Tod Foley

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Description: Less Detailing, More Evoking

Description: Less Detailing, More Evoking

Did you write a scene where your Main Character looks in a mirror and notices details of their own appearance, so you could describe them? STOP IT. The biggest reason that mirror scene is so clearly evidence of a beginning writer is…

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RPG Design, Intent, and Pedagogy

RPG Design, Intent, and Pedagogy

It’s pretty rare for a game design to bother teaching how to GM the experience pedagogically. It’s even more rare for a game to describe the designer’s intended experience of play phenomenologically. The assumption seems to be “an RPG is an RPG” and “you bring your own style to the table.”

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Indented Paras & Grammar Rules

Indented Paras & Grammar Rules

Want some free editing tips about indents? Here we go! Choose two linebreaks between paragraphs OR indented paragraphs. You don't need both. Use the "Styles" feature instead of tabs to indent. Those tabs are a huge pain for your editor/layup artist to remove.The first...

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Commission a Custom PlotField for your Campaign

Commission a Custom PlotField for your Campaign

Want a custom PlotField based on a story of your choice? My commission rate is $50 US. This story may be one of your own, or not. It may be an episode of a TV series, or even a movie! The only requirement is that I must be able to view it online for free. For more...

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It’s Brick-n-Mortar Time

It’s Brick-n-Mortar Time

ARE YOU AN FLGS OR RESELLER OF BOOKS AND GAMES?I want to talk to you! As If Books and Games is moving into wholesale and brick-n-mortar distribution, and we want our products in YOUR store! Contact me here or email tod@asifproductions.com for more details.

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Dynor Level 1 Funded

Dynor Level 1 Funded

Dungeon of Dynor - Project Update WE HIT LEVEL ONE TODAY! LEVEL ONE WILL BE RESTORED! Like many classic megadungeons in history, Dynor gets harder as you go deeper. Level 1 is (roughly) balanced for PCs level 1-2. You can help fund the restoration of all 10 levels...

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Beats and Tone: Action and Affect

Beats and Tone: Action and Affect

AS A WRITER AND EDITOR, I’m a strong advocate of “Cutting to the Beat” — which means for each chapter, you want to start as close as possible to the beat you’re about to establish, establish it, and get out.

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CORE PC Sheet

CORE PC Sheet

This PC Sheet includes fields for all the new CORE stats and data, along with plenty of space for notes. PDF format, permission granted to reprint.

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CORE MICRO 3.0 Released

CORE MICRO 3.0 Released

Taking its cue from the upcoming CORE COMPLETE book, this version includes new rules for Wealth, Debt, LifeShapers, Advancement, Gradiated Actions, Pushing Yourself, Running CORE, Playing CORE, and Hacking CORE.

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