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You Don’t Need to Act!

At its core, this article argues that acting isn’t really what the tabletop role-playing experience is about. It can...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 11, 2026 9 min read

Werewolf Road Trip: Episode One

What happens when two friends who used to belong to a long-term, now broken-up gaming group start having similar...
Ian O'Rourke
Feb 7, 2026 7 min read

Has role-playing become routine?

The human brain is a strange and wondrous thing. It can shift things to the foreground and background, deciding...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 7, 2025 6 min read

Games Master As A Practice

When the question ‘What is the best way to describe running a role-playing game?’ cycles around on social media,...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 12, 2025 5 min read

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The Acolyte and End Stage Star Wars

I never though I'd see Star Wars as creatively bankrupt as Rise of Skywalker and then along came The...
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 19, 2024 9 min read

Dragons, College Sex and Violence

Fourth Wing, the best selling young adult novel of military college, dragon riders, action and romance.
Ian O'Rourke
Mar 4, 2024 5 min read

25th Century Trek

The brutal honesty regarding Star Trek: Picard season three is I didn’t need it to exist. I enjoyed season...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 22, 2023 8 min read

The Last of Us

This week I finished watching HBO’s The Last of Us. I have little doubt that it’s going to be...
Ian O'Rourke
Mar 18, 2023 7 min read

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Exalted: Let’s Fabula Ultima-ise

Do you know the secret about the Fantasy Avengers idea? When I considered running something last time, it was the idea...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 10, 2024 5 min read

Exalted: One’s Fate. Forever And All Time

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Feb 10, 2024 5 min read

Exalted: Traits And The Great Curse

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Jan 11, 2024 6 min read

Exalted: A Discussion On Rules

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting...
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 15, 2023 8 min read

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Encounters with AI

We’re all dealing with encounters with AI these days; even if you’re actively trying to avoid it, you’re going to be subjected to it one way or another....
Ian O'Rourke
May 11, 2026 6 min read

Encounters with AI

Ian O'Rourke
May 11, 2026 6 min read

Defending Main Character Energy?

Every generation creates terms for things that are either old or new but viewed through the lens of how life works now. We’ve had...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 27, 2024 2 min read

Everything Is Political

It’s a simple truth that my exposure to ‘rage’ and ‘dumb’ posts has shrunk to virtually nil since ditching X (formerly known as Twitter)...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 2, 2024 7 min read

Leading With Strengths

Sometimes these 'corporate' exercises to tell you about yourself can be surprisingly prescient.
Ian O'Rourke
Mar 25, 2024 9 min read

YouTube at the Year End

I can guarantee that specific topics will enter my consciousness when the year ends. Always. One topic is YouTube. It’s not about YouTube; it’s...
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 25, 2023 5 min read

All Stories

Binging Mass Effect: Legendary Edition

I binged Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and it was a glorious experience.
Ian O'Rourke
Aug 10, 2024 7 min read

How Do You Role-Play?

Everyone approaches role-playing differently - so here is a way too consider what you actually focus on.
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 28, 2024 5 min read

The Storytelling Spectrum

The storytelling spectrum and big 'S' and little 's' storytelling in role-playing games.
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 31, 2023 9 min read

Small Talk Advice Doesn’t Work for Introverts

I’ve been researching some videos I’m deluding myself into publishing on my YouTube channel in January. They are about solo introvert travel, specifically how...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 26, 2023 3 min read

Exalted: Planning Through Structure

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 25, 2023 4 min read

Exalted: Grammar of Creation

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my brain...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 14, 2023 6 min read

Tipping Is About Power

When Europeans go to colonial shores, one of the things we find perplexing at best or bloody annoying is tipping culture. I find it...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 12, 2023 3 min read

Exalted: Are they Exalted?

Welcome to the campaign diary of what’s been codenamed Fantasy Avengers. A campaign idea of superheroes in a fantasy setting has percolated within my...
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 12, 2023 4 min read

Exalted: Sharn and Flying Cities

We discuss some world building, specifically the level a world built at and how the setting maybe structued like the Star Wars galaxy.
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 10, 2023 4 min read

Exalted: Some World Building

We discuss some world building, specifically the level of world building and how the setting may be structured like the Star Wars galaxy.
Ian O'Rourke
Nov 3, 2023 3 min read
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