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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...
Join the RPGs & Storygames Group on Goodreads.com
There's a new group on Goodreads.com, devoted to RPGs & Storygames. This group discusses books, rules and play aides written for GMs and Players of tabletop roleplaying games. We happily straddle the blurry line between RPG designers and GMs, so you don't have to be...
DayTrippers AP with Rolling Boxcars
On 12 Dec, I ran an exhibition game of DayTrippers for the Rolling Boxcars blog, authored by Keith Mageau. In this 3+ hour session via Google Hangout, characters played by Keith Mageau, Tesla Ranger and Lloyd Gyan risk their fictional lives, appearing in the top-rated...
Malandros Stretch Goals
The Kickstarter campaign for Tom McGrenery's Malandros has funded, and I will be writing one of the stretch goals: a modern magical reality piece called Other Borders. Other BordersThere are borders everyone sees: the looming fence with its sporadic observation...
DayTrippers Q&A Chat – Nov 5
Well the DayTrippers Q&A session on #RPGNET is over, and we have the transcript for anyone who missed it right here: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/qa-tod-foley-daytrippers/ A somewhat cleaned-up version is posted below the jump. If you're curious about...
Talking “DayTrippers” with Legends of Tabletop
On October 21st, DayTrippers designer/author Tod Foley (that's me!) was the guest on the Legends of Tabletop podcast. The conversation included some of the "hybrid" techniques used in the game, including the YES/NO/AND/BUT action resolution system, progressive...
DayTrippers: 75% OSR
I was asked to explain how DayTrippers - with its collaborative interpretive action resolution system and narrative arc model - can be considered "OSR". Certainly those things don't sound very "old-school". Indeed, the action resolution system in DayTrippers is based...
Spellcasting Critical Failures
Fantasy Roleplayers: Show your magic-users some negative love! This table produces dramatic results for critical spellcasting failures in a world where the power of magic can actually harm you - even kill you - if it gets out of your control. [pdf-embedder...
DayTrippers Website Launched
It's official - the DayTrippers website now takes up virtual space on the interwebs. Right now it's basically a listing of all books and supplemental products available in the line, but coming soon - downloads, hacks, updates, maybe even a forum. Check it out,...
Progressive Character Generation
In books and movies, it’s rare to know the entire history of a character before the actual plot begins. In fact, in many books and movies, the only backstory you ever get occurs in flashbacks, after you’re familiar with the character on a more pedestrian level. The...
ScenePlay enters Beta Testing
ScenePlay is a card-based collaborative narrative game that creates movie and tv stories. It's one of my latest obsessions. ScenePlay Version 0.13 is a beta test document, which has been released to all members of the As If Collective for edification, playtesting and...