You Don’t Need to Act!

At its core, this article argues that acting isn’t really what the tabletop role-playing experience is about. It can...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 11, 2026 9 min read

Werewolf Road Trip: Episode One

What happens when two friends who used to belong to a long-term, now broken-up gaming group start having similar...
Ian O'Rourke
Feb 7, 2026 7 min read

Has role-playing become routine?

The human brain is a strange and wondrous thing. It can shift things to the foreground and background, deciding...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 7, 2025 6 min read

Games Master As A Practice

When the question ‘What is the best way to describe running a role-playing game?’ cycles around on social media,...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 12, 2025 5 min read

The Acolyte and End Stage Star Wars

I never though I'd see Star Wars as creatively bankrupt as Rise of Skywalker and then along came The...
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 19, 2024 9 min read

Dragons, College Sex and Violence

Fourth Wing, the best selling young adult novel of military college, dragon riders, action and romance.
Ian O'Rourke
Mar 4, 2024 5 min read

25th Century Trek

The brutal honesty regarding Star Trek: Picard season three is I didn’t need it to exist. I enjoyed season...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 22, 2023 8 min read

The Last of Us

This week I finished watching HBO’s The Last of Us. I have little doubt that it’s going to be...
Ian O'Rourke
Mar 18, 2023 7 min read

Exalted: Let’s Fabula Ultima-ise

Do you know the secret about the Fantasy Avengers idea? When I considered running something last time, it was the idea...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 10, 2024 5 min read

Exalted: One’s Fate. Forever And All Time

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Feb 10, 2024 5 min read

Exalted: Traits And The Great Curse

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Jan 11, 2024 6 min read

Exalted: A Discussion On Rules

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 15, 2023 8 min read

Encounters with AI

We’re all dealing with encounters with AI these days; even if you’re actively trying to avoid it, you’re going to be subjected to it one way or another....
Ian O'Rourke
May 11, 2026 6 min read

All Stories

Exalted: Inspired By Exalted

I discuss some of the early setting and history elements that might be inspired by Exalted, at least at this early stage.
Ian O'Rourke
Oct 27, 2023 3 min read

Exalted: A Fantasy Avengers

The journey to putting together a Fantasy Avengers campaign begins here. I outline how these blogs are to proceed. The starting gun has gone...
Ian O'Rourke
Oct 22, 2023 3 min read

A ‘Weight Loss’ Journey

I decided I needed to lose weight after a bit of a ‘weight shock’. The challenge everyone faces, assuming no personal health issues, is...
Ian O'Rourke
Oct 21, 2023 4 min read

TV Shows July to September (2023)

I watch too much TV, sometimes binge-watching a show through the night. Thanks to the blessing and curse of many streaming options, there is...
Ian O'Rourke
Oct 7, 2023 6 min read

Baldurs Gate 3: The best D&D campaign

Is it possible for a Baldur's Gate 3 to be your best Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game campaign?
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 24, 2023 7 min read

S8 – To Boldly Go pt2

A series of stories and decisions are told across time as the crew face heading through a experimental wormhol to Dominion space...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 18, 2023 8 min read

The Rise of the Tin Foil Hat

I went down another YouTube rabbit hole in the latter half of August (2023). They’re always interesting, if slightly sinister, scary and destined to...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 5, 2023 6 min read

S7 – To Boldly Go Pt1

A series of stories and decisions are told across time as the crew face heading through a experimental wormhol to Dominion space...
Ian O'Rourke
Aug 13, 2023 6 min read

A New YouTube Channel?

Do you know what’s one of the strangest, but glorious, facets of today’s society? Everyone has something to say and an urge to broadcast...
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 22, 2023 6 min read

Will I Marry Again?

This comes up sparingly in my life but I do occasionally get asked. Let’s say it happens somewhere between every three to six months....
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 14, 2023 6 min read
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