Into the Portal #2
One month down! Into the Portal is finally starting to feel real, as we start to refeature the best of the old blog and start in on drafting some entirely new pieces, too. Since our last check-in...
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The Markus Project, pt. 1: Dungeons & Dragons 5e (2014)
Welcome to the first proper post in my Markus Project, a blog series building the same character archetype in a bunch of TTRPG systems for educational and amusement purposes. Our first system is the classic 'everyman' system, Dungeons & Dragons 5e (2014).
Introducing 'The Markus Project'
There's something magical about character-building in a role-playing game. This project is about doing that a whole bunch, building the same character across many TTRPGs, and hopefully learning something along the way.
The Creative Self Check-in
As a creative, it can be really easy to get tunnel vision. It's easy so focused on the what and the how, you forget to take a step back and look at the why.
The 100 Ideas Challenge
An exercise designed to generate more project concepts might seem useless to those of us who don't even have the time to chase the ideas we have. But forcing yourself to gather, generate, organize and refine a bunch of concepts under intense pressure can be really valuable.
Into the Portal #1: Now Entering
Welcome to the new place! Take off your coat and put down your stuff, hopefully we'll be here a while. After literally years of musing about migrating off of my longstanding Wordpress blog and onto something a little more modern, I have finally gotten myself set up on Ghost.