Ian O'Rourke

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125 Stories by Ian O'Rourke

Andor: The Reckoning

I’ve watched the first three episodes of Andor that have been released on Disney+ and they are a glorious thing. The first season is...
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Gaming Group: RIP

After 2-3 years of the pandemic everyone’s lives have changed as everyone had plenty of time to re-evaluate their lives and make changes. A...
0 5 min read

Playing The One Ring

I recently got to play The One Ring a game designed to give you the Tolkien experience. I’m not a big fan of setting-heavy...
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S9 – The Gnoll Horde

Welcome to the ninth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
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Critical Role is Scripted?

And here we are again with people insisting Critical Role is scripted. This says less about Critical Role and more about the style and...
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The Religion of Fandoms

The discussions around Rings of Power. Where do I even start? Let’s face it, it’s not about Rings of Power specifically, it’s just the...
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A Star Trek Moment

As you read this the conservative leadership election is complete and the winner is announced tomorrow. This is after five weeks that felt like...
0 5 min read

Forged Powered in the Dark Apocalypse

Where we are inspired to write about some of the difference between two great fiction first systems
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Great Narrative Tropes

I’m doing my usual thing and considering what I may run next as part of my tabletop role-playing endeavours. As usual, I’m taking what...
2 12 min read

The Nature of World Building

One of the things I find myself saying occasionally on #ttrpg Twitter is we don’t do world-building. People are often shocked by this. Some...
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