The Potential Benefits Of A Session Minus-One
Campaign Mastery Blog
by Mike Bourke
5d ago
I was recently offered the opportunity to review a copy of Mythwoven, a new RPG supplement by Sphynx Tale Games, by the Author Brett Moore. His description sounded intriguing: a collaborative worldbuilding game designed to enhance session 0 and immerse players in the game world’s lore. From the additional details that his email disclosed, I ..read more
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Trade In Fantasy Ch. 4: Modes Of Transport, Pt 1
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by Mike Bourke
2w ago
The 4th chapter of the Trade In Fantasy series looks at Modes Of Transport and trade route planning (9th post in the series). Table Of Contents: In today’s post: Chapter 4: Modes Of Transport 4.0 A Word about Routes 4.0.1 Baseline Model 4.0.2 Relative Sizes 4.0.3 Competitors 4.0.4 Terrain I 4.0.5 Terrain II 4.0.6 Multi-paths ..read more
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Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel, Pt 4
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by Mike Bourke
3w ago
The last installment of the third Chapter of the series looks as worker productivity and how race and other factors influence it. It’s been an interesting 2025 so far, characterized by things going wrong in unexpected and unusual ways and recovering from those problems. It actually started on New Year’s Eve, when I rebooted my ..read more
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Looking At A Bigger Picture, Part 2 of 2
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by Mike Bourke
3w ago
Landscapes are wonderful things, more significant & useful than many GMs realize. This post focuses on using Landscapes, both literal and metaphoric, using the lessons from the first part of the article. This is Part t 2 of 2. This is the 4th of my time-out posts in between the Trade In Fantasy series, which ..read more
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Looking At A Bigger Picture, Part 1 of 2
Campaign Mastery Blog
by Mike Bourke
1M ago
Before you can use a landscape, you have to understand them. Have no fear, this post will equip you with everything you need to know. Pt 1 of 2. This is the third of my time-out posts in between the Trade In Fantasy series. I made the time-out logo from two images in combination: The ..read more
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Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel, Pt 3
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by Mike Bourke
1M ago
The 3rd of 4 posts looking at everyday personnel in Trade focuses on the Labor Unit and how to use it to make GMing a business easier. Today’s post starts with a couple of short sections that were inadvertently left out of last week’s examination of carts. They had been written, but not where they ..read more
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The Bounds Of Invention Let Loose
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by Mike Bourke
1M ago
It’s my contention that with every encounter, the canny GM will expand on the lore surrounding the creatures encountered. I’ve been plugging away steadily at the next part of the Trade In Fantasy series, in which a lot of the elements discussed start to come together into a coherent picture of the processes, but it’s ..read more
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Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel Pt 2
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by Mike Bourke
2M ago
The 2nd of likely four posts looking at everyday personnel in Trade. In this part, Beasts of Burden, Provisions, Carts, and Wagons. For anyone wondering at the cause of the delay, just look at the number of tables that I’ve ended up using in this post – then remember that each of them has to ..read more
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No Post Today 3 dec 2024
Campaign Mastery Blog
by Mike Bourke
2M ago
I almost got there, but the next part of Trade In Fantasy is 25-40 paragraphs short of completion. Lots of “might have beens” lie behind that failure, and any two of them would have definitely yielded a different outcome (one might not quite been enough). If I can finish it in time, I’ll post it ..read more
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Trade In Fantasy Ch. 1: Ownership
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by Mike Bourke
2M ago
Certain fundamental questions need to be answered about any business operation that the PCs get involved with, either as employees or owners before we can get into game mechanics for the actual operation of an in-game business. Credit where it’s due: The series title graphic combines three images: The Clipper Ship Image is by Brigitte ..read more
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