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Print it Yourself

I’ve decided against having online printing available for BIND. This may change, but here’s the thinking so far:

I’ve rather gone off the notion of ‘collectibles’. Collectible RPG books are special because they can’t meet the demand. We can’t all have a copy of those original D&D books, or whatever swanky thing White Wolf brought out with the expensive full-page art.

Running an RPG in Real-Time, All the Time

Last year, I got excited about the idea of tracking realworld time over downtime . Shortly after I implemented it in my campaign, and it served the entire table, very well.

One Roll Only

RPGs should avoid asking people to roll dice more than once for any result.

Railroading: The Definitive Definition

Railroading chat devolves into nonsense, as people are working with unclear definitions. Here’s the solution:

Subraces Should be Cultures

Referring to elves as a ‘race’ makes perfect sense. They’re clearly different from the other humanoids, have their own features, and biological properties and oddities.1

Parallel Rules and BIND

I want contradictory things for BIND, so I’ve been trying to do both. And I have finally made it work…I think.

Happily Ahistorical

RPG worlds need histories, so I had to write some history for BIND’s world, Fenestra. This was a big mistake.

How I Made BIND's Monsters

BIND began as a D&D-reaction. “Mathematically, these rules stand some serious improvement”. After that, I only wanted some generic fantasy monsters to make an example game.

Writing for the GM

I don’t have the reading time for RPGs I once did (or for anything). I’d like to chalk if up to being an adult with a job now, but perhaps the truth is just ‘internet’.