Defending Main Character Energy?

Every generation creates terms for things that are either old or old but viewed through how life works now. We’ve had a slew of them around work and...
Ian O'Rourke
2 min read

All Stories

The Left Behind

While travelling I tend to have time to think. One of the things I got thinking about is what it must feel like to...
Ian O'Rourke
6 min read

Before The Dice Drop

The tools and techniques we used before the dice dropped that contributed to a campaign's success.
Ian O'Rourke
10 min read

The Literal Extremists

Did you know you are a psychopath? I bet you didn’t. I also bet you didn’t know that some of the life choices you’re...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Where Is The Allegory?

I watched the first episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds yesterday (as of writing this) and it got me thinking about something as...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

S5 – Dastardly Duerger

Welcome to the fifth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Losing The Signal

I’m not the biggest fan of playing tabletop role-playing games online. I have played a few online games. I’ve run parts of a campaign...
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read

Fudging Dice Is Dysfunctional

The need to fudge the dice rolls in a ttrpg is born out of dysfunction.
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

D&D: A Lifestyle Brand

The D&D DIrect Livestream really showed how now, more than ever before, D&D is a lifestyle brand often only seen in other media.
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

S4 – Of Mice and Moose

Welcome to the fourth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
Ian O'Rourke
4 min read

Streaming The US Religion

You can stream the modern US religion via watching Dopesick, WeCrashed and The Dropout which give an insight into institutional and personal failure.
Ian O'Rourke
3 min read