Travis Miller's Blog About Sword & Sorcery Fiction and Classic Fantasy Adventure Gaming
I use the word "experience" a lot in my writing. It's one of those words I find useful but troublesome. Like the word "fun", it is vague and full of underlying assumptions. One dictionary definition of experience is "an event or occurrence that leaves an impression on someone." An experience isn't merely an event or …
Continue reading What is the Essential Experience of Dungeons & Dragons?
Original Dungeons & Dragons is a set of tools and guidance for us to create our own game.
A topic that emerges every so often in roleplaying game discussion is the question of what is appropriate to include in a game. What should be allowed?
"Brain rot" is the word of the year for 2024. 1974 offers some ideas for what we might do about it.
We use the term "writer's block" to describe our inability to deal with the emotions we feel when we face a blank page or a problem with the work that doesn't have an obvious solution. Often writers are blocked and have no idea why. They simply can't come up with an idea. We sit at …
Continue reading On Writer’s Block: Part 2: What I Do About Writer’s Block
The emotional content of many linear story or quest based campaigns typically don't have the intensity and variety I want. That's the main reason I don't run them. I want more complex emotional content in my campaigns. That's why I run sandbox campaigns.
I'm not worried about serious and devoted writers of fiction being replaced by AI.
Grumpy Wizard 
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