Author: God Monkey King

On October 11th of 2018 Greg Stafford, founder of Chaosium, creator of Glorantha, and driving force for one of the best settings in gaming history was in a sweat lodge at his home in Arcata, CA when his body left on a path out of this world. It was quick and painless, and he died seeking his spiritual truth. I… Read more →

I am working on some wagons for Malifaux for a story encounter. I can do the wagons, that is no real issue, but the horses… Well, I am not good enough at sculpting to “whip out” a dozen or so that look all that good. While gathering supplies for the wagons at Michael’s I ran across “Safari Ltd TOOBS Horses”.… Read more →

On the 29th of April, our gaming group got together to play. It was a plummeting game and the group had not “jelled” in months. As to why I am certain that my collection of ideas and reasons could be stacked with everyone else’s and there would be few duplicates. Mostly, it was a simple issue of style. At least… Read more →

Unisystem is a weak system on many fronts. It is math heavy, it fails at scaling to more powerful game settings (like Armageddon or Witchcraft) and it has no fumble system. While fixing the scaling issues are outside my desire right now, and the math issue is just an endemic failure of the system, the “fumble” issue can be fixed.… Read more →

So, as my group disintegrated in the middle of a campaign I had just come up with an idea. Rather than see it lost I thought I would share it here. Unisystem uses Success Levels to show how well someone has done. After all damage is determined (weapon adds and armor reductions) the Success Levels show some of how the… Read more →

So, I was sitting at the game table last Saturday bored shitless and waiting for the players to figure out if they were going to do anything and I noticed my boxes of unpainted miniatures. I think it’s time to paint. What got me started was a set of minis from Wyrd Games’ Ten Thinders. The imagery is creative and… Read more →

I have decided, in my infinite wisdom, to place the Blog as the front of the site and the Forums as an addition… it is better. You may not know that, but you have never had a sharp stick in your eye either! Read more →

On July 28th of 2016 a fire ravaged my subtle abode and everything was changed. The website was due for renewal and it was not an option. As a result, it was lost as dust in the wind. The new site will be rebuilt, because that is what one does after a disaster. Read more →