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“Dragonlance” Lawsuit Ends With A Whimper (and Settlement)

Posted on January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 by spelltheory

Back in October, I wrote an article about a lawsuit that Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman brought against Wizards of the Coast. It was a dispute over Weis and Hickman’s new Dragonlance trilogy–more specifically, Wizards’ back-door cancellation of the project. …

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My Favorite Rule Variants for Wild Magic Surges

Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 by spelltheory
–Art by Zack Stella

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s been a wild year in every sense of the word. At last–at long, long last–it’s over. In celebration of the final night of 2020, I wanted to talk about one of …

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Mork Borg: A Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy

Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 by spelltheory
–Art by Johan Nohr

A few months ago, I wrote a glowing review of Thousand Year Old Vampire), a solo RPG that won the Silver Award at this year’s ENnie Awards for Product of the Year. It continues to …

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Celebrate the Holidays in Your Game with the Krampus!

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by spelltheory

Earlier this year, as part of the Folklore Jam on itch.io, I released my first solo RPG, Krampusnacht. In writing that game, I did a lot of research on the namesake character, the Krampus. If you’re not up on …

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What Could Be More Fun Than Equipment Gag Gifts?

Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 by spelltheory
An oven mitt: festive AND practical!

Tonight marks the first night of Hanukkah, and the other winter holidays are fast approaching. If you’re anything like me, you’re not just thinking about what to get your friends and family in real …

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What “Taskmaster” Taught Me About Creative Problem Solving

Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by spelltheory
Photo – Avalon

As you may have gathered from my article about The Great British Bake-Off, I’m a big fan of British TV imports. One of my favorite quarantine pastimes has been watching an objectively unreasonable amount of Taskmaster…

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Find A Great Game for Your Character (and then Change It)

Posted on November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 by spelltheory
–Still image from “Don’t Think Twice”

There’s a webcomic by Tricksy Wizard that I absolutely adore about a Firbolg Barbarian who was raised by clowns. It shows a fun, stupid character in Session One, and then jumps to Session …

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What I Learned About Adventuring from “The Great British Bake-Off”

Posted on November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 by spelltheory
–Courtesy of Netflix

It’s been a bit of a week for us here in the United States. A good week, ultimately, but it was draining. I spent the last weekend holed up in a cabin at the top of …

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A Beginner’s Guide to Magic – Paladin Edition

Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by spelltheory
–Art by Wesley Burt

Happy Halloween, everyone! I had originally planned on posting a thematically-appropriate review of either Sleepaway or Mork Borg this week, but unfortunately, my plans to play both have been unavoidably delayed. Instead, I’m continuing my “Beginner’s …

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Why are the “Dragonlance” Authors Suing Wizards of the Coast?

Posted on October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 by spelltheory
—Art by Larry Elmore

On October 19, news broke that Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, the co-authors of the long-running Dragonlance series of novels, were suing Wizards of the Coast for breach of contract. The story swept …

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