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

A Star Wars Campaign

The idea for this post came when watching the first live stream from Star Wars Celebration which will still...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 8, 2023 8 min read

The Conversations The Thing

Learning from some relatively recent rpg reading I've learned the quality of my rpg experience is all about the...
Ian O'Rourke
Jan 16, 2023 5 min read

Approaching Scum & Villainy

These days I like to choose games to run where the challenge is in the execution not in just...
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 11, 2022 7 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

Tuning Into Wednesday

Little did I know I would be stepping into a nightmare. Full of mystery, mayhem, and murder. I think...
Ian O'Rourke
Dec 18, 2022 4 min read

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

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 many of them around...
Ian O'Rourke
Apr 27, 2024 2 min read

All Stories

Baldurs Gate 3: The best D&D campaign

Is it possible for a Baldur's Gate 3 to be your best Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game campaign?
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 24, 2023 7 min read

S8 – To Boldly Go pt2

A series of stories and decisions are told across time as the crew face heading through a experimental wormhol to Dominion space...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 18, 2023 8 min read

The Rise of the Tin Foil Hat

I went down another YouTube rabbit hole in the latter half of August (2023). They’re always interesting, if slightly sinister, scary and destined to...
Ian O'Rourke
Sep 5, 2023 6 min read

S7 – To Boldly Go Pt1

A series of stories and decisions are told across time as the crew face heading through a experimental wormhol to Dominion space...
Ian O'Rourke
Aug 13, 2023 6 min read

A New YouTube Channel?

Do you know what’s one of the strangest, but glorious, facets of today’s society? Everyone has something to say and an urge to broadcast...
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 22, 2023 6 min read

Will I Marry Again?

This comes up sparingly in my life but I do occasionally get asked. Let’s say it happens somewhere between every three to six months....
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 14, 2023 6 min read

TV Shows in June (2023)

I watch way too much TV sometimes binge-watching a show all the way through the night. Thanks to the blessing and curse of a...
Ian O'Rourke
Jul 1, 2023 8 min read

S6 – Escape from Rura Penthe

Captured by The Klingons the crew of the USS Guardian look to both escape Rura Penthe and use the situation as an opportunity.
Ian O'Rourke
Jun 25, 2023 7 min read

You’re Not an Introvert?

You’ve got to love YouTube comments. On my extremely micro, and only sort of live, YouTube channel I get sporadic comments that are usually...
Ian O'Rourke
Jun 13, 2023 6 min read

S5 – Point of No Return

The USS Guardian is sent on a risky mission into Klingon space as Dominion wormhole activity has been detected beyond the border.
Ian O'Rourke
Jun 7, 2023 4 min read
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