Category: Crafting
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Playing White Line Nightmare
My local group wrapped a four-session mini-campaign of White Line Nightmare, my game of outlaws in an apocryphal 1970s retrofuture. We hit some speedbumps but overall each session was fun and my players’ feedback was constructive and validating.
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Pillars of Action: Scatter Terrain Columns
The trusty column or pillar is a time-honored companion in any shootout, and a common sight in dungeons and temples from galaxies far, far, away to forgotten ruins deep beneath the earth. Here’s how I made a bunch of pillars to use as scatter terrain!
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Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky
As it turns out, boxes are everywhere. Let’s use the power of boxes for gaming – and storage!
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Magnets and Miniatures
Quick little anti-tutorial today, inspired by Goobertown’s excellent video on magnetizing miniature bases. I go the opposite route, attaching 1″ metal washers to my mini bases and magnetizing my storage boxes and painting handles instead.
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Making Tabletop Simulator Minis With Blender
I recently figured out a decent pipeline to get Blender models into Tabletop Simulator (TTS) for online gaming. Let’s face it, if I’m painting digital minis I can keep putting off painting my physical ones.
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March is Just Scumbag February
Seriously, though. You know what you’re getting into with February, but March? March is a liar. You need shorts and your winter coat close at hand. Anyways, here’s what I’ve been up to during Scumbag Month.
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Spy Chasers
My Mad Max-gone-Fast & Furious board game project is finally good enough to play. It’s a light card game that uses commonly-available 1/64 scale cars (like Hot Wheels or Matchbox) and plays great with kids. Check it out (for free or PWYW) on itch.io!
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Fast & Fury Road: Spy Racers
My Thunder Road / JUNK’D homage game sat on the back burner for a long time until my kids got interested in Fast & Furious: Spy Racers on Netflix. I decided to bring out the XPS foam road segments and make a fun racing game that was less Mad Max and more kid-friendly. I’m still
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Shipping Containers the Hard Way
I’m building some ISO/conex/shipping containers for 28mm gaming stuff, and instead of following the several fine tutorials for scratchbuilding your own or using readily available 3d models or just buying one, I’m making these myself.
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Giving Me Life
Here’s some stuff what’s been making life in the plague regime bearable. Some of it’s old, some of it’s new.
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The Final Countdown
Insomniacs has been part of my game design thoughts since May 2017. It’s come a long way and I’ve struggled with a lot of existential crises about what this roleplaying game should actually be. It’s laid out and I’m in the final art push.
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Green Screens are Cosplay for Online Gaming
How to green screen for gaming, and why you should, even if you already use Zoom
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