safety in the Apocalypse lecture to my children, back when they were 11 and 8, respectively, in the car while on the way home from watching Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. A big smiley face was drawn next to the “THEY’RE HERE! As for my advice to get away from the people, that was from years ago, afte...

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Monstrous Matters: Yet another magic system...

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Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs (the GRIND). Friday, October 21, 2016. Yet another magic system. I've been thinking today about a super-simplified approach to spellcasting in RPGs (especially those of the OSR variety), and the more I play it out in my head, the more I think it just might work. Heck, maybe it's already out there somewhere in the million and one different mechanics for RPG magic that people use. One die to their pool; when they succeed, remove. At any rate, I could imagine ...

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: May 2015

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Trolling in the Meatspace Wild. For those unclear on the concept—as many on the Interwebs seem to be— “trolling” refers to activity designed specifically to elicit a extremely negative reaction, namely, rage. As illustrated here, this is not confined to deliberately incendiary remarks in the comments sections of pages on the Wide Weird Web:. Links to this post. Thoughts I Shoul...

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: February 2015

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Thursday, February 26, 2015. The Introduction to Ray Bradbury’s THE OCTOBER COUNTRY, as Read by Yours Truly. This was more work than I care to admit for a 31-second piece. The audio was easy enough. Making a video with Windows Movie Maker and getting it uploaded to YouTube—alas, I have a lot to learn. Worse, the only way I’m going to learn is through further suffering. Links to this post. Only count...

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Monstrous Matters: Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs (the GRIND)

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Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs (the GRIND). Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs (the GRIND). Edits to these "rules" are coming soon-ish! Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs. The GRIND) is the system I plan to use for most of the RPG rules content posted on Monstrous Matters. It's inspired by the simplicity of character stats in the minimalist RPG Searchers of the Unknown. Are noted by their bonuses and possibly some details about the weapon type. The Attacks l...

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: A Slow Tuesday Night in Gotham City

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. A Slow Tuesday Night in Gotham City. This what happens to children who stay out past curfew in Gotham City. Parents, be advised. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Keep Roy working in his own basement! Don't make him move into yours! Chapter 1 of The WRONG KIND of DEAD: “Unbearable”. State of the Apocalypse: Halloween or Bust! Two Views of Yvonne Craig, 1937-2015. Lesung: ...

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: Looking Beyond This Halloween, Here Before You Know It

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Looking Beyond This Halloween, Here Before You Know It. I’m looking forward to scaring up some old-fashioned supernatural horror when I’m done with my SAGA OF THE DEAD SILENCER series. Lifted from the Halloween: All Hallows Eve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Keep Roy working in his own basement! Don't make him move into yours! FEAR the Late July Heat! Fourth of July Fun ...

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance!: March 2015

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Rockin' Roy's Rage 'n' Romance! Zombies, music, and fits of observational Tourettes by Lawrence Roy Aiken. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Palm Sunday Jam: “Heaven and Hell” by The Who. On Palm Sundays, at. The Episcopal church I attended back in the mid-to late 1970s,. Anyway, here’s a thunderously majestic hymn by The Who appropriate to the occasion, from what it considered by some to be the greatest live rock album of all time, Live at Leeds. Links to this post. Saturday, March 28, 2015. He was, however, putt...

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Monstrous Matters: Wasteland Wednesday: The Flavors of the Post-Apocalypse

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Generic Rules for Icosahedral Narrative Designs (the GRIND). Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Wasteland Wednesday: The Flavors of the Post-Apocalypse. One of the central points of tension.okay, maybe not tension, but disagreement. That I see occasionally in the RPG hobby is the mixing of science fiction and fantasy. Is it ridiculous to mix the two? Can it make for amazing settings? Well, obviously, the answer is YES. There are limits, though. On his EPIC FAIL! Blog (He also put forward rat-eater fiction.