scenario design

RPG-ology #50: Sentience

This is RPG-ology #50:  Sentience, for February 2022. Our thanks to Regis Pannier and the team at the Places to Go, People to Be French edition for locating a copy of this and a number of other lost Game Ideas Unlimited articles. One of the most difficult aspects of universe design is always what Multiverser … [Read more…]

Manage Your Factions with Mind Mapping

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I was in a conversation recently about how Game Masters manage factions—how do you track their activities and relationships? I use a technique of mind mapping. If you’ve never heard this term, a mind map is a drawing that abstracts the relationships between people, organizations, nations, etc into a spatial diagram. It can look similar … [Read more…]