Monthly Archives: February 2012

Traitor Hangout updates

In case you didn’t know, I wrote a novel! It’s called Traitor Hangout and it’s set in the PARANOIA game universe of science fiction-based dark humor. If you have read it, thanks! Feel free to send me an email (wjmacguffin at gmail) to tell me what you think. If you haven’t read it, then you

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Don’t roll to hit; roll to Kill

Outlive Outdead will use an original “rules-light” system. In creating this system, we get to decide which attributes are necessary. Attributes are the statistics used in describing characters and they often form the core of the game’s rules. Many roleplaying games use attributes that cover everything a human can do, such as “Body, Mind, and

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Yes! I died!

One of the problems of roleplaying games is dealing with character death. Players can put a lot into their characters, and if they die, that’s it. The character is gone and all that work is for naught.  The worst part, in my opinion, is how the player has no way to continue playing the game.

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Teaser

While there are several zombie rpgs on the market today, they all seem to have problems. None deal with humans freaking out over the zombie apocalypse. None focus on the group dynamics and trust issues found in groups of survivors . None let you play zombies who try to eat the other players’ characters. Soon,

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Stop ACTA and TPP

Stop ACTA & TPP:Tell your country’s officials: NEVER use secretive trade agreements to meddle with the Internet. Our freedoms depend on it! AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandColombiaComoros IslandsCongo, Democratic Republic of theCongo, Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCote D’ivoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland

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