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Ideas Archive
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![All these ideas came pounding into my head this morning. I was thinking about my daughters “Dragon Tree” campaign and started wondering. Why are the dragons all locked up in […]](https://seannittner.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DD4th-115x115.jpg "Dragon Tree – Fronts")
Dragon Tree – Fronts
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 4 CommentsAll these ideas came pounding into my head this morning. I was thinking about my daughters “Dragon Tree” campaign and started wondering. Why are the dragons all locked up in […] -
![Lev Lafayette from RPG Review (and tcpip on LJ) asked me a few weeks ago to write and article for the journal. I had been talking with a friend about […]](https://seannittner.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Reliance on NPCs")
Reliance on NPCs
Posted on October 27, 2009 | 9 CommentsLev Lafayette from RPG Review (and tcpip on LJ) asked me a few weeks ago to write and article for the journal. I had been talking with a friend about […] -
![The irony of the loop between (I hope I’m getting the order correct) Jason Godesky, Willem Larson, Zach Greenvoss, Justin Evans, and me (Sean Nittner) is just crazy. This is […]](https://seannittner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mouseguard_1601-115x115.jpg "The Pedagogy of Playing Mouse Guard – A Crazy Circle of Life")
The Pedagogy of Playing Mouse Guard – A Crazy Circle of Life
Posted on June 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsThe irony of the loop between (I hope I’m getting the order correct) Jason Godesky, Willem Larson, Zach Greenvoss, Justin Evans, and me (Sean Nittner) is just crazy. This is […] -
Props on the brain
Posted on May 13, 2009 | No CommentsI love props. I think they are great. Wish I had pictures as they would do more justice. I posted this over at story-games but realized I wanted an archive […] -
Three thoughts after listening to the Durham3
Posted on May 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsNone of this is new. Just made me think. Secrets are more fun when all the players know and can drive towards the reveal. Practical application: When running the gift, […] -
An RPG wish list… in progress
Posted on May 1, 2009 | 24 CommentsHere is a wish list for my RPGs. It’s a work in progress as I’m still mucking through some ideas, tying to refine them through actual play and reflection. In […] -
Conflict Resolution System Idea
Posted on January 20, 2009 | 8 CommentsI’ve been thinking about this for a while and I think that the FATE/Dresden Files game has come the closest to what I want. Here’s the idea: We stage a […] -
More Fuel for the Fire
Posted on December 5, 2008 | 1 CommentI’ve been reading the Burning Wheel forums and realizing that my approach to tests has not been as explicit as it should be. All tests should involve a task, intent, […] -
Defined by Struggle
Posted on September 29, 2008 | No CommentsIf I were to say to your character “what struggle means more to you than anything else?” What would he or she say? Or, if you prefer to answer from […] -
All these game ideas that are falling out of my head
Posted on September 24, 2008 | 12 CommentsHere are some ideas that I keep thinking about, some I’m already doing, some I want to do more. Here are more things I want to be doing. Some of […]
