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![Many people have written terrific reviews, musings, resources, and content for the new Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game by Margaret Weis Productions. I’ve given it a fair amount of musing myself, but […]](http://exploring-infinity.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/lazy-images/images/1x1.trans.gif "Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Collected Miscellanies")
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Collected Miscellanies
Posted on 2012/03/12 | 1 CommentMany people have written terrific reviews, musings, resources, and content for the new Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game by Margaret Weis Productions. I’ve given it a fair amount of musing myself, but […] -
![I’ve been exploring running a game of relationship drama set in my core group’s fantasy universe. I hope it’ll allow us a more intimate appreciation for the social structures in […]](http://exploring-infinity.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Digging Into Infinity – Part 3: New Dungeon-ville Racial Heritages")
Digging Into Infinity – Part 3: New Dungeon-ville Racial Heritages
Posted on 2012/03/07 | No CommentsI’ve been exploring running a game of relationship drama set in my core group’s fantasy universe. I hope it’ll allow us a more intimate appreciation for the social structures in […] -
Potter-ville – House Rules, part 1
Posted on 2012/02/17 | 7 CommentsEvery version of Cortex Plus does such a tremendous job of capturing the feel of the licenses, from mechanics simulating literary and dramatic devices through to the naming structures and […] -
Small Spells – A Discussion of Scope for “Potter-ville”
Posted on 2011/12/30 | 2 CommentsFrom small spells do mighty enchanters grow. So Harry Potter was the winner of the recent poll I held deciding on the next Cortex Plus project (although it was tied […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Situation Generator
Posted on 2011/12/23 | 1 CommentA little stocking filler for Firefly RPG fans this festive season, and a wrap-up of the Leveragin’ the Black series: – Floundering for that germ of an idea to spark […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Stressin’ the Story
Posted on 2011/10/06 | No CommentsRob Donoghue introduced an idea on his blog using Stress tracks for tracking ideas other than “wounds,” such as Insanity for a game of eldritch horrors, or an Enemy Alertness track […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Stattin’ the ‘Verse
Posted on 2011/10/04 | No CommentsWe’ve covered what dice the players roll for their characters, from the assignment of their statistics to covering which dice to roll and when. But what about the GM: what […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ to the Point
Posted on 2011/10/03 | No CommentsFate is a fickle mistress (that’s Fate, not FATE; I refrain from hazarding a guess as to the gender of the RPG) and were the success or failure of the […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ Things Rollin’
Posted on 2011/09/15 | No CommentsWe’ve now got our characters for our Serenity Plus game, with their Stylin‘s, their Refinements, their Values, and the rest of the attributes rounding out their sheets. But how to […] -
Leveragin’ the Black – Quite the Experience
Posted on 2011/08/25 | No CommentsCharacters need to grow and mature over time, else the drama has less impact, and in the case of a roleplaying game, players don’t get any new “toys” to play […]