by H.Osborne | Jan 24, 2024 | Worldbuilding
CC BY-SA 2.0 by Alan Hawkes, part of the Geograph project and hosted on Wikimedia Commons Think of a series of stories you love. Can you think of a moment when a seed of detail, planted in an early book or episode and left behind, suddenly sprouts and blooms several...
by H.Osborne | Jan 5, 2024 | Worldbuilding
Perpetual calendar, German, possibly 16th century; public domain image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art How do beings in our setting count time? Planets orbit stars, spinning around those glowing orbs for billions of years. Some planets leave their parent...
by H.Osborne | Dec 22, 2023 | Worldbuilding
Candle flame close-up CC-BY 4.0 domdomegg, hosted by Wikimedia Commons When does who celebrate what for which reason? Across 20+ years of gaming, most Players I’ve met liked a good party, either in-person or through the eyes of their Characters. The types of...
by H.Osborne | Dec 6, 2023 | Games, Worldbuilding
Collective work session at Bostanie urban garden, CC BY 4.0 by SA, The Green Ark – Bostanie “So, what you’re saying is, this group brings heavy baggage,” said our GM last night. Our GM was grinning that special grin. All of us knew why. In a group that consists...
by H.Osborne | Nov 22, 2023 | Games, Worldbuilding
Photo by Postdiff, CC BY-SA 3.0 I was writing an article on invoking characters when I found myself side-tracked by a flea market. I’ve decided to run with it. In the world we’re constructing, how do people acquire goods? It’s one of those innocent-looking...
by H.Osborne | Apr 10, 2023 | Cypher, Games, Worldbuilding
Glacial iceberg in Argentina, CC BY 2.0 by Ilya Haykinson Note: 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...