Words about worlds
Worldbuilding: Count the Days
Perpetual calendar, German, possibly 16th century; public domain image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtHow do beings in our setting count time? Planets orbit stars, spinning around those glowing orbs for billions of years. Some planets leave their parent...
Report from Metatopia
So, a few weeks ago, when it became clear that our family member was going to be fine, we gained back some emotional energy, and we gained back some time. This led us to decide, at just about the last minute, to go to Metatopia with some of our games. Getting there...
Nebula
Lambda Centauri nebula, courtesy of NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLANebula is our free-form game of competitive star formation. At the end of a game, your playing surface should be covered in gleaming colors.Nebula playtestNebula grew from a seed of desire planted when I was...
The story so far…
Where have we been? Following the raven.The Unseelie Saga cover art by Teresa GuidoThat is absolutely true. But it's not the whole story. We have been following the raven. Creating The Unseelie Saga was a fabulous experience requiring a lot of time and effort....
Home-baked Roots: Names in the Unseelie Saga
Glacial iceberg in Argentina, CC BY 2.0 by Ilya HaykinsonNote: I published this article a little early, as I will be away from my keyboard on Wednesday.This started out as a post about names. Like a lot of my writing, my intention has twisted in my grip and the result...
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