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Month: December 2009

Alignment sans Morals

December 30, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

What if Alignment weren’t a moral compass?

Articles, Game Mechanicsalignment3 Comments

Three-act Adventures

December 23, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Scenario scripting in the well-made play tradition

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Alignment Tweaks

December 9, 2009November 5, 2019 Erin D. Smale

It’s all in the definition

Articles, Game Mechanicsalignment6 Comments

Name Day Musings

December 2, 2009December 16, 2019 Erin D. Smale

Volume 38: My Thoughts. Which are mine.

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