Ian O'Rourke

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122 Stories by Ian O'Rourke

S9 – The Gnoll Horde

Welcome to the ninth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
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Critical Role is Scripted?

And here we are again with people insisting Critical Role is scripted. This says less about Critical Role and more about the style and...
0 5 min read

The Religion of Fandoms

The discussions around Rings of Power. Where do I even start? Let’s face it, it’s not about Rings of Power specifically, it’s just the...
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A Star Trek Moment

As you read this the conservative leadership election is complete and the winner is announced tomorrow. This is after five weeks that felt like...
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Forged Powered in the Dark Apocalypse

Where we are inspired to write about some of the difference between two great fiction first systems
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Great Narrative Tropes

I’m doing my usual thing and considering what I may run next as part of my tabletop role-playing endeavours. As usual, I’m taking what...
2 12 min read

The Nature of World Building

One of the things I find myself saying occasionally on #ttrpg Twitter is we don’t do world-building. People are often shocked by this. Some...
0 4 min read

Aliens Among Us

In the early hours of June 24th 2016, my life changed. I was going to say significantly, but I’m not sure that is an...
0 4 min read

A Cruise in 2022

I went on a cruise at the tail end of June which also happened to be the first time I’d left the shores of...
0 5 min read

S8 – Revel’s End

Welcome to the eighth set of game notes of our The Rime of Frost Maiden campaign from a player’s perspective. We’ll discuss the pre-game,...
0 4 min read