Orkpiraten

Orkpiraten

Kinopolis? Lieber nicht mehr

Kinopolis? Lieber nicht mehr

Wir waren kürzlich im Kino, und weil das Savoy (unser Stammkino) schon recht ausgebucht war, versuchten wir mal das Kinopolis in der HafenCity. Die Buchungswebseite versprach zwar nicht wörtlich, aber schon vom Eindruck und den Schlagwörtern her (Bar, Relax-Sessel, etc.) ein Erlebnis wie das Odeon in London. Wer das nicht

Once more onto the breach!

digital lifestyle

Once more onto the breach!

I did like WriteFreely in general, but there were a few drawbacks: * Very limited layout * no comment functionality at all * not really a good support for displaying tags * and a some minor quibbles Over the weekend, I finally got Ghost to work properly, and the Discourse integration to boot. There

Prepping for a game session

Prepping for a game session

As much as I love being an “improvise first” game master, I do fair bit of preparation ahead of planned game sessions. At the very least, I have a decent diagram that shows me the different factions, events and locations. For example, here's two graphs that I set

digital lifestyle

My journey to Write Freely

Ok, story time kids. Once upon a time, I decided I needed a blog. That time was 1996 or so, and I hosted it on whatever I could, posting whatever came through my mind. The whole thing moved from hand coded html to hand coded active server pages, to hand

Kleine Briefumschläge

Schätze, Wert und Management

Am Wochenende war Bastelstunde! In meinem Spiel Raiders Of Arismyth ist jede Sitzung in sich abgeschlossen. Das bedeutet, dass alle Sitzungen zwar in einer fortlaufenden Geschichte und einer zusammenhängenden Welt stattfinden, die Gruppe sich jedoch nach der Sitzung auflöst und zu Beginn der nächsten Sitzung aus den regulären Charakteren neu

Block B Bespielt

Block B Bespielt

Am Wochenende haben wir mit unserer Stammgruppe mal zur Abwechslung nicht Pathfinder sondern einen Ftaghn One-Shot gespielt: Block B Der Klappentext verspricht da einiges: Dieses Szenario führt hinab in die tiefsten Abgründe der eigenen Seele und ist düsterer, als der lichtlose Raum deiner Einzelzelle. Du wirst dir wünschen, dass die

Cruising

Let's talk about Cruise Ships. Due to a combination of my dads bucket list, my moms aversion to flying and the general wish of families to occasionally do things together, I've found myself on one of those, because the alternative was a very long road trip

Obsidian as static site generator for my roleplaying game

Obsidian as static site generator for my roleplaying game

For a while now, I've been tinkering with my own roleplaying game, Raiders of Arismyth. One of the things I realised early on was that I need a good way lookup rules and other information quickly. Find the proper tables, skill descriptions and so on, and to be

Langes Rollenspielwochenende in Bielefeld

Langes Rollenspielwochenende in Bielefeld

Es war mal wieder soweit, diesmal allerdings in anderer Zusammensetzung: Ein paar Dutzend Leute trafen sich und spielten. Insgesamt hat es bei mir zu drei Runden gereicht: Raiders of Arismyth als Zufallsrunde Ein Programmpunkt war das Rollenspiel-Blind-Date: Zufällig wurde so Gruppen zusammengestellt undu Spielleitungen zugeordnet. Als sich abzeichnete, dass die

Writing a roleplaying game

As you might have noticed, I've been busy in my free time with my completely self-written new roleplaying game "Raiders of Arismyth". Unlike "Mail Order Apocalypse", which was me applying a wild hair setting idea to an existing ruleset, this project has a different

Eine Lanze für Orks

Danger Zone und dnalorsblog schrieben vor einiger Zeit über das Für und Wider bezüglich der Orks, in Reflektion auf einen der Essays in Roll Inclusive. Und auch der Deutschlandfunk spricht über das Thema. Im Endeffekt gibt es folgendes Spannungsfeld: * Othering ist Mist, macht Empathie kaputt und sollte eigentlich nie eingeübt

My 3D printer wishlist

3D printing things is one of my hobbies. And while I am reasonably happy with the printer I currently have,there's always a new and shinier resin 3D printer around the corner. But they rarely manage to really excite me in the way that I actually want to

I'm not a Warhammer player, but...

...I unironically like the old Warhammer 40K universe depictions and canon. You know, the Rick Priestley, John Blanche era. Where everything was bad, grimy, gloomy and evil. This is peak Leman Russ, as he should be: Not this: Warhammer 40,000, as depicted and conceived in the 80ies absolutely was

Living in the suburbs

Slightly more than a decade ago, I moved from one of the more out there parts of Hamburg back into a more central part. And I loved it. I gained about one to two hours of free time thanks to a shorter commute, I had all the shops and places

I'm writing another game!

It is a few months since I finished Mail Order Apocalypse, and apparently, writing games is a tiny bit addictive: I'm already about 70 pages into writing the next game. (For comparison: MOA clocks in at 106 pages, a lot of them being random tables) So, the next

Management books you should read, and what to learn from them

I've been on a small bender on this, and this is what I learned, in short. Reading my summaries could spare you the time of reading the actual books, but I don't recommend it - they are chock-full of useful language and terms to describe situations,

I've been...

…so many people over the past few days again, it was delicious. It was that time again, where a plethora of nerds descended upon the non-existent town of Bielefeld and gathered to eat, drink, be merry - and play games! The food was delicious, the drinks came in just the

Organisational Purpose and the Kano model

If you work in product management, you should make yourself familiar with the Kano model. Noriaki Kano, a Japanese researcher and consultant, published a paper in 1984 with a set of ideas and techniques that help us determine our customers’ (and prospects’) satisfaction with product features. The resulting categories have

Manual of me

I'm working with computers and humans for long time. That has shaped a lot of my opinions and habits. In order to get the best experience of working with me, here's a handy manual: Working hours I'm neither a classical night owl, nor an

reduce anxiety and nerdsniping

A part of my job is asking people things along the lines of "can you look up if XYZ is feasible" or "what would you need to do XYZ" or "can you make me a proposal about this?". And there are always two things

Mail Order Apocalypse is live!

If you have followed this blog for a while, you know that I do a lot of crowdfunding as a backer. Kickstarter alone lists over 200 projects that I have backed in some way. Well, now it is time for me to jump into the other end of the pool: