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Aaron K
- Feb 6, 2017
- 4 min
The Need for a Nerd Culture
Hey Reader! Today is the day after Super Bowl LI, and the past week or so was filled with, well, everything you imagine would happen in the week leading up to the Super Bowl: people predicting the final score, who would win, and a ton of dank memes. But I got distracted by something else - a thought that has been forming in my mind over the whole year of 2016, and has been fed and nurtured for much longer than that. And that is the danger of a jock culture. You see, I have th
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Aaron K
- Jul 29, 2016
- 1 min
Roleplay in the News: RuneLords
Hey Reader! We hope that you are making progress on your short stories (down to the last few days of the #ZuJuWriMo!), and we look forward to seeing your work! We've already received a few submissions, and we've enjoyed what we've read so far. Just this morning we came across a great resource for writers. David Farland is a fantasy writer, and he has a wonderful section on his website that is specifically for writers. In his most recent post (as of this writing), David talks
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Aaron K
- May 6, 2016
- 6 min
Revitalizing Overused Tropes: The Dragon
Hey Reader! As we prepare for the launch of the Zurn Kickstarter this afternoon (Woot!), we are revisiting an article on Buzzfeed regarding roleplay campaign design. One of the overused tropes they mention is that dragons are overused in campaigns, and in today's post we want to tackle the question of how to use dragons well in a campaign. By the by, you can find all of the pictures below on the "Fantasy Creatures" board on the Zurn Pinterest Page, along with more pictures o
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Aaron K
- Mar 31, 2016
- 1 min
Joining the Debate: Tropes in RPG Campaigns
Hey Reader! We stumbled across a Buzzfeed article the other day that laid out 8 tropes that RPG game masters/dungeon masters should avoid in their campaigns. While we don't claim to be the most knowledgeable of RPG gamers, I found myself reacting to almost every single trope thinking, "But done right it could be amazing!" And then found that 20 minutes later I was finally finishing the article, after having scribbled notes for different campaigns I'm running currently. Which
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