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Tod

DayTrippers Merch Now Available

DayTrippers Merch Now Available

You've been through SlipSpace and returned to tell the tale. Let 'em know. Check out the new DayTrippers merchandise at Zazzle! DayTrippers Flexi-Magnet DayTrippers iPhone 7 Tough Phone Case DayTrippers Gel Mousepad DayTrippers 11oz Mug DayTrippers Hooded Sweatshirt...

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Dying of Thirst Rules for PbtA Systems

The human body requires roughly 1 liter of water a day to survive. The average person can survive three to five days without water. Our heroes, of course, are not average people, but we don't want to throw all verisimilitude out the window. Therefore I propose for...

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DayTrippers is a Best Seller!

DayTrippers is a Best Seller!

That's what I get for not paying attention!I've always preferred RPGnow to DriveThruRPG. I know they're the exact same content of course, I just like the color scheme better. But it was called to my attention today that there is one significant difference, and that's...

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Talking ’bout Annihilation

Talking ’bout Annihilation

I was recently a guest on "Fictoplasm" with Ralph Lovegrove and Becky Annison - an excellent podcast which takes a look at great works of fiction, and examines them from the point of view of game design. For example: How would you build a game out of Jeff VanderMeer's...

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Project Ubi Enters Development Phase

Project Ubi Enters Development Phase

Have you ever curated an anthology? How about curating an anthology that's written collaboratively while writing a GM's sourcebook based on it? Anybody? Beuller? Well, I'm doing it right now, and it's - uh - it's a lot. It's YUGE. But it's going pretty well so far,...

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Talking about “Other Borders” @ Legends of Tabletop

Talking about “Other Borders” @ Legends of Tabletop

I was recently interviewed by John Haremza on the "Legends of Tabletop" podcast. We went into great depth on Other Borders, covering everything from mechanics to melodrama to magical realism. Thanks to Legends of Tabletop for having me on, and I hope you enjoy the...

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Support the Art of AS IF

Support the Art of AS IF

Welcome to 2017, and welcome to a new way of supporting the work of As If Productions! Over at Patreon, I've divided my projects up into separate pages, allowing Patrons to choose the projects they're most interested in supporting. Please check 'em out, every bit...

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Other Borders

Other Borders

There are borders everyone sees: the looming fence with its sporadic observation platforms, the tags claiming this block or that in the name of a local gang or drug cartel, and the wrought-iron fences surrounding gated communities. There are borders that are real only...

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Chromatic Chameleon

Chromatic Chameleon

Tod is the Staff Editor for Chromatic Chameleon Publishing, currently at work on the world of Asteria, as well as a collection of blog posts by Chromatic Chameleon's owner and proprietor, T. Reynolds.

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Five Or So Questions about “DayTrippers”

Five Or So Questions about “DayTrippers”

I was recently interviewed by The Alternate Brie Sheldon, who asked me Five or So Questions about "DayTrippers" - the surreal science fiction reality-hopping roleplaying game. BS: Tell me a little about DayTrippers. What excites you about it? TF: To answer that, I'll...

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Black Hole Run – a DayTrippers Adventure

Black Hole Run – a DayTrippers Adventure

The PCs travel to the survey station Perdurabo: a mobile space laboratory in orbit around a stellar black hole. Their mission is to perform a series of temporal resistance experiments just outside the Event Horizon – a dangerously near approach that has never been...

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